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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:34:15 -0700
From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 3/4] hugetlbfs: accept subpool min_size mount option
and setup accordingly
On 03/18/2015 02:40 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:53:28 -0700 Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> wrote:
>
>> Make 'min_size=' be an option when mounting a hugetlbfs. This option
>> takes the same value as the 'size' option. min_size can be specified
>> with specifying size. If both are specified, min_size must be less
>> that or equal to size else the mount will fail. If min_size is
>> specified, then at mount time an attempt is made to reserve min_size
>> pages. If the reservation fails, the mount fails. At umount time,
>> the reserved pages are released.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> @@ -761,14 +763,32 @@ static const struct super_operations hugetlbfs_ops = {
>> .show_options = generic_show_options,
>> };
>>
>> +enum { NO_SIZE, SIZE_STD, SIZE_PERCENT };
>> +
>> +static bool
>> +hugetlbfs_options_setsize(struct hstate *h, long long *size, int setsize)
>> +{
>> + if (setsize == NO_SIZE)
>> + return false;
>> +
>> + if (setsize == SIZE_PERCENT) {
>> + *size <<= huge_page_shift(h);
>> + *size *= h->max_huge_pages;
>> + do_div(*size, 100);
>
> I suppose do_div() takes a long long. u64 would be more conventional.
> I don't *think* all this code needed to use signed types.
>
>> + }
>> +
>> + *size >>= huge_page_shift(h);
>> + return true;
>> +}
>> +
>> static int
>> hugetlbfs_parse_options(char *options, struct hugetlbfs_config *pconfig)
>> {
>> char *p, *rest;
>> substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
>> int option;
>> - unsigned long long size = 0;
>> - enum { NO_SIZE, SIZE_STD, SIZE_PERCENT } setsize = NO_SIZE;
>> + unsigned long long max_size = 0, min_size = 0;
>> + int max_setsize = NO_SIZE, min_setsize = NO_SIZE;
>>
>> if (!options)
>> return 0;
>> @@ -806,10 +826,10 @@ hugetlbfs_parse_options(char *options, struct hugetlbfs_config *pconfig)
>> /* memparse() will accept a K/M/G without a digit */
>> if (!isdigit(*args[0].from))
>> goto bad_val;
>> - size = memparse(args[0].from, &rest);
>> - setsize = SIZE_STD;
>> + max_size = memparse(args[0].from, &rest);
>> + max_setsize = SIZE_STD;
>> if (*rest == '%')
>> - setsize = SIZE_PERCENT;
>> + max_setsize = SIZE_PERCENT;
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -832,6 +852,17 @@ hugetlbfs_parse_options(char *options, struct hugetlbfs_config *pconfig)
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> + case Opt_min_size: {
>> + /* memparse() will accept a K/M/G without a digit */
>> + if (!isdigit(*args[0].from))
>> + goto bad_val;
>> + min_size = memparse(args[0].from, &rest);
>> + min_setsize = SIZE_STD;
>> + if (*rest == '%')
>> + min_setsize = SIZE_PERCENT;
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
>> default:
>> pr_err("Bad mount option: \"%s\"\n", p);
>> return -EINVAL;
>> @@ -839,15 +870,17 @@ hugetlbfs_parse_options(char *options, struct hugetlbfs_config *pconfig)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> - /* Do size after hstate is set up */
>> - if (setsize > NO_SIZE) {
>> - struct hstate *h = pconfig->hstate;
>> - if (setsize == SIZE_PERCENT) {
>> - size <<= huge_page_shift(h);
>> - size *= h->max_huge_pages;
>> - do_div(size, 100);
>> - }
>> - pconfig->nr_blocks = (size >> huge_page_shift(h));
>> + /* Calculate number of huge pages based on hstate */
>> + if (hugetlbfs_options_setsize(pconfig->hstate, &max_size, max_setsize))
>> + pconfig->nr_blocks = max_size;
>
> So hugetlbfs_options_setsize takes an arg whichis in units of bytes,
> modifies it in-place to b in units of pages and then copies it into
> something which is in units of nr_blocks.
>
>
>> + if (hugetlbfs_options_setsize(pconfig->hstate, &min_size, min_setsize))
>> + pconfig->min_size = min_size;
>> +
>> + /* If max_size specified, then min_size must be smaller */
>> + if (max_setsize > NO_SIZE && min_setsize > NO_SIZE &&
>> + pconfig->min_size > pconfig->nr_blocks) {
>> + pr_err("minimum size can not be greater than maximum size\n");
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> }
>>
>> return 0;
>> @@ -872,6 +905,7 @@ hugetlbfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
>> config.gid = current_fsgid();
>> config.mode = 0755;
>> config.hstate = &default_hstate;
>> + config.min_size = 0; /* No default minimum size */
>> ret = hugetlbfs_parse_options(data, &config);
>> if (ret)
>> return ret;
>> @@ -885,8 +919,15 @@ hugetlbfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
>> sbinfo->max_inodes = config.nr_inodes;
>> sbinfo->free_inodes = config.nr_inodes;
>> sbinfo->spool = NULL;
>> - if (config.nr_blocks != -1) {
>> - sbinfo->spool = hugepage_new_subpool(config.nr_blocks);
>> + /*
>> + * Allocate and initialize subpool if maximum or minimum size is
>> + * specified. Any needed reservations (for minimim size) are taken
>> + * taken when the subpool is created.
>> + */
>> + if (config.nr_blocks != -1 || config.min_size != 0) {
>> + sbinfo->spool = hugepage_new_subpool(config.hstate,
>> + config.nr_blocks,
>> + config.min_size);
>
> And hugepage_new_subpool() takes something in units of nr_blocks and
> copies it into something whcih has units of nr-hugepages.
>
> And it takes an arg called "size" which is no longer number-of-bytes
> but is actually number-of-hpages.
>
>
> It's all rather confusing and unclear. A good philosophy would be
> never to use a variable called "size", because the reader doesn't know
> what units that size is measured in. Instead, make sure that the name
> reflects the variable's units. max_bytes, min_hpages, nr_blocks, etc.
>
Thanks for the comments.
I didn't want to cut/paste/duplicate the code used to parse the existing
size option. But, it looks like I made it harder to understand. I'll
take a pass as cleaning this up and making it more clear.
--
Mike Kravetz
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