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Message-ID: <9b95c0ac0e5d560f1482af3753df54211a057b9d.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:12:38 -0800
From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, David
 Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
 Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 ligang.bdlg@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] hugetlb: split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages

On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 21:12 +0800, Gang Li wrote:
> 1G and 2M huge pages have different allocation and initialization logic,
> which leads to subtle differences in parallelization. Therefore, it is
> appropriate to split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages into gigantic and
> non-gigantic.
> 
> This patch has no functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 2606135ec55e6..92448e747991d 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -3509,6 +3509,47 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(unsigned long allocated, st
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static unsigned long __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_gigantic(struct hstate *h)
> +{
> +	unsigned long i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> +		/*
> +		 * gigantic pages not added to list as they are not
> +		 * added to pools now.
> +		 */

This comment unnecessary as now we don't have mix gigantic and non-gigantic code,
which uses foilio list.  And folio_list is not in this routine.

Can be removed.

Otherwise Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>

> +		if (!alloc_bootmem_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE))
> +			break;
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
> +
> +	return i;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned long __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_non_gigantic(struct hstate *h)
> +{
> +	unsigned long i;
> +	struct folio *folio;
> +	LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> +	nodemask_t node_alloc_noretry;
> +
> +	/* Bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations.*/
> +	nodes_clear(node_alloc_noretry);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> +		folio = alloc_pool_huge_folio(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY],
> +						&node_alloc_noretry);
> +		if (!folio)
> +			break;
> +		list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
> +
> +	prep_and_add_allocated_folios(h, &folio_list);
> +
> +	return i;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * NOTE: this routine is called in different contexts for gigantic and
>   * non-gigantic pages.
> @@ -3522,10 +3563,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(unsigned long allocated, st
>   */
>  static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
>  {
> -	unsigned long i;
> -	struct folio *folio;
> -	LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> -	nodemask_t *node_alloc_noretry;
> +	unsigned long allocated;
>  
>  	/* skip gigantic hugepages allocation if hugetlb_cma enabled */
>  	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && hugetlb_cma_size) {
> @@ -3539,46 +3577,12 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
>  
>  	/* below will do all node balanced alloc */
>  	if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h)) {
> -		/*
> -		 * Bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations.
> -		 * Ignore errors as lower level routines can deal with
> -		 * node_alloc_noretry == NULL.  If this kmalloc fails at boot
> -		 * time, we are likely in bigger trouble.
> -		 */
> -		node_alloc_noretry = kmalloc(sizeof(*node_alloc_noretry),
> -						GFP_KERNEL);
> +		allocated = hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_non_gigantic(h);
>  	} else {
> -		/* allocations done at boot time */
> -		node_alloc_noretry = NULL;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations */
> -	if (node_alloc_noretry)
> -		nodes_clear(*node_alloc_noretry);
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> -		if (hstate_is_gigantic(h)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * gigantic pages not added to list as they are not
> -			 * added to pools now.
> -			 */
> -			if (!alloc_bootmem_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE))
> -				break;
> -		} else {
> -			folio = alloc_pool_huge_folio(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY],
> -							node_alloc_noretry);
> -			if (!folio)
> -				break;
> -			list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> -		}
> -		cond_resched();
> +		allocated = hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_gigantic(h);
>  	}
>  
> -	/* list will be empty if hstate_is_gigantic */
> -	prep_and_add_allocated_folios(h, &folio_list);
> -
> -	hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(i, h);
> -	kfree(node_alloc_noretry);
> +	hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(allocated, h);
>  }
>  
>  static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)