struct vmballoon_ctl {
struct list_head pages;
struct list_head refused_pages;
+ struct list_head prealloc_pages;
unsigned int n_refused_pages;
unsigned int n_pages;
enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size;
unsigned int i;
for (i = 0; i < req_n_pages; i++) {
- if (ctl->page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE)
- page = alloc_pages(__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_NOWARN|
+ /*
+ * First check if we happen to have pages that were allocated
+ * before. This happens when 2MB page rejected during inflation
+ * by the hypervisor, and then split into 4KB pages.
+ */
+ if (!list_empty(&ctl->prealloc_pages)) {
+ page = list_first_entry(&ctl->prealloc_pages,
+ struct page, lru);
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ } else {
+ if (ctl->page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE)
+ page = alloc_pages(__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_NOWARN|
__GFP_NOMEMALLOC, VMW_BALLOON_2M_ORDER);
- else
- page = balloon_page_alloc();
+ else
+ page = balloon_page_alloc();
- /* Update statistics */
- vmballoon_stats_page_inc(b, VMW_BALLOON_PAGE_STAT_ALLOC,
- ctl->page_size);
+ vmballoon_stats_page_inc(b, VMW_BALLOON_PAGE_STAT_ALLOC,
+ ctl->page_size);
+ }
if (page) {
vmballoon_mark_page_offline(page, ctl->page_size);
__free_pages(page, vmballoon_page_order(page_size));
}
- *n_pages = 0;
+ if (n_pages)
+ *n_pages = 0;
}
}
/**
+ * vmballoon_split_refused_pages() - Split the 2MB refused pages to 4k.
+ *
+ * If inflation of 2MB pages was denied by the hypervisor, it is likely to be
+ * due to one or few 4KB pages. These 2MB pages may keep being allocated and
+ * then being refused. To prevent this case, this function splits the refused
+ * pages into 4KB pages and adds them into @prealloc_pages list.
+ *
+ * @ctl: pointer for the %struct vmballoon_ctl, which defines the operation.
+ */
+static void vmballoon_split_refused_pages(struct vmballoon_ctl *ctl)
+{
+ struct page *page, *tmp;
+ unsigned int i, order;
+
+ order = vmballoon_page_order(ctl->page_size);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &ctl->refused_pages, lru) {
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ split_page(page, order);
+ for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++)
+ list_add(&page[i].lru, &ctl->prealloc_pages);
+ }
+ ctl->n_refused_pages = 0;
+}
+
+/**
* vmballoon_inflate() - Inflate the balloon towards its target size.
*
* @b: pointer to the balloon.
struct vmballoon_ctl ctl = {
.pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ctl.pages),
.refused_pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ctl.refused_pages),
+ .prealloc_pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ctl.prealloc_pages),
.page_size = b->max_page_size,
.op = VMW_BALLOON_INFLATE
};
break;
/*
- * Ignore errors from locking as we now switch to 4k
- * pages and we might get different errors.
+ * Split the refused pages to 4k. This will also empty
+ * the refused pages list.
*/
- vmballoon_release_refused_pages(b, &ctl);
+ vmballoon_split_refused_pages(&ctl);
ctl.page_size--;
}
*/
if (ctl.n_refused_pages != 0)
vmballoon_release_refused_pages(b, &ctl);
+
+ vmballoon_release_page_list(&ctl.prealloc_pages, NULL, ctl.page_size);
}
/**