linux-kernel - [Patch v4] mm/vmscan.c: remove cpu online notification for now

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Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:44:22 +0800
From:   Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rientjes@...gle.com, mhocko@...nel.org,
        Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [Patch v4] mm/vmscan.c: remove cpu online notification for now

kswapd kernel thread starts either with a CPU affinity set to the full
cpu mask of its target node or without any affinity at all if the node
is CPUless. There is a cpu hotplug callback (kswapd_cpu_online) that
implements an elaborate way to update this mask when a cpu is onlined.

It is not really clear whether there is any actual benefit from this
scheme. Completely CPU-less NUMA nodes rarely gain a new CPU during
runtime. Drop the code for that reason. If there is a real usecase then
we can resurrect and simplify the code.

[mhocko@...e.com rewrite changelog]

Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.org>
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

---
v4:
  * adjust changelog suggested by Michal
v3:
  * remove the cpu online notification suggested by Michal
v2:
  * rephrase the changelog
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 27 +--------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 665f33258cd7..a4fdf3dc8887 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4023,27 +4023,6 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
 
-/* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
-   not required for correctness.  So if the last cpu in a node goes
-   away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
-   restore their cpu bindings. */
-static int kswapd_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	int nid;
-
-	for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
-		pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-		const struct cpumask *mask;
-
-		mask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
-
-		if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, mask) < nr_cpu_ids)
-			/* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
-			set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
  * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
@@ -4083,15 +4062,11 @@ void kswapd_stop(int nid)
 
 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
 {
-	int nid, ret;
+	int nid;
 
 	swap_setup();
 	for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
  		kswapd_run(nid);
-	ret = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
-					"mm/vmscan:online", kswapd_cpu_online,
-					NULL);
-	WARN_ON(ret < 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1