Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966192AbbD1O4i (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:56:38 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:52617 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965724AbbD1O4g (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:56:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:56:32 +0100 From: Mel Gorman To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linux-MM , Nathan Zimmer , Dave Hansen , Waiman Long , Scott Norton , Daniel J Blueman , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] mm: meminit: Initialise a subset of struct pages if CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is set Message-ID: <20150428145632.GN2449@suse.de> References: <1429785196-7668-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> <1429785196-7668-8-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> <20150427154344.421fd9f151bf27d365d02fd2@linux-foundation.org> <20150428095323.GK2449@suse.de> <20150428064810.0882ad36.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150428064810.0882ad36.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2024 Lines: 57 On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 06:48:10AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:53:23 +0100 Mel Gorman wrote: > > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT > > > > +#define __defermem_init __meminit > > > > +#define __defer_init __meminit > > > > +#else > > > > +#define __defermem_init > > > > +#define __defer_init __init > > > > +#endif > > > > > > Could we get some comments describing these? What they do, when and > > > where they should be used. I have a suspicion that the naming isn't > > > good, but I didn't spend a lot of time reverse-engineering the > > > intent... > > > > > > > Of course. The next version will have > > > > +/* > > + * Deferred struct page initialisation requires some early init functions that > > + * are removed before kswapd is up and running. The feature depends on memory > > + * hotplug so put the data and code required by deferred initialisation into > > + * the __meminit section where they are preserved. > > + */ > > I'm still not getting it even a little bit :( You say "data and code", > so I'd expect to see > > #define __defer_meminitdata __meminitdata > #define __defer_meminit __meminit > > But the patch doesn't mention the data segment at all. > Take 2. Suggestions on different names are welcome because they are poor. /* * Deferred struct page initialisation requires init functions that are freed * before kswapd is available. Reuse the memory hotplug section annotation * to mark the required code. * * __defermem_init is code that always exists but is annotated __meminit to * avoid section warnings. * __defer_init code gets marked __meminit when deferring struct page * initialistion but is otherwise in the init section. */ -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/