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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] mm/mm_init.c: remove meaningless calculation of zone->managed_pages in free_area_init_core()
On 03/20/24 at 04:18pm, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 03/19/24 at 06:17pm, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:21:36PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> > > Currently, in free_area_init_core(), when initialize zone's field, a
> > > rough value is set to zone->managed_pages. That value is calculated by
> > > (zone->present_pages - memmap_pages).
> > >
> > > In the meantime, add the value to nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages which
> > > represent all free pages of system (only low memory or including HIGHMEM
> > > memory separately). Both of them are gonna be used in
> > > alloc_large_system_hash().
> > >
> > > However, the rough calculation and setting of zone->managed_pages is
> > > meaningless because
> > > a) memmap pages are allocated on units of node in sparse_init() or
> > > alloc_node_mem_map(pgdat); The simple (zone->present_pages -
> > > memmap_pages) is too rough to make sense for zone;
> > > b) the set zone->managed_pages will be zeroed out and reset with
> > > acutal value in mem_init() via memblock_free_all(). Before the
> > > resetting, no buddy allocation request is issued.
> > >
> > > Here, remove the meaningless and complicated calculation of
> > > (zone->present_pages - memmap_pages), directly set zone->present_pages to
> > > zone->managed_pages. It will be adjusted in mem_init().
> >
> > Do you mean "set zone->managed_pages to zone->present_pages"?
>
> Hmm, maybe 'set zone->managed_pages as zone->present_pages'
> or
> 'assign zone->present_pages to zone->managed_pages'
> which is more precise.
>
> Wwill update.
>
> >
> > I think we can just set zone->managed_pages to 0 in free_area_init_core().
> > Anyway it will be reset before the first use.

Rethink about this, it's better to set zone->managed_pages to 0 because
there isn't any page added to buddy. Will update.

>
> Yeah, setting to 0 is also fine. I thougt of 0 ever. Considering
> zone->present_pages is closer value to actual zone->managed_pages
> than 0, and it may be needed in the future in some way before
> mem_init(). If no strong objection, I will keep the assigning
> 'zone->present_pages' to 'zone->managed_pages'.
>
> Thanks again for careful reviewing.
>


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