linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] mm/mempolicy: introduce MPOL_WEIGHTED

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:01:07 -0500
From: Gregory Price <gregory.price@...verge.com>
To: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc: Gregory Price <gourry.memverge@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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	Srinivasulu Thanneeru <sthanneeru.opensrc@...ron.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] mm/mempolicy: introduce MPOL_WEIGHTED_INTERLEAVE
 for weighted interleaving

On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 09:55:07AM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
> > diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> > index b1437396c357..dfd097009606 100644
> > --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> > +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> > @@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_weighted_interleave(gfp_t gfp,
> >         unsigned long nr_allocated = 0;
> >         unsigned long rounds;
> >         unsigned long node_pages, delta;
> > -       u8 __rcu *table, *weights, weight;
> > +       u8 __rcu *table, __rcu *weights, weight;
> 
> The __rcu usage can be checked with `sparse` directly.  For example,
> 
> make C=1 mm/mempolicy.o
> 
> More details can be found in
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/sparse.html
> 
> Per my understanding, we shouldn't use "__rcu" here.  Please search
> "__rcu" in the following document.
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/RCU/checklist.html
> 

Thanks for this, I will sort this out and respond here with changes
before v5.

> > @@ -2460,17 +2454,10 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_weighted_interleave(gfp_t gfp,
> >                         node_pages += weight;
> >                         delta -= weight;
> >                 } else if (delta) {
> > +                       /* when delta is deleted, resume from that node */
>                                            ~~~~~~~
>                                            depleted?

ack.

> > +retry:
> > +       /* to prevent miscount use tsk->mems_allowed_seq to detect rebind */
> > +       cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
> >         if (!current->il_weight || !node_isset(node, policy->nodes)) {
> >                 node = next_node_in(node, policy->nodes);
> 
> node will be changed in the loop.  So we need to change the logic here.
> 

Good catch, stupid mistake. ack.

> > @@ -2388,10 +2401,17 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_weighted_interleave(gfp_t gfp,
> >         int prev_node;
> >         int i;
> >
> > +
> 
> Change by accident?
>

ack.

~Gregory