linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] Drivers: hv: balloon: don't wait for ol_waitevent when memhp_auto

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Message-Id: <1470918903-22375-4-git-send-email-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:35:02 +0200
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Alex Ng <^Cexng@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] Drivers: hv: balloon: don't wait for ol_waitevent when memhp_auto_online is enabled

With the recently introduced in-kernel memory onlining
(MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE) these is no point in waiting for pages
to come online in the driver and we can get rid of the waiting.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index 064ef3d..a8b8b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static void hv_mem_hot_add(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		has->covered_end_pfn +=  processed_pfn;
 
 		init_completion(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
-		dm_device.ha_waiting = true;
+		dm_device.ha_waiting = !memhp_auto_online;
 
 		mutex_unlock(&dm_device.ha_region_mutex);
 		nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn));
@@ -671,12 +671,14 @@ static void hv_mem_hot_add(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Wait for the memory block to be onlined.
-		 * Since the hot add has succeeded, it is ok to
-		 * proceed even if the pages in the hot added region
-		 * have not been "onlined" within the allowed time.
+		 * Wait for the memory block to be onlined when memory onlining
+		 * is done outside of kernel (memhp_auto_online). Since the hot
+		 * add has succeeded, it is ok to proceed even if the pages in
+		 * the hot added region have not been "onlined" within the
+		 * allowed time.
 		 */
-		wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.ol_waitevent, 5*HZ);
+		if (dm_device.ha_waiting)
+			wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.ol_waitevent, 5*HZ);
 		mutex_lock(&dm_device.ha_region_mutex);
 		post_status(&dm_device);
 	}
-- 
2.7.4