Re: [PATCH V2 2/2]: powerpc/hotplug/mm: Fix hot-add memory node assoc

[Michael Bringmann <mwb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

>>  arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c |    7 -------
>>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> index 15c2dd5..18f3038 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> @@ -907,13 +907,6 @@ void __init initmem_init(void)
>>  
>>  	memblock_dump_all();
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Reduce the possible NUMA nodes to the online NUMA nodes,
>> -	 * since we do not support node hotplug. This ensures that  we
>> -	 * lower the maximum NUMA node ID to what is actually present.
>> -	 */
>> -	nodes_and(node_possible_map, node_possible_map, node_online_map);
>> -
> 
> There is an overhead with turning this off if you have too many cgroups
> with the memory controller. I think this fix was added for a pathological
> test case. On my system I see 84 cgroups with 1 node, so the probable
> overhead is 84*255*sizeof(struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_node).
> 
> I tried some patches to reduce the overhead, but those need more overhauling
> and rework.

Is there some other way to add a node to a dynamic, running system without
crashing?  I have not encountered one as yet.

> Balbir Singh.

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