Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:54:22 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/page_ext: remove rollback for untouched mem_section in online_page_ext |
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:47:48 +0800 Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com> wrote:
> If init_section_page_ext failed, we only need rollback for mem_section > before failed mem_section. Make rollback end point to failed mem_section > to remove unnecessary rollback. > > As pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION will be executed even if init_section_page_ext > failed. So pfn points to mem_section after failed mem_section. Subtract > one mem_section from pfn to get failed mem_section. > > ... > > --- a/mm/page_ext.c > +++ b/mm/page_ext.c > @@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static int __meminit online_page_ext(unsigned long start_pfn, > return 0; > > /* rollback */ > + end = pfn - PAGES_PER_SECTION; > for (pfn = start; pfn < end; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) > __free_page_ext(pfn); >
This is a bugfix, yes?
I guess init_section_page_ext() never fails for anyone...
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