Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm/memory_hotplug: Spare unnecessary calls to node_set_state

From: Pasha Tatashin
Date: Thu Sep 20 2018 - 16:53:54 EST




On 9/19/18 6:08 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>
> In node_states_check_changes_online, we check if the node will
> have to be set for any of the N_*_MEMORY states after the pages
> have been onlined.
>
> Later on, we perform the activation in node_states_set_node.
> Currently, in node_states_set_node we set the node to N_MEMORY
> unconditionally.
> This means that we call node_set_state for N_MEMORY every time
> pages go online, but we only need to do it if the node has not yet been
> set for N_MEMORY.
>
> Fix this by checking status_change_nid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pavel.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 38d94b703e9d..63facfc57224 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
> if (arg->status_change_nid_high >= 0)
> node_set_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY);
>
> - node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY);
> + if (arg->status_change_nid >= 0)
> + node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY);
> }
>
> static void __meminit resize_zone_range(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
>