Thread (34 messages) 34 messages, 5 authors, 2016-12-05

[PATCH v2 2/6] mm: hugetlb: add a new parameter for some functions

From: mhocko@suse.com (Michal Hocko)
Date: 2016-12-02 13:52:36
Also in: linux-mm

On Mon 14-11-16 15:07:35, Huang Shijie wrote:
This patch adds a new parameter, the "no_init", for these functions:
   alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node()
   alloc_fresh_gigantic_page()

The prep_new_huge_page() does some initialization for the new page.
But sometime, we do not need it to do so, such as in the surplus case
in later patch.

With this parameter, the prep_new_huge_page() can be called by needed:
   If the "no_init" is false, calls the prep_new_huge_page() in
   the alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node();
This double negative just makes my head spin. I haven't got to later
patch to understand the motivation but if anything bool do_prep would
be much more clear. In general doing these "init if a parameter is
specified" is a bad idea. It just makes the code more convoluted and
sutble. If you need the separation then __foo vs foo with the first
doing the real work and the later some additional initialization on top
sounds like a better idea to me.

Let's see what other changes are about.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
This patch makes preparation for the later patches.

Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <redacted>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 496b703..db0177b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1127,27 +1127,29 @@ static struct page *alloc_gigantic_page(int nid, unsigned int order)
 static void prep_new_huge_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page, int nid);
 static void prep_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
 
-static struct page *alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid)
+static struct page *alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node(struct hstate *h,
+					int nid, bool no_init)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
 	page = alloc_gigantic_page(nid, huge_page_order(h));
 	if (page) {
 		prep_compound_gigantic_page(page, huge_page_order(h));
-		prep_new_huge_page(h, page, nid);
+		if (!no_init)
+			prep_new_huge_page(h, page, nid);
 	}
 
 	return page;
 }
 
 static int alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(struct hstate *h,
-				nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
+				nodemask_t *nodes_allowed, bool no_init)
 {
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	int nr_nodes, node;
 
 	for_each_node_mask_to_alloc(h, nr_nodes, node, nodes_allowed) {
-		page = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node(h, node);
+		page = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page_node(h, node, no_init);
 		if (page)
 			return 1;
 	}
@@ -1166,7 +1168,7 @@ static inline void free_gigantic_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order) { }
 static inline void destroy_compound_gigantic_page(struct page *page,
 						unsigned int order) { }
 static inline int alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(struct hstate *h,
-					nodemask_t *nodes_allowed) { return 0; }
+		nodemask_t *nodes_allowed, bool no_init) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 static void update_and_free_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
@@ -2313,7 +2315,8 @@ static unsigned long set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
 		cond_resched();
 
 		if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
-			ret = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(h, nodes_allowed);
+			ret = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(h, nodes_allowed,
+							false);
 		else
 			ret = alloc_fresh_huge_page(h, nodes_allowed);
 		spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
-- 
2.5.5
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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