Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/14] libxc/save: adjust the memory allocation for migration

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/05/15 12:25, Yang Hongyang wrote:
> Move the memory allocation before the concrete live/nolive save
> in order to avoid the free/alloc memory loop when using Remus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/libxc/xc_sr_common.h |  1 +
>  tools/libxc/xc_sr_save.c   | 61 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_sr_common.h b/tools/libxc/xc_sr_common.h
> index c0f90d4..276d00a 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_sr_common.h
> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_sr_common.h
> @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct xc_sr_context
>              unsigned nr_batch_pfns;
>              unsigned long *deferred_pages;
>              unsigned long nr_deferred_pages;
> +            xc_hypercall_buffer_t dirty_bitmap_hbuf;
>          } save;
>  
>          struct /* Restore data. */
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_sr_save.c b/tools/libxc/xc_sr_save.c
> index 368aacb..0953c35 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_sr_save.c
> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_sr_save.c
> @@ -475,24 +475,12 @@ static int update_progress_string(struct xc_sr_context 
> *ctx,
>  static int send_domain_memory_live(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
>  {
>      xc_interface *xch = ctx->xch;
> -    DECLARE_HYPERCALL_BUFFER(unsigned long, dirty_bitmap);
>      xc_shadow_op_stats_t stats = { 0, ctx->save.p2m_size };
>      char *progress_str = NULL;
>      unsigned x;
>      int rc = -1;
> -
> -    dirty_bitmap = xc_hypercall_buffer_alloc_pages(
> -        xch, dirty_bitmap, NRPAGES(bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size)));
> -
> -    ctx->save.batch_pfns = malloc(MAX_BATCH_SIZE *
> -                                  sizeof(*ctx->save.batch_pfns));
> -    ctx->save.deferred_pages = calloc(1, bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size));
> -
> -    if ( !ctx->save.batch_pfns || !dirty_bitmap || !ctx->save.deferred_pages 
> )
> -    {
> -        ERROR("Unable to allocate memory for to_{send,fix}/batch bitmaps");
> -        goto out;
> -    }
> +    DECLARE_HYPERCALL_BUFFER_SHADOW(unsigned long, dirty_bitmap,
> +                                    (&ctx->save.dirty_bitmap_hbuf));

You can drop this extra bracketing now that
DECLARE_HYPERCALL_BUFFER_SHADOW() has been fixed.

>  
>      rc = enable_logdirty(ctx);
>      if ( rc )
> @@ -593,10 +581,6 @@ static int send_domain_memory_live(struct xc_sr_context 
> *ctx)
>    out:
>      xc_set_progress_prefix(xch, NULL);
>      free(progress_str);
> -    xc_hypercall_buffer_free_pages(xch, dirty_bitmap,
> -                                   NRPAGES(bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size)));
> -    free(ctx->save.deferred_pages);
> -    free(ctx->save.batch_pfns);
>      return rc;
>  }
>  
> @@ -609,17 +593,6 @@ static int send_domain_memory_nonlive(struct 
> xc_sr_context *ctx)
>      xc_interface *xch = ctx->xch;
>      int rc = -1;
>  
> -    ctx->save.batch_pfns = malloc(MAX_BATCH_SIZE *
> -                                  sizeof(*ctx->save.batch_pfns));
> -    ctx->save.deferred_pages = calloc(1, bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size));
> -
> -    if ( !ctx->save.batch_pfns || !ctx->save.deferred_pages )
> -    {
> -        PERROR("Failed to allocate memory for nonlive tracking structures");
> -        errno = ENOMEM;
> -        goto err;
> -    }
> -
>      rc = suspend_domain(ctx);
>      if ( rc )
>          goto err;
> @@ -631,15 +604,30 @@ static int send_domain_memory_nonlive(struct 
> xc_sr_context *ctx)
>          goto err;
>  
>   err:
> -    free(ctx->save.deferred_pages);
> -    free(ctx->save.batch_pfns);
> -
>      return rc;
>  }
>  
>  static int setup(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
>  {
> +    xc_interface *xch = ctx->xch;
>      int rc;
> +    DECLARE_HYPERCALL_BUFFER_SHADOW(unsigned long, dirty_bitmap,
> +                                    (&ctx->save.dirty_bitmap_hbuf));
> +
> +    dirty_bitmap = xc_hypercall_buffer_alloc_pages(
> +                   xch, dirty_bitmap, 
> NRPAGES(bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size)));
> +    ctx->save.batch_pfns = malloc(MAX_BATCH_SIZE *
> +                                  sizeof(*ctx->save.batch_pfns));
> +    ctx->save.deferred_pages = calloc(1, bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size));
> +
> +    if ( !ctx->save.batch_pfns || !dirty_bitmap || !ctx->save.deferred_pages 
> )
> +    {
> +        ERROR("Unable to allocate memory for dirty bitmaps, batch pfns and"
> +              " deferred pages");
> +        rc = -1;
> +        errno = ENOMEM;
> +        goto err;
> +    }
>  
>      rc = ctx->save.ops.setup(ctx);
>      if ( rc )
> @@ -655,12 +643,21 @@ static int setup(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
>  static void cleanup(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
>  {
>      xc_interface *xch = ctx->xch;
> +    DECLARE_HYPERCALL_BUFFER_SHADOW(unsigned long, dirty_bitmap,
> +                                    (&ctx->save.dirty_bitmap_hbuf));

And also drop this bracketing.

> +
>  
>      xc_shadow_control(xch, ctx->domid, XEN_DOMCTL_SHADOW_OP_OFF,
>                        NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL);
>  
>      if ( ctx->save.ops.cleanup(ctx) )
>          PERROR("Failed to clean up");
> +
> +    xc_hypercall_buffer_free_pages(xch, dirty_bitmap,
> +                                   NRPAGES(bitmap_size(ctx->save.p2m_size)));
> +    free(ctx->save.deferred_pages);
> +    free(ctx->save.batch_pfns);
> +

Stray blank line.

Otherwise, Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  }
>  
>  /*


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