linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/xen: dont add memory above max allowed allocation

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Date:   Thu, 7 Feb 2019 07:32:04 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     sstabellini@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/xen: dont add memory above max allowed
 allocation

On 01/02/2019 19:46, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 1/30/19 3:22 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> Don't allow memory to be added above the allowed maximum allocation
>> limit set by Xen.
>>
>> Trying to do so would result in cases like the following:
>>
>> [  584.559652] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [  584.564897] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1 at ../arch/x86/xen/multicalls.c:129 xen_alloc_pte+0x1c7/0x390()
>> [  584.575151] Modules linked in:
>> [  584.578643] Supported: Yes
>> [  584.581750] CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.4.120-92.70-default #1
>> [  584.590000] Hardware name: Cisco Systems Inc UCSC-C460-M4/UCSC-C460-M4, BIOS C460M4.4.0.1b.0.0629181419 06/29/2018
>> [  584.601862]  0000000000000000 ffffffff813175a0 0000000000000000 ffffffff8184777c
>> [  584.610200]  ffffffff8107f4e1 ffff880487eb7000 ffff8801862b79c0 ffff88048608d290
>> [  584.618537]  0000000000487eb7 ffffea0000000201 ffffffff81009de7 ffffffff81068561
>> [  584.626876] Call Trace:
>> [  584.629699]  [<ffffffff81019ad9>] dump_trace+0x59/0x340
>> [  584.635645]  [<ffffffff81019eaa>] show_stack_log_lvl+0xea/0x170
>> [  584.642391]  [<ffffffff8101ac51>] show_stack+0x21/0x40
>> [  584.648238]  [<ffffffff813175a0>] dump_stack+0x5c/0x7c
>> [  584.654085]  [<ffffffff8107f4e1>] warn_slowpath_common+0x81/0xb0
>> [  584.660932]  [<ffffffff81009de7>] xen_alloc_pte+0x1c7/0x390
>> [  584.667289]  [<ffffffff810647f0>] pmd_populate_kernel.constprop.6+0x40/0x80
>> [  584.675241]  [<ffffffff815ecfe8>] phys_pmd_init+0x210/0x255
>> [  584.681587]  [<ffffffff815ed207>] phys_pud_init+0x1da/0x247
>> [  584.687931]  [<ffffffff815edb3b>] kernel_physical_mapping_init+0xf5/0x1d4
>> [  584.695682]  [<ffffffff815e9bdd>] init_memory_mapping+0x18d/0x380
>> [  584.702631]  [<ffffffff81064699>] arch_add_memory+0x59/0xf0
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/xen/setup.c      | 10 ++++++++++
>>  drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c |  6 ++++++
>>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
>> index d5f303c0e656..fdb184cadaf5 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/memblock.h>
>>  #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
>>  #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
>> +#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
>>  
>>  #include <asm/elf.h>
>>  #include <asm/vdso.h>
>> @@ -825,6 +826,15 @@ char * __init xen_memory_setup(void)
>>  				xen_max_p2m_pfn = pfn_s + n_pfns;
>>  			} else
>>  				discard = true;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>> +			/*
>> +			 * Don't allow adding memory not in E820 map while
>> +			 * booting the system. Once the balloon driver is up
>> +			 * it will remove that restriction again.
>> +			 */
>> +			max_mem_size = xen_e820_table.entries[i].addr +
>> +				       xen_e820_table.entries[i].size;
>> +#endif
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		if (!discard)
>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c b/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c
>> index 2acbfe104e46..2a960fcc812e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c
>> +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/mm_types.h>
>>  #include <linux/init.h>
>>  #include <linux/capability.h>
>> +#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
>>  
>>  #include <xen/xen.h>
>>  #include <xen/interface/xen.h>
>> @@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ static void watch_target(struct xenbus_watch *watch,
>>  	static bool watch_fired;
>>  	static long target_diff;
>>  
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>> +	/* The balloon driver will take care of adding memory now. */
>> +	max_mem_size = U64_MAX;
>> +#endif
> 
> 
> I don't think I understand this. Are you saying the guest should ignore
> 'mem' boot option?

No, I just managed to forget thinking about that possibility.

I need to save the old max_mem_size setting in setup.c and restore it here.


Juergen