linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] arm64/mm: Add temporary arch_remove

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 18:36:04 +0100
From:   Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jun Yao <yaojun8558363@...il.com>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] arm64/mm: Add temporary arch_remove_memory()
 implementation

On 04/06/2019 07:56, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 03.06.19 23:41, Wei Yang wrote:
>> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 01:11:45PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> A proper arch_remove_memory() implementation is on its way, which also
>>> cleanly removes page tables in arch_add_memory() in case something goes
>>> wrong.
>>
>> Would this be better to understand?
>>
>>      removes page tables created in arch_add_memory
> 
> That's not what this sentence expresses. Have a look at
> arch_add_memory(), in case  __add_pages() fails, the page tables are not
> removed. This will also be fixed by Anshuman in the same shot.
> 
>>
>>>
>>> As we want to use arch_remove_memory() in case something goes wrong
>>> during memory hotplug after arch_add_memory() finished, let's add
>>> a temporary hack that is sufficient enough until we get a proper
>>> implementation that cleans up page table entries.
>>>
>>> We will remove CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE around this code in follow up
>>> patches.
>>>
>>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
>>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
>>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org>
>>> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
>>> Cc: Jun Yao <yaojun8558363@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
>>> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
>>> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
>>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> index a1bfc4413982..e569a543c384 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> @@ -1084,4 +1084,23 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>>> 	return __add_pages(nid, start >> PAGE_SHIFT, size >> PAGE_SHIFT,
>>> 			   restrictions);
>>> }
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
>>> +void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>>> +			struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
>>> +{
>>> +	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>> +	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>> +	struct zone *zone;
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * FIXME: Cleanup page tables (also in arch_add_memory() in case
>>> +	 * adding fails). Until then, this function should only be used
>>> +	 * during memory hotplug (adding memory), not for memory
>>> +	 * unplug. ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE must not be
>>> +	 * unlocked yet.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
>>
>> Compared with arch_remove_memory in x86. If altmap is not NULL, zone will be
>> retrieved from page related to altmap. Not sure why this is not the same?
> 
> This is a minimal implementation, sufficient for this use case here. A
> full implementation is in the works. For now, this function will not be
> used with an altmap (ZONE_DEVICE is not esupported for arm64 yet).

FWIW the other pieces of ZONE_DEVICE are now due to land in parallel, 
but as long as we don't throw the ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE switch 
then there should still be no issue. Besides, given that we should 
consistently ignore the altmap everywhere at the moment, it may even 
work out regardless.

One thing stands out about the failure path thing, though - if 
__add_pages() did fail, can it still be guaranteed to have initialised 
the memmap such that page_zone() won't return nonsense? Last time I 
looked that was still a problem when removing memory which had been 
successfully added, but never onlined (although I do know that 
particular case was already being discussed at the time, and I've not 
been paying the greatest attention since).

Robin.