Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 5/8] hv_balloon: mark inflated pages PG_offline

[Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

> 
> Mark inflated and never onlined pages PG_offline, to tell the world that
> the content is stale and should not be dumped.
> 
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> index 211f3fe3a038..47719862e57f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> @@ -681,8 +681,13 @@ static struct notifier_block hv_memory_nb = {
>  /* Check if the particular page is backed and can be onlined and online it.
>  */
>  static void hv_page_online_one(struct hv_hotadd_state *has, struct page *pg)
>  {
> -     if (!has_pfn_is_backed(has, page_to_pfn(pg)))
> +     if (!has_pfn_is_backed(has, page_to_pfn(pg))) {
> +             if (!PageOffline(pg))
> +                     __SetPageOffline(pg);
>               return;
> +     }
> +     if (PageOffline(pg))
> +             __ClearPageOffline(pg);
>  
>       /* This frame is currently backed; online the page. */
>       __online_page_set_limits(pg);
> @@ -1201,6 +1206,7 @@ static void free_balloon_pages(struct hv_dynmem_device
> *dm,
>  
>       for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
>               pg = pfn_to_page(i + start_frame);
> +             __ClearPageOffline(pg);

Just thinking, do we need to care for clearing PageOffline flag before freeing
a balloon'd page?

Thanks,
Pankaj

>               __free_page(pg);
>               dm->num_pages_ballooned--;
>       }
> @@ -1213,7 +1219,7 @@ static unsigned int alloc_balloon_pages(struct
> hv_dynmem_device *dm,
>                                       struct dm_balloon_response *bl_resp,
>                                       int alloc_unit)
>  {
> -     unsigned int i = 0;
> +     unsigned int i, j;
>       struct page *pg;
>  
>       if (num_pages < alloc_unit)
> @@ -1245,6 +1251,10 @@ static unsigned int alloc_balloon_pages(struct
> hv_dynmem_device *dm,
>               if (alloc_unit != 1)
>                       split_page(pg, get_order(alloc_unit << PAGE_SHIFT));
>  
> +             /* mark all pages offline */
> +             for (j = 0; j < (1 << get_order(alloc_unit << PAGE_SHIFT)); j++)
> +                     __SetPageOffline(pg + j);
> +
>               bl_resp->range_count++;
>               bl_resp->range_array[i].finfo.start_page =
>                       page_to_pfn(pg);
> --
> 2.17.2
> 
> 

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