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From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@huawei.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Yasuaki ISIMATU <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Subject: [V5 PATCH 05/26] node_states: introduce N_MEMORY
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:20:55 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1351524078-20363-4-git-send-email-laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351523301-20048-1-git-send-email-laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>

We have N_NORMAL_MEMORY for standing for the nodes that have normal memory with
zone_type <= ZONE_NORMAL.

And we have N_HIGH_MEMORY for standing for the nodes that have normal or high
memory.

But we don't have any word to stand for the nodes that have *any* memory.

And we have N_CPU but without N_MEMORY.

Current code reuse the N_HIGH_MEMORY for this purpose because any node which
has memory must have high memory or normal memory currently.

A)	But this reusing is bad for *readability*. Because the name
	N_HIGH_MEMORY just stands for high or normal:

A.example 1)
	mem_cgroup_nr_lru_pages():
		for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)

	The user will be confused(why this function just counts for high or
	normal memory node? does it counts for ZONE_MOVABLE's lru pages?)
	until someone else tell them N_HIGH_MEMORY is reused to stand for
	nodes that have any memory.

A.cont) If we introduce N_MEMORY, we can reduce this confusing
	AND make the code more clearly:

A.example 2) mm/page_cgroup.c use N_HIGH_MEMORY twice:

	One is in page_cgroup_init(void):
		for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {

	It means if the node have memory, we will allocate page_cgroup map for
	the node. We should use N_MEMORY instead here to gaim more clearly.

	The second using is in alloc_page_cgroup():
		if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
			addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);

	It means if the node has high or normal memory that can be allocated
	from kernel. We should keep N_HIGH_MEMORY here, and it will be better
	if the "any memory" semantic of N_HIGH_MEMORY is removed.

B)	This reusing is out-dated if we introduce MOVABLE-dedicated node.
	The MOVABLE-dedicated node should not appear in
	node_stats[N_HIGH_MEMORY] nor node_stats[N_NORMAL_MEMORY],
	because MOVABLE-dedicated node has no high or normal memory.

	In x86_64, N_HIGH_MEMORY=N_NORMAL_MEMORY, if a MOVABLE-dedicated node
	is in node_stats[N_HIGH_MEMORY], it is also means it is in
	node_stats[N_NORMAL_MEMORY], it causes SLUB wrong.

	The slub uses
		for_each_node_state(nid, N_NORMAL_MEMORY)
	and creates kmem_cache_node for MOVABLE-dedicated node and cause problem.

In one word, we need a N_MEMORY. We just intrude it as an alias to
N_HIGH_MEMORY and fix all im-proper usages of N_HIGH_MEMORY in late patches.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Acked-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/nodemask.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index 7afc363..c6ebdc9 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ enum node_states {
 #else
 	N_HIGH_MEMORY = N_NORMAL_MEMORY,
 #endif
+	N_MEMORY = N_HIGH_MEMORY,
 	N_CPU,		/* The node has one or more cpus */
 	NR_NODE_STATES
 };
-- 
1.7.4.4


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-29 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-29 15:07 [V5 PATCH 00/26] mm, memory-hotplug: dynamic configure movable memory and introduce movable node Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:07 ` [V5 PATCH 01/26] mm, memory-hotplug: dynamic configure movable memory and portion memory Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 02/26] memory_hotplug: handle empty zone when online_movable/online_kernel Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 03/26] memory_hotplug: ensure every online node has NORMAL memory Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 04/26] node: cleanup node_state_attr Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` Lai Jiangshan [this message]
2012-10-29 20:46   ` [V5 PATCH 05/26] node_states: introduce N_MEMORY David Rientjes
2012-10-31  7:03     ` Wen Congyang
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 06/26] cpuset: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 07/26] procfs: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 08/26] memcontrol: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 16:22   ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 20:40     ` David Rientjes
2012-10-29 20:58       ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 21:08         ` David Rientjes
2012-10-29 21:34           ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-31 13:18   ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 15:20 ` [V5 PATCH 09/26] oom: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 10/26] mm,migrate: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 11/26] mempolicy: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 12/26] hugetlb: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 13/26] vmstat: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 14/26] kthread: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 15/26] init: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 16/26] vmscan: " Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 17/26] page_alloc: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY change the node_states initialization Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 18/26] hotplug: update nodemasks management Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 19/26] numa: add CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE for movable-dedicated node Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 20/26] memory_hotplug: allow online/offline memory to result movable node Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 21/26] page_alloc: add kernelcore_max_addr Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 22/26] x86: get pg_data_t's memory from other node Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 23/26] x86: use memblock_set_current_limit() to set memblock.current_limit Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 24/26] memblock: limit memory address from memblock Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 25/26] memblock: compare current_limit with end variable at memblock_find_in_range_node() Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-29 15:21 ` [V5 PATCH 26/26] mempolicy: fix is_valid_nodemask() Lai Jiangshan
2012-10-30  9:50 ` [V5 PATCH 00/26] mm, memory-hotplug: dynamic configure movable memory and introduce movable node Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-10-31  9:30   ` Wen Congyang

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