linux-kernel - Re: [v2 PATCH] mm: move_pages: report the number of non-attempted pages

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:36:58 -0800
From:   Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     mhocko@...e.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2 PATCH] mm: move_pages: report the number of non-attempted
 pages



On 1/23/20 2:59 PM, Wei Yang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 07:38:51AM +0800, Yang Shi wrote:
>> Since commit a49bd4d71637 ("mm, numa: rework do_pages_move"),
>> the semantic of move_pages() was changed to return the number of
>> non-migrated pages (failed to migration) and the call would be aborted
>> immediately if migrate_pages() returns positive value.  But it didn't
>> report the number of pages that we even haven't attempted to migrate.
>> So, fix it by including non-attempted pages in the return value.
>>
>> Fixes: a49bd4d71637 ("mm, numa: rework do_pages_move")
>> Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>> Cc: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
>> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>    [4.17+]
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> ---
>> v2: Rebased on top of the latest mainline kernel per Andrew
>>
>> mm/migrate.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
>> index 86873b6..9b8eb5d 100644
>> --- a/mm/migrate.c
>> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
>> @@ -1627,8 +1627,18 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
>> 			start = i;
>> 		} else if (node != current_node) {
>> 			err = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
>> -			if (err)
>> +			if (err) {
>> +				/*
>> +				 * Positive err means the number of failed
>> +				 * pages to migrate.  Since we are going to
>> +				 * abort and return the number of non-migrated
>> +				 * pages, so need incude the rest of the
>> +				 * nr_pages that have not attempted as well.
>> +				 */
>> +				if (err > 0)
>> +					err += nr_pages - i - 1;
>> 				goto out;
>> +			}
>> 			err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
>> 			if (err)
>> 				goto out;
>> @@ -1659,8 +1669,11 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
>> 			goto out_flush;
>>
>> 		err = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
>> -		if (err)
>> +		if (err) {
>> +			if (err > 0)
>> +				err += nr_pages - i - 1;
>> 			goto out;
>> +		}
>> 		if (i > start) {
>> 			err = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
>> 			if (err)
>> @@ -1674,6 +1687,13 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
>>
>> 	/* Make sure we do not overwrite the existing error */
>> 	err1 = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Don't have to report non-attempted pages here since:
> In previous comment, you use "non-migrated". Here is "non-attempted". What's
> the difference?

In that comment "non-migrated" includes both reported by migrate_pages() 
and the non-attempted.

>
>> +	 *     - If the above loop is done gracefully there is not non-attempted
>> +	 *       page.
>> +	 *     - If the above loop is aborted to it means more fatal error
>> +	 *       happened, should return err.
>> +	 */
>> 	if (!err1)
>> 		err1 = store_status(status, start, current_node, i - start);
>> 	if (!err)
>> -- 
>> 1.8.3.1