linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/5] mm: Enable CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER

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Message-ID: <1562887528-5896-1-git-send-email-Hoan@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:25:44 +0000
From:   Hoan Tran OS <hoan@...amperecomputing.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
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        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
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        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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CC:     "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
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        "sparclinux@...r.kernel.org" <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Open Source Submission <patches@...erecomputing.com>,
        Hoan Tran OS <hoan@...amperecomputing.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] mm: Enable CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES by default
 for NUMA

In NUMA layout which nodes have memory ranges that span across other nodes,
the mm driver can detect the memory node id incorrectly.

For example, with layout below
Node 0 address: 0000 xxxx 0000 xxxx
Node 1 address: xxxx 1111 xxxx 1111

Note:
 - Memory from low to high
 - 0/1: Node id
 - x: Invalid memory of a node

When mm probes the memory map, without CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
config, mm only checks the memory validity but not the node id.
Because of that, Node 1 also detects the memory from node 0 as below
when it scans from the start address to the end address of node 1.

Node 0 address: 0000 xxxx xxxx xxxx
Node 1 address: xxxx 1111 1111 1111

This layout could occur on any architecture. This patch enables
CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES by default for NUMA to fix this issue.

V2:
 * Revise the patch description

Hoan Tran (5):
  mm: Enable CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES by default for NUMA
  powerpc: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
  x86: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
  sparc: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
  s390: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES

 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 9 ---------
 arch/s390/Kconfig    | 8 --------
 arch/sparc/Kconfig   | 9 ---------
 arch/x86/Kconfig     | 9 ---------
 mm/page_alloc.c      | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 36 deletions(-)

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