Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2] mm:memory hot-add: memory can not been added to movable zone | From | Changsheng Liu <> | Date | Wed, 26 Aug 2015 08:38:49 +0800 |
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First, thanks very much for your review, I will update codes according to your suggestion
On 2015/8/25 21:12, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:28:05 -0400 > Changsheng Liu <liuchangsheng@inspur.com> wrote: > >> From: Changsheng Liu <liuchangcheng@inspur.com> >> >> When memory is hot added, should_add_memory_movable() always returns 0 >> because the movable zone is empty, so the memory that was hot added will >> add to the normal zone even if we want to remove the memory. >> >> So we change should_add_memory_movable(): if the user config >> CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE it will return 1 when the movable zone is empty. >> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> >> Signed-off-by: Changsheng Liu <liuchangcheng@inspur.com> >> Tested-by: Dongdong Fan <fandd@inspur.com> >> --- >> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 3 +-- >> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> index 26fbba7..ff658f2 100644 >> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> @@ -1199,8 +1199,7 @@ static int should_add_memory_movable(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) >> struct zone *movable_zone = pgdat->node_zones + ZONE_MOVABLE; >> >> if (zone_is_empty(movable_zone)) >> - return 0; >> - >> + return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE); >> if (movable_zone->zone_start_pfn <= start_pfn) >> return 1; > Currently, kernel allows to create ZONE_MOVABLE after ZONE_NORMAL as follows: > PFN low high > ---|-------------|-------------|--- > ZONE_NORMAL ZONE_MOVABLE > > But kernel does not allow to create ZONE_MOVABLE before ZONE_NORMAL as follows: > PFN low high > ---|-------------|-------------|--- > ZONE_MOVABLE ZONE_NORMAL > > Also, kernel does not allow to create ZONE_MOVABLE in ZOME_NORMAL as follows: > PFN low high > ---|-------------|-------------|-------------|--- > ZONE_NORMAL ZONE_MOVABLE ZONE_NORMAL > > So should_add_memory_movable() checks them. > > Accoring to your patch, when movable_zone is empty, the hot added memory is > always managed to ZONE_MOVABLE. It means that ZONE_MOVALBE will puts before/in > ZONE_NORMAL. > > You must prevent from creating ZONE_MOVABLE before/in ZONE_NORMAL. > > Thanks, > Yasuaki Ishimatsu > >> >> -- >> 1.7.1 >> >> -- >> 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> > . >
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