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Message-ID: <561DCBF9.4050000@huawei.com> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:28:57 +0800 From: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com> To: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com> CC: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@...il.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, "David Rientjes" <rientjes@...gle.com>, <zhongjiang@...wei.com>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: skip if required_kernelcore is larger than totalpages On 2015/10/14 10:50, Tang Chen wrote: > Hi, Qiu > > The patch seems OK to me. Only one little concern below. > > On 10/12/2015 09:37 AM, Xishi Qiu wrote: >> On 2015/10/9 23:41, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:21:05 +0800 >>> Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com> wrote: >>> >>>> If kernelcore was not specified, or the kernelcore size is zero >>>> (required_movablecore >= totalpages), or the kernelcore size is larger >>> Why does required_movablecore become larger than totalpages, when the >>> kernelcore size is zero? I read the code but I could not find that you >>> mention. >>> >> If user only set boot option movablecore, and the value is larger than >> totalpages, the calculation of kernelcore is zero, but we can't fill >> the zone only with kernelcore, so skip it. >> >> I have send a patch before this patch. >> "fix overflow in find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes()" >> ... >> required_movablecore = >> roundup(required_movablecore, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES); >> + required_movablecore = min(totalpages, required_movablecore); >> corepages = totalpages - required_movablecore; >> ... > > > So if required_movablecore >= totalpages, there won't be any ZONE_MOVABLE. > How about add a warning or debug info to tell the user he has specified a > too large movablecore, and it is ignored ? > > Thanks. Yes, but I don't think is is necessary, user should know the total memory before he set the boot option. Thanks, Xishi Qiu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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