Re: [RFC PATCH v3 11/13] memory-hotplug : free memmap of sparse-vmemmap
From: Wen Congyang <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-11 05:02:05
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At 07/09/2012 06:33 PM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu Wrote:
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I don't think that all pages of virtual mapping in removed memory can be freed, since page which type is MIX_SECTION_INFO is difficult to free. So, the patch only frees page which type is SECTION_INFO at first. CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> CC: Jiang Liu <redacted> CC: Len Brown <redacted> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> CC: Paul Mackerras <redacted> CC: Christoph Lameter <redacted> Cc: Minchan Kim <redacted> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <redacted> CC: Wen Congyang <redacted> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <redacted> --- arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/mm.h | 2 + mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 ++ mm/sparse.c | 5 +- 4 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.5-rc4/include/linux/mm.h ===================================================================--- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/include/linux/mm.h 2012-07-03 14:22:18.530011567 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/include/linux/mm.h 2012-07-03 14:22:20.999983872 +0900@@ -1588,6 +1588,8 @@ int vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_ void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void); void register_page_bootmem_memmap(unsigned long section_nr, struct page *map, unsigned long size); +void vmemmap_kfree(struct page *memmpa, unsigned long nr_pages); +void vmemmap_free_bootmem(struct page *memmpa, unsigned long nr_pages); enum mf_flags { MF_COUNT_INCREASED = 1 << 0,Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/sparse.c ===================================================================--- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/sparse.c 2012-07-03 14:21:45.071429805 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/sparse.c 2012-07-03 14:22:21.000983767 +0900@@ -614,12 +614,13 @@ static inline struct page *kmalloc_secti /* This will make the necessary allocations eventually. */ return sparse_mem_map_populate(pnum, nid); } -static void __kfree_section_memmap(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages) +static void __kfree_section_memmap(struct page *page, unsigned long nr_pages) { - return; /* XXX: Not implemented yet */ + vmemmap_kfree(page, nr_pages);
Hmm, I think you try to free the memory allocated in kmalloc_section_memmap().
}
static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *page, unsigned long nr_pages)
{
+ vmemmap_free_bootmem(page, nr_pages);
}Hmm, which function is the memory you try to free allocated in?
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#else static struct page *__kmalloc_section_memmap(unsigned long nr_pages) Index: linux-3.5-rc4/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c ===================================================================--- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2012-07-03 14:22:18.538011465 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2012-07-03 14:22:21.007983103 +0900@@ -978,6 +978,97 @@ vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page return 0; } +unsigned long find_and_clear_pte_page(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, + struct page **pp) +{ + pgd_t *pgd; + pud_t *pud; + pmd_t *pmd; + pte_t *pte; + unsigned long next; + + *pp = NULL; + + pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr); + if (pgd_none(*pgd)) + return (addr + PAGE_SIZE) & PAGE_MASK;
Hmm, why not goto next pgd?
+
+ pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
+ if (pud_none(*pud))
+ return (addr + PAGE_SIZE) & PAGE_MASK;
+
+ if (!cpu_has_pse) {
+ next = (addr + PAGE_SIZE) & PAGE_MASK;
+ pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+ if (pmd_none(*pmd))
+ return next;
+
+ pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
+ if (pte_none(*pte))
+ return next;
+
+ *pp = pte_page(*pte);
+ pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);I think you should flush tlb here.
+ } else {
+ next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
+
+ pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+ if (pmd_none(*pmd))
+ return next;
+
+ *pp = pmd_page(*pmd);
+ pmd_clear(pmd);
+ }
+
+ return next;
+}
+
+void __meminit
+vmemmap_kfree(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+ unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)memmap;
+ unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages);
+ unsigned long next;
+ unsigned int order;
+ struct page *page;
+
+ for (; addr < end; addr = next) {
+ page = NULL;
+ next = find_and_clear_pte_page(addr, end, &page);
+ if (!page)
+ continue;
+
+ if (is_vmalloc_addr(page_address(page)))
+ vfree(page_address(page));Hmm, the memory is allocated in vmemmap_alloc_block(), and the address can not be vmalloc address.
+ else {
+ order = next - addr;
+ free_pages((unsigned long)page_address(page),
+ get_order(order));OOPS. I think we cannot free pages here. sizeof(struct page) is less than PAGE_SIZE. We store more than one struct page in the same page. If you free it here while the other struct page is in use, it is very dangerous.
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+ } + } +} + +void __meminit +vmemmap_free_bootmem(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages) +{ + unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)memmap; + unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages); + unsigned long next; + struct page *page; + unsigned long magic; + + for (; addr < end; addr = next) { + page = NULL; + next = find_and_clear_pte_page(addr, end, &page); + if (!page) + continue; + + magic = (unsigned long) page->lru.next; + if (magic == SECTION_INFO) + put_page_bootmem(page); + } +} + void __meminit register_page_bootmem_memmap(unsigned long section_nr, struct page *start_page, unsigned long size) Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c ===================================================================--- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-07-03 14:22:18.522011667 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-07-03 14:22:21.012982694 +0900@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ static int __meminit __add_section(int n #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
I think this line can be removed now. Thanks Wen Congyang
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static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms) { + unsigned long flags; + struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat; int ret; if (!valid_section(ms))@@ -310,6 +312,9 @@ static int __remove_section(struct zone ret = unregister_memory_section(ms); + pgdat_resize_lock(pgdat, &flags); + sparse_remove_one_section(zone, ms); + pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags); return ret; } #else