linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm, memory_hotplug: do not assume ZONE

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 14:57:27 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Reza Arbab <arbab@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@...il.com>,
        qiuxishi@...wei.com, Kani Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@....com>,
        slaoub@...il.com, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm, memory_hotplug: do not assume ZONE_NORMAL is
 default kernel zone

On 06/01/2017 10:37 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 
> Heiko Carstens has noticed that he can generate overlapping zones for
> ZONE_DMA and ZONE_NORMAL:
> DMA      [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000007fffffff]
> Normal   [mem 0x0000000080000000-0x000000017fffffff]
> 
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/block_size_bytes
> 10000000
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/valid_zones
> DMA
> $ echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/valid_zones
> Normal
> $ echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online
> Normal
> 
> $ cat /proc/zoneinfo
> Node 0, zone      DMA
> spanned  524288        <-----
> present  458752
> managed  455078
> start_pfn:           0 <-----
> 
> Node 0, zone   Normal
> spanned  720896
> present  589824
> managed  571648
> start_pfn:           327680 <-----
> 
> The reason is that we assume that the default zone for kernel onlining
> is ZONE_NORMAL. This was a simplification introduced by the memory
> hotplug rework and it is easily fixable by checking the range overlap in
> the zone order and considering the first matching zone as the default
> one. If there is no such zone then assume ZONE_NORMAL as we have been
> doing so far.
> 
> Fixes: "mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded memory to zones until online"
> Reported-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>