On Tue 10-03-20 12:46:05, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 10.03.20 12:43, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 02-03-20 14:49:37, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > [...]
> >> +static void virtio_mem_notify_going_offline(struct virtio_mem *vm,
> >> + unsigned long mb_id)
> >> +{
> >> + const unsigned long nr_pages = PFN_DOWN(vm->subblock_size);
> >> + unsigned long pfn;
> >> + int sb_id, i;
> >> +
> >> + for (sb_id = 0; sb_id < vm->nb_sb_per_mb; sb_id++) {
> >> + if (virtio_mem_mb_test_sb_plugged(vm, mb_id, sb_id, 1))
> >> + continue;
> >> + /*
> >> + * Drop our reference to the pages so the memory can get
> >> + * offlined and add the unplugged pages to the managed
> >> + * page counters (so offlining code can correctly subtract
> >> + * them again).
> >> + */
> >> + pfn = PFN_DOWN(virtio_mem_mb_id_to_phys(mb_id) +
> >> + sb_id * vm->subblock_size);
> >> + adjust_managed_page_count(pfn_to_page(pfn), nr_pages);
> >> + for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
> >> + page_ref_dec(pfn_to_page(pfn + i));
> >
> > Is there ever situation this might be a different than 1->0 transition?
>
> Only if some other code would be taking a reference. At least not from
> virtio-mem perspective.
OK, so that is essentially an error condition. I think it shouldn't go
silent and you want something like
if (WARN_ON(!page_ref_sub_and_test(page)))
dump_page(pfn_to_page(pfn + i), "YOUR REASON");
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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