Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2018-08-31

Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Clean up check_for_memory

From: Oscar Salvador <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-31 12:24:07
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 01:55:29AM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
I would re-write the above function like this:
static void check_for_memory(pg_data_t *pgdat, int nid)
{
        enum zone_type zone_type;

        for (zone_type = 0; zone_type < ZONE_MOVABLE; zone_type++) {
                if (populated_zone(&pgdat->node_zones[zone_type])) { 
                        node_set_state(nid, zone_type <= ZONE_NORMAL ?
                                       N_NORMAL_MEMORY: N_HIGH_MEMORY);
                        break;
                }
        }
}
Hi Pavel,

the above would not work fine.
You set either N_NORMAL_MEMORY or N_HIGH_MEMORY, but a node can have both
types of memory at the same time (on CONFIG_HIGHMEM systems).

N_HIGH_MEMORY stands for regular or high memory
while N_NORMAL_MEMORY stands only for regular memory,
that is why we set it only in case the zone is <= ZONE_NORMAL.
zone_type <= ZONE_MOVABLE - 1
is the same as:
zone_type < ZONE_MOVABLE
This makes sense.

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3
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