Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:07:29 +0800 | From | Tang Chen <> | Subject | Re: [Part3 PATCH v2 0/4] Support hot-remove local pagetable pages. |
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On 06/17/2013 09:58 AM, Jianguo Wu wrote: > Hi Tang, > > On 2013/6/13 21:03, Tang Chen wrote: > >> The following patch-set from Yinghai allocates pagetables to local nodes. >> v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/7/642 >> v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/10/47 >> v3: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/4/639 >> v4: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/11/829 >> >> Since pagetable pages are used by the kernel, they cannot be offlined. >> As a result, they cannot be hot-remove. >> >> This patch fix this problem with the following solution: >> >> 1. Introduce a new bootmem type LOCAL_NODE_DATAL, and register local >> pagetable pages as LOCAL_NODE_DATAL by setting page->lru.next to >> LOCAL_NODE_DATAL, just like we register SECTION_INFO pages. >> >> 2. Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATAL pages in offline/online procedures. When the >> whole memory block they reside in is offlined, the kernel can >> still access the pagetables. >> (This changes the semantics of offline/online a little bit.) >> >> 3. Do not free LOCAL_NODE_DATAL pages to buddy system because they >> were skipped when in offline/online procedures. The memory block >> they reside in could have been offlined. >> > > s/LOCAL_NODE_DATAL/LOCAL_NODE_DATA
Oh...thank you. Will send a new version soon. :)
> >> Anyway, this problem should be fixed. Any better idea is welcome. >> >> Change log: >> v1 -> v2: >> patch2: As suggested by Wu Jianguo, define a macro to check if a page >> cantains local node data. >> patch4: As suggested by Wu Jianguo, prevent freeing LOCAL_NODE_DATA >> pages in free_pagetable() instead of in put_page_bootmem(). >> >> Tang Chen (4): >> bootmem, mem-hotplug: Register local pagetable pages with >> LOCAL_NODE_DATA when freeing bootmem. >> mem-hotplug: Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages in memory offline procedure. >> mem-hotplug: Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages in memory online procedure. >> mem-hotplug: Do not free LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages to buddy system in >> hot-remove procedure. >> >> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 10 +++++++- >> include/linux/memblock.h | 22 +++++++++++++++++ >> include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 20 +++++++++++++-- >> mm/memblock.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++ >> mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++++++- >> mm/page_isolation.c | 5 ++++ >> 7 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in >> the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, >> see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . >> Don't email:<a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org</a> >> >> . >> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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