linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/18] mm, hugetlb: move up anon_vma

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:43:52 -0400
From:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/18] mm, hugetlb: move up anon_vma_prepare()

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 02:12:21PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 03:19:15PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 03:05:37PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:32:06PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> > > > If we fail with a allocated hugepage, it is hard to recover properly.
> > > > One such example is reserve count. We don't have any method to recover
> > > > reserve count. Although, I will introduce a function to recover reserve
> > > > count in following patch, it is better not to allocate a hugepage
> > > > as much as possible. So move up anon_vma_prepare() which can be failed
> > > > in OOM situation.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
> > 
> > Sorry, let me suspend this Reviewed for a question.
> > If alloc_huge_page failed after we succeeded anon_vma_parepare,
> > the allocated anon_vma_chain and/or anon_vma are safely freed?
> > Or don't we have to free them?
> 
> Yes, it will be freed by free_pgtables() and then unlink_anon_vmas()
> when a task terminate. So, we don't have to free them.

OK, thanks for clarification.

Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
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