linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] mm/memory-failure: remove a wrapper for alloc_migration

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 20:55:03 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     js1304@...il.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@....com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] mm/memory-failure: remove a wrapper for
 alloc_migration_target()

On Tue 07-07-20 17:03:50, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 7/7/20 1:48 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Tue 07-07-20 16:44:48, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> >> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> >> 
> >> There is a well-defined standard migration target callback. Use it
> >> directly.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> >> ---
> >>  mm/memory-failure.c | 18 ++++++------------
> >>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> >> index 609d42b6..3b89804 100644
> >> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> >> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> >> @@ -1677,16 +1677,6 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
> >>  }
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpoison_memory);
> >>  
> >> -static struct page *new_page(struct page *p, unsigned long private)
> >> -{
> >> -	struct migration_target_control mtc = {
> >> -		.nid = page_to_nid(p),
> >> -		.gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
> >> -	};
> >> -
> >> -	return alloc_migration_target(p, (unsigned long)&mtc);
> >> -}
> >> -
> >>  /*
> >>   * Safely get reference count of an arbitrary page.
> >>   * Returns 0 for a free page, -EIO for a zero refcount page
> >> @@ -1793,6 +1783,10 @@ static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
> >>  	const char *msg_page[] = {"page", "hugepage"};
> >>  	bool huge = PageHuge(page);
> >>  	LIST_HEAD(pagelist);
> >> +	struct migration_target_control mtc = {
> >> +		.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE,
> >> +		.gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
> >> +	};
> > 
> > Is NUMA_NO_NODE really intended here? The original code has preferred to
> > stay on the same node.
> 
> The alloc_migration_target() interprets NUMA_NO_NODE as a request to call
> page_to_nid(), so we don't need these thin wrappers that do just that. I have
> suggested this in v3 review and it's mentioned in 06/11.

Ohh, right. I just lost that piece of information on the way. It
wouldn't hurt to keep page_to_nid here for readability though.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs