Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/memory_hotplug: update comment regarding zone shuffling

From: Pankaj Gupta
Date: Wed Oct 21 2020 - 06:59:00 EST


> As we no longer shuffle via generic_online_page() and when undoing
> isolation, we can simplify the comment.
>
> We now effectively shuffle only once (properly) when onlining new
> memory.
>
> Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 11 ++++-------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 03a00cb68bf7..b44d4c7ba73b 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -858,13 +858,10 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>
> /*
> - * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
> - * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
> - * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
> - * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
> - * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
> - * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
> - * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
> + * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
> + * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
> + * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
> + * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
> */
> shuffle_zone(zone);
>

Acked-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>