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SubjectRe: [RESEND PATCH v2] mm/sparse: clarify pgdat_to_phys
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On 23.07.21 09:01, Miles Chen wrote:
> Clarify pgdat_to_phys() by testing if
> pgdat == &contig_page_data when CONFIG_NUMA=n.
>
> contig_page_data is only available when CONFIG_NUMA=n
> so we have to use #ifndef here.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Comment from Mark [1]:
> "
> ... and I reckon it'd be clearer and more robust to define
> pgdat_to_phys() in the same ifdefs as contig_page_data so
> that these, stay in-sync. e.g. have:
>
> | #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> | #define pgdat_to_phys(x) virt_to_phys(x)
> | #else /* CONFIG_NUMA */
> |
> | extern struct pglist_data contig_page_data;
> | ...
> | #define pgdat_to_phys(x) __pa_symbol(&contig_page_data)
> |
> | #endif /* CONIFIG_NUMA */
> "
>
> Comment from Mike [2]:
> "
> I'm not sure a macro is better than a static inline.
>
> Maybe we'd want to warn if pgdat passed to pgtat_to_phys() is not
> &contig_page_data, e.g something like
>
> static inline phys_addr_t pgdat_to_phys(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> {
> if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA)) {
> if (pgdat == &contig_page_data)
> return __pa_symbol(&contig_page_data);
> else
> pr_warn("Unexpected pglist_data pointer!\n");
> }
>
> return __pa(pgdat);
> }
> "
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20210615131902.GB47121@C02TD0UTHF1T.local/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1452903/#1650759
>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@mediatek.com>
>
> ---
>
> Change since v1:
> Thanks for Mike's comment, check if pgdat == &contig_page_data,
> so it is clearer that we only expect contig_page_data when
> CONFIG_NUMA=n.
> ---
> mm/sparse.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 6326cdf36c4f..f73ff3c124c5 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -348,10 +348,11 @@ size_t mem_section_usage_size(void)
> static inline phys_addr_t pgdat_to_phys(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> {
> #ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
> - return __pa_symbol(pgdat);
> -#else
> + if (pgdat == &contig_page_data)
> + return __pa_symbol(&contig_page_data);
> + pr_warn("Unexpected pglist_data pointer!\n");

Shouldn't this rather be a VM_BUG_ON()?

Because it looks like something that should barely happen and we might
not want to perform runtime checks on each and every system?


--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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