[I didn't really go through other patch but this one caught my eyes just
because of the similar request proposed yesterday]
On Wed 23-05-18 17:11:50, David Hildenbrand wrote:
[...]
> @@ -1686,6 +1686,10 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long
> start_pfn,
> pfn = scan_movable_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
> if (pfn) { /* We have movable pages */
> ret = do_migrate_range(pfn, end_pfn);
> + if (ret && !retry_forever) {
> + ret = -EBUSY;
> + goto failed_removal;
> + }
> goto repeat;
> }
>
Btw. this will not work in practice. Even a single temporary pin on a page
will fail way too easily. If you really need to control this then make
it a retry counter with default -1UL.
We really do need a better error reporting from do_migrate_range and
distinguish transient from permanent failures. In general we shouldn't
even get here for pages which are not migrateable...
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
