On Tue 15-10-19 14:09:56, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 15-10-19 13:50:02, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > On 15.10.19 13:47, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Tue 15-10-19 13:42:03, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > > -static bool pfn_range_valid_gigantic(struct zone *z,
> > > > > - unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> > > > > -{
> > > > > - unsigned long i, end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
> > > > > - struct page *page;
> > > > > -
> > > > > - for (i = start_pfn; i < end_pfn; i++) {
> > > > > - if (!pfn_valid(i))
> > > > > - return false;
> > > > > -
> > > > > - page = pfn_to_page(i);
> > > >
> > > > Am I missing something or should here really be a pfn_to_online_page()
> > > > here
> > > > instead of a pfn_valid() ?
> > >
> > > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> > >
> >
> > So we managed to add PageReserved(page) but not pfn_to_online_page(). But it
> > is the right thing to do? (or am I missing something?)
>
> Yeah, pfn_to_online_page is better. But please note that this is an
> optimistic check. The real check has to be done when isolating the
> pageblock because things might change in the meantime.
Except I have missed that we do get zone from the page and other
undefined state. Scratch my above comment.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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