[PATCH v2 1/9] VMware balloon: partially inline vmballoon_reserve_page.

From: Philip P. Moltmann
Date: Thu Jun 11 2015 - 16:43:15 EST


From: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@xxxxxxxxxx>

This split the function in two: the allocation part is inlined into the
inflate function and the lock part is kept into his own function.

This change is needed in order to be able to allocate more than one page
before doing the hypervisor call.

Signed-off-by: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Philip P. Moltmann <moltmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andy King <acking@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index 1916174..2799c46 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@

MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.3-k");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.2.2.0-k");
MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnVMware*:*");
MODULE_ALIAS("vmware_vmmemctl");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -402,55 +402,37 @@ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b)
}

/*
- * Allocate (or reserve) a page for the balloon and notify the host. If host
- * refuses the page put it on "refuse" list and allocate another one until host
- * is satisfied. "Refused" pages are released at the end of inflation cycle
- * (when we allocate b->rate_alloc pages).
+ * Notify the host of a ballooned page. If host rejects the page put it on the
+ * refuse list, those refused page are then released at the end of the
+ * inflation cycle.
*/
-static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
+static int vmballoon_lock_page(struct vmballoon *b, struct page *page)
{
- struct page *page;
- gfp_t flags;
- unsigned int hv_status;
- int locked;
- flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
-
- do {
- if (!can_sleep)
- STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc);
- else
- STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc);
-
- page = alloc_page(flags);
- if (!page) {
- if (!can_sleep)
- STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc_fail);
- else
- STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc_fail);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
+ int locked, hv_status;

- /* inform monitor */
- locked = vmballoon_send_lock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page), &hv_status);
- if (locked > 0) {
- STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc);
+ locked = vmballoon_send_lock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page), &hv_status);
+ if (locked > 0) {
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc);

- if (hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET ||
- hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_NOTNEEDED) {
- __free_page(page);
- return -EIO;
- }
+ if (hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET ||
+ hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_NOTNEEDED) {
+ __free_page(page);
+ return -EIO;
+ }

- /*
- * Place page on the list of non-balloonable pages
- * and retry allocation, unless we already accumulated
- * too many of them, in which case take a breather.
- */
+ /*
+ * Place page on the list of non-balloonable pages
+ * and retry allocation, unless we already accumulated
+ * too many of them, in which case take a breather.
+ */
+ if (b->n_refused_pages < VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED) {
+ b->n_refused_pages++;
list_add(&page->lru, &b->refused_pages);
- if (++b->n_refused_pages >= VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED)
- return -EIO;
+ } else {
+ __free_page(page);
}
- } while (locked != 0);
+ return -EIO;
+ }

/* track allocated page */
list_add(&page->lru, &b->pages);
@@ -512,7 +494,7 @@ static void vmballoon_inflate(struct vmballoon *b)
unsigned int i;
unsigned int allocations = 0;
int error = 0;
- bool alloc_can_sleep = false;
+ gfp_t flags = VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;

pr_debug("%s - size: %d, target %d\n", __func__, b->size, b->target);

@@ -543,19 +525,16 @@ static void vmballoon_inflate(struct vmballoon *b)
__func__, goal, rate, b->rate_alloc);

for (i = 0; i < goal; i++) {
+ struct page *page;

- error = vmballoon_reserve_page(b, alloc_can_sleep);
- if (error) {
- if (error != -ENOMEM) {
- /*
- * Not a page allocation failure, stop this
- * cycle. Maybe we'll get new target from
- * the host soon.
- */
- break;
- }
+ if (flags == VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP)
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc);
+ else
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc);

- if (alloc_can_sleep) {
+ page = alloc_page(flags);
+ if (!page) {
+ if (flags == VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP) {
/*
* CANSLEEP page allocation failed, so guest
* is under severe memory pressure. Quickly
@@ -563,8 +542,10 @@ static void vmballoon_inflate(struct vmballoon *b)
*/
b->rate_alloc = max(b->rate_alloc / 2,
VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MIN);
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc_fail);
break;
}
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc_fail);

/*
* NOSLEEP page allocation failed, so the guest is
@@ -579,11 +560,16 @@ static void vmballoon_inflate(struct vmballoon *b)
if (i >= b->rate_alloc)
break;

- alloc_can_sleep = true;
+ flags = VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP;
/* Lower rate for sleeping allocations. */
rate = b->rate_alloc;
+ continue;
}

+ error = vmballoon_lock_page(b, page);
+ if (error)
+ break;
+
if (++allocations > VMW_BALLOON_YIELD_THRESHOLD) {
cond_resched();
allocations = 0;
--
2.4.3

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