Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] memory tier: create CPUless memory tiers after obtaining HMAT info

[Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang" <horenchuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> [snip]
>
> > @@ -655,6 +672,34 @@ void mt_put_memory_types(struct list_head *memory_types)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt_put_memory_types);
> >
> > +/*
> > + * This is invoked via `late_initcall()` to initialize memory tiers for
> > + * CPU-less memory nodes after driver initialization, which is
> > + * expected to provide `adistance` algorithms.
> > + */
> > +static int __init memory_tier_late_init(void)
> > +{
> > +     int nid;
> > +
> > +     mutex_lock(&memory_tier_lock);
> > +     for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
> > +             if (!node_state(nid, N_CPU) &&
> > +                     node_memory_types[nid].memtype == NULL)
>
> Think about this again.  It seems that it is better to check
> "node_memory_types[nid].memtype == NULL" only here.  Because for all
> node with N_CPU in memory_tier_init(), "node_memory_types[nid].memtype"
> will be !NULL.  And it's possible (in theory) that some nodes becomes
> "node_state(nid, N_CPU) == true" between memory_tier_init() and
> memory_tier_late_init().
>
> Otherwise, Looks good to me.  Feel free to add
>
> Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> in the future version.
>

Thank you Huang, Ying for your endorsement and
the feedback you've been giving!

> > +                     /*
> > +                      * Some device drivers may have initialized memory tiers
> > +                      * between `memory_tier_init()` and `memory_tier_late_init()`,
> > +                      * potentially bringing online memory nodes and
> > +                      * configuring memory tiers. Exclude them here.
> > +                      */
> > +                     set_node_memory_tier(nid);
> > +
> > +     establish_demotion_targets();
> > +     mutex_unlock(&memory_tier_lock);
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +late_initcall(memory_tier_late_init);
> > +
>
> [snip]
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying



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Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang
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