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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:14:44 -0400
From:   Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
To:     bhe@...hat.com
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, pagupta@...hat.com,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] mm/sparse: Add a new parameter 'data_unit_size'
 for alloc_usemap_and_memmap

Honestly, I do not like this new agrument, but it will do for now. I
could not think of a better way without rewriting everything.

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>

However, I will submit a series of patches to cleanup sparse.c and
completely remove large and confusing temporary buffers: map_map, and
usemap_map. In those patches, I will remove alloc_usemap_and_memmap().
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:31 PM Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> alloc_usemap_and_memmap() is passing in a "void *" that points to
> usemap_map or memmap_map. In next patch we will change both of the
> map allocation from taking 'NR_MEM_SECTIONS' as the length to taking
> 'nr_present_sections' as the length. After that, the passed in 'void*'
> needs to update as things get consumed. But, it knows only the
> quantity of objects consumed and not the type.  This effectively
> tells it enough about the type to let it update the pointer as
> objects are consumed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> ---
>  mm/sparse.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 71ad53da2cd1..b2848cc6e32a 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -489,10 +489,12 @@ void __weak __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
>  /**
>   *  alloc_usemap_and_memmap - memory alloction for pageblock flags and vmemmap
>   *  @map: usemap_map for pageblock flags or mmap_map for vmemmap
> + *  @unit_size: size of map unit
>   */
>  static void __init alloc_usemap_and_memmap(void (*alloc_func)
>                                         (void *, unsigned long, unsigned long,
> -                                       unsigned long, int), void *data)
> +                                       unsigned long, int), void *data,
> +                                       int data_unit_size)
>  {
>         unsigned long pnum;
>         unsigned long map_count;
> @@ -569,7 +571,8 @@ void __init sparse_init(void)
>         if (!usemap_map)
>                 panic("can not allocate usemap_map\n");
>         alloc_usemap_and_memmap(sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_node,
> -                                                       (void *)usemap_map);
> +                               (void *)usemap_map,
> +                               sizeof(usemap_map[0]));
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
>         size2 = sizeof(struct page *) * NR_MEM_SECTIONS;
> @@ -577,7 +580,8 @@ void __init sparse_init(void)
>         if (!map_map)
>                 panic("can not allocate map_map\n");
>         alloc_usemap_and_memmap(sparse_early_mem_maps_alloc_node,
> -                                                       (void *)map_map);
> +                               (void *)map_map,
> +                               sizeof(map_map[0]));
>  #endif
>
>         for_each_present_section_nr(0, pnum) {
> --
> 2.13.6
>