linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] Refactor node_states_check_changes

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Message-Id: <20180919100819.25518-1-osalvador@techadventures.net>
Date:   Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:08:14 +0200
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...hadventures.net>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     mhocko@...e.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com, david@...hat.com,
        Pavel.Tatashin@...rosoft.com, Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com,
        yasu.isimatu@...il.com, malat@...ian.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Refactor node_states_check_changes_online/offline

From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

This patchset refactors/clean ups node_states_check_changes_online/offline
functions together with node_states_set/clear_node.

The main reason behind this patchset is that currently, these
functions are suboptimal and confusing.

For example, they contain wrong statements like:

if (N_MEMORY == N_NORMAL_MEMORY)
if (N_MEMORY =! N_NORMAL_MEMORY)
if (N_MEMORY != N_HIGH_MEMORY)
if (N_MEMORY == N_HIGH_MEMORY)

These comparasions are wrong, as N_MEMORY will never be equal
to either N_NORMAL_MEMORY or N_HIGH_MEMORY.
Although the statements do not "affect" the flow because in the way
they are placed, they are completely wrong and confusing.

I caught another misuse of this in [1].

Another thing that this patchset addresses is the fact that
some functions get called twice, or even unconditionally, without
any need.

Examples of this are:

- node_states_set_node()->node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY)

* node_states_set_node() gets called whenever we online pages,
  so we end up calling node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY) everytime.
  To avoid this, we should check if the node is already in
  node_state[N_MEMORY].

- node_states_set_node()->node_set_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY)

* On !CONFIG_HIGH_MEMORY, N_HIGH_MEMORY == N_NORMAL_MEMORY,
  but the current code sets:
  status_change_nid_high = status_change_nid_normal
  This means that we will call node_set_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) twice.
  The fix here is to set status_change_nid_normal = -1 on such systems,
  so we skip the second call.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10579155/

Oscar Salvador (5):
  mm/memory_hotplug: Spare unnecessary calls to node_set_state
  mm/memory_hotplug: Avoid node_set/clear_state(N_HIGH_MEMORY) when
    !CONFIG_HIGHMEM
  mm/memory_hotplug: Tidy up node_states_clear_node
  mm/memory_hotplug: Simplify node_states_check_changes_online
  mm/memory_hotplug: Clean up node_states_check_changes_offline

 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)

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