linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] hugetlb: pass *next_nid_to_alloc directly to for_each_node_mask_to

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Message-ID: <fbb6448321a94c32ac60bcf3a6858c045863c44b.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:01:01 -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 v4 4/7] hugetlb: pass *next_nid_to_alloc directly to
 for_each_node_mask_to_alloc

On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 20:39 +0800, Gang Li wrote:
> With parallelization of hugetlb allocation across different threads, each
> thread works on a differnet node to allocate pages from, instead of all
> allocating from a common node h->next_nid_to_alloc.  To address this, it's
> necessary to assign a separate next_nid_to_alloc for each thread.
> 
> Consequently, the hstate_next_node_to_alloc and for_each_node_mask_to_alloc
> have been modified to directly accept a *next_nid_to_alloc parameter,
> ensuring thread-specific allocation and avoiding concurrent access issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>
> Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

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

> ---