[PATCH] mm/nvdimm: Use correct #defines instead of opencoding
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Tue May 14 14:46:34 AEST 2019
On 5/14/19 9:42 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM Aneesh Kumar K.V
> <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/14/19 9:28 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 7:56 PM Aneesh Kumar K.V
>>> <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The nfpn related change is needed to fix the kernel message
>>>>
>>>> "number of pfns truncated from 2617344 to 163584"
>>>>
>>>> The change makes sure the nfpns stored in the superblock is right value.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 6 +++---
>>>> drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 8 ++++----
>>>> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
>>>> index 347cab166376..6751ff0296ef 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
>>>> @@ -777,8 +777,8 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
>>>> * when populating the vmemmap. This *should* be equal to
>>>> * PMD_SIZE for most architectures.
>>>> */
>>>> - offset = ALIGN(start + reserve + 64 * npfns,
>>>> - max(nd_pfn->align, PMD_SIZE)) - start;
>>>> + offset = ALIGN(start + reserve + sizeof(struct page) * npfns,
>>>> + max(nd_pfn->align, PMD_SIZE)) - start;
>>>
>>> No, I think we need to record the page-size into the superblock format
>>> otherwise this breaks in debug builds where the struct-page size is
>>> extended.
>>>
>>>> } else if (nd_pfn->mode == PFN_MODE_RAM)
>>>> offset = ALIGN(start + reserve, nd_pfn->align) - start;
>>>> else
>>>> @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
>>>> return -ENXIO;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - npfns = (size - offset - start_pad - end_trunc) / SZ_4K;
>>>> + npfns = (size - offset - start_pad - end_trunc) / PAGE_SIZE;
>>>
>>> Similar comment, if the page size is variable then the superblock
>>> needs to explicitly account for it.
>>>
>>
>> PAGE_SIZE is not really variable. What we can run into is the issue you
>> mentioned above. The size of struct page can change which means the
>> reserved space for keeping vmemmap in device may not be sufficient for
>> certain kernel builds.
>>
>> I was planning to add another patch that fails namespace init if we
>> don't have enough space to keep the struct page.
>>
>> Why do you suggest we need to have PAGE_SIZE as part of pfn superblock?
>
> So that the kernel has a chance to identify cases where the superblock
> it is handling was created on a system with different PAGE_SIZE
> assumptions.
>
The reason to do that is we don't have enough space to keep struct page
backing the total number of pfns? If so, what i suggested above should
handle that.
or are you finding any other reason why we should fail a namespace init
with a different PAGE_SIZE value?
My another patch handle the details w.r.t devdax alignment for which
devdax got created with PAGE_SIZE 4K but we are now trying to load that
in a kernel with PAGE_SIZE 64k.
-aneesh
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