linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/gup.c: Simplify and fix check_and_migrate_movable

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:22:03 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, minchan@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pasha.tatashin@...een.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/gup.c: Simplify and fix
 check_and_migrate_movable_pages() return codes

On 7/29/22 12:44, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> I came up with this ontop:
> 
That cleans it up even more, looks nice. I'd go just a touch further,
and also (unless there is some odd reason?) stay with -EAGAIN rather
than -EBUSY, because otherwise both the function's comment header, and
the caller, should change from -EBUSY to -EAGAIN just for consistency.

And also because the way it's used: the caller is literally "trying
again".

So on top of the ontop:

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 43c1fc532842..5f04033ee0ed 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1901,10 +1901,12 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)

  #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
  /*
- * Check whether all pages are pinnable. If some pages are not pinnable migrate
- * them and unpin all the pages. Returns -EAGAIN if pages were unpinned or zero
- * if all pages are pinnable and in the right zone. Other errors indicate
- * migration failure.
+ * Check whether all pages are pinnable. If some pages are not pinnable, migrate
+ * them and unpin all the pages.
+ * Return values:
+ *       0:      all pages are already pinnable and in the right zone
+ *      -EAGAIN: some pages were unpinned or were zero
+ *      -ENOMEM: migration of some pages failed
   */
  static long check_and_migrate_movable_pages(unsigned long nr_pages,
  					    struct page **pages,
@@ -1914,11 +1916,11 @@ static long check_and_migrate_movable_pages(unsigned long nr_pages,
  		.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE,
  		.gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN,
  	};
-	unsigned long i;
+	unsigned long i, not_migrated;
  	struct folio *prev_folio = NULL;
  	LIST_HEAD(movable_page_list);
  	bool drain_allow = true, coherent_pages = false;
-	int ret = -EBUSY;
+	int ret = -EAGAIN;

  	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
  		struct folio *folio = page_folio(pages[i]);
@@ -1990,7 +1992,7 @@ static long check_and_migrate_movable_pages(unsigned long nr_pages,

  	/*
  	 * Unpin all pages. If device coherent pages were found
-	 * migrate_deivce_coherent_page() will have dropped the pin and set
+	 * migrate_device_coherent_page() will have dropped the pin and set
  	 * pages[i] == NULL.
  	 */
  	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA