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Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 12:06:19 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>, jmorris@...ei.org,
sashal@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mhocko@...e.com,
dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
keith.busch@...el.com, vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
dave.jiang@...el.com, zwisler@...nel.org, thomas.lendacky@....com,
ying.huang@...el.com, fengguang.wu@...el.com, bp@...e.de,
bhelgaas@...gle.com, baiyaowei@...s.chinamobile.com, tiwai@...e.de,
jglisse@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [v5 2/3] mm/hotplug: make remove_memory() interface useable
On 02.05.19 20:43, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> As of right now remove_memory() interface is inherently broken. It tries
> to remove memory but panics if some memory is not offline. The problem
> is that it is impossible to ensure that all memory blocks are offline as
> this function also takes lock_device_hotplug that is required to
> change memory state via sysfs.
>
The existing interface can actually work today by registering a hotplug
notifier and rejecting any onlining attempts. But I agree that this way,
the interface becomes more usable.
> So, between calling this function and offlining all memory blocks there
> is always a window when lock_device_hotplug is released, and therefore,
> there is always a chance for a panic during this window.
>
> Make this interface to return an error if memory removal fails. This way
> it is safe to call this function without panicking machine, and also
> makes it symmetric to add_memory() which already returns an error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>> ---
> include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 8 +++--
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> index 8ade08c50d26..5438a2d92560 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static inline void pgdat_resize_init(struct pglist_data *pgdat) {}
> extern bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
> extern void try_offline_node(int nid);
> extern int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
> -extern void remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
> +extern int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
> extern void __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
>
> #else
> @@ -321,7 +321,11 @@ static inline int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> -static inline void remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) {}
> +static inline bool remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> +{
> + return -EBUSY;
> +}
> +
> static inline void __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) {}
> #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 8c454e82d4f6..a826aededa1a 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1778,9 +1778,10 @@ static int check_memblock_offlined_cb(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
> endpa = PFN_PHYS(section_nr_to_pfn(mem->end_section_nr + 1))-1;
> pr_warn("removing memory fails, because memory [%pa-%pa] is onlined\n",
> &beginpa, &endpa);
> - }
>
> - return ret;
> + return -EBUSY;
> + }
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static int check_cpu_on_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> @@ -1843,19 +1844,9 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_offline_node);
>
> -/**
> - * remove_memory
> - * @nid: the node ID
> - * @start: physical address of the region to remove
> - * @size: size of the region to remove
> - *
> - * NOTE: The caller must call lock_device_hotplug() to serialize hotplug
> - * and online/offline operations before this call, as required by
> - * try_offline_node().
> - */
> -void __ref __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> +static int __ref try_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> {
> - int ret;
> + int rc = 0;
>
> BUG_ON(check_hotplug_memory_range(start, size));
>
> @@ -1863,13 +1854,13 @@ void __ref __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
>
> /*
> * All memory blocks must be offlined before removing memory. Check
> - * whether all memory blocks in question are offline and trigger a BUG()
> + * whether all memory blocks in question are offline and return error
> * if this is not the case.
> */
> - ret = walk_memory_range(PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1), NULL,
> - check_memblock_offlined_cb);
> - if (ret)
> - BUG();
> + rc = walk_memory_range(PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1), NULL,
> + check_memblock_offlined_cb);
> + if (rc)
> + goto done;
>
> /* remove memmap entry */
> firmware_map_remove(start, start + size, "System RAM");
> @@ -1879,14 +1870,42 @@ void __ref __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
>
> try_offline_node(nid);
>
> +done:
> mem_hotplug_done();
> + return rc;
> }
>
> -void remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> +/**
> + * remove_memory
> + * @nid: the node ID
> + * @start: physical address of the region to remove
> + * @size: size of the region to remove
> + *
> + * NOTE: The caller must call lock_device_hotplug() to serialize hotplug
> + * and online/offline operations before this call, as required by
> + * try_offline_node().
> + */
> +void __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> {
> +
> + /*
> + * trigger BUG() is some memory is not offlined prior to calling this
> + * function
> + */
> + if (try_remove_memory(nid, start, size))
> + BUG();
> +}
> +
> +/* Remove memory if every memory block is offline, otherwise return false */
Comment is wrong "return false"
> +int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> +{
> + int rc;
> +
> lock_device_hotplug();
> - __remove_memory(nid, start, size);
> + rc = try_remove_memory(nid, start, size);
> unlock_device_hotplug();
> +
> + return rc;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory);
> #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
>
Looks sane to me
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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