[RFC v9 PATCH 13/21] memory-hotplug: check page type in get_page_bootmem
wency at cn.fujitsu.com
wency at cn.fujitsu.com
Wed Sep 5 19:25:47 EST 2012
From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki at jp.fujitsu.com>
The function get_page_bootmem() may be called more than one time to the same
page. There is no need to set page's type, private if the function is not
the first time called to the page.
Note: the patch is just optimization and does not fix any problem.
CC: David Rientjes <rientjes at google.com>
CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97 at gmail.com>
CC: Len Brown <len.brown at intel.com>
CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org>
CC: Christoph Lameter <cl at linux.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim at gmail.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro at jp.fujitsu.com>
CC: Wen Congyang <wency at cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki at jp.fujitsu.com>
---
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index d736df3..26a5012 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -95,10 +95,17 @@ static void release_memory_resource(struct resource *res)
static void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
unsigned long type)
{
- page->lru.next = (struct list_head *) type;
- SetPagePrivate(page);
- set_page_private(page, info);
- atomic_inc(&page->_count);
+ unsigned long page_type;
+
+ page_type = (unsigned long)page->lru.next;
+ if (page_type < MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE ||
+ page_type > MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MAX_BOOTMEM_TYPE){
+ page->lru.next = (struct list_head *)type;
+ SetPagePrivate(page);
+ set_page_private(page, info);
+ atomic_inc(&page->_count);
+ } else
+ atomic_inc(&page->_count);
}
/* reference to __meminit __free_pages_bootmem is valid
--
1.7.1
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