linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v20 8/9] mm: memory_hotplug: disable memmap_on_memory when hugetlb_free

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Date:   Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:35:33 +0200
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To:     Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 8/9] mm: memory_hotplug: disable memmap_on_memory
 when hugetlb_free_vmemmap enabled

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 04:40:04PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
>  bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size)
>  {
> +	bool supported;
>  	unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages = size / PAGE_SIZE;
>  	unsigned long vmemmap_size = nr_vmemmap_pages * sizeof(struct page);
>  	unsigned long remaining_size = size - vmemmap_size;
> @@ -1011,11 +1012,18 @@ bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size)
>  	 *	 altmap as an alternative source of memory, and we do not exactly
>  	 *	 populate a single PMD.
>  	 */
> -	return memmap_on_memory &&
> -	       IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) &&
> -	       size == memory_block_size_bytes() &&
> -	       IS_ALIGNED(vmemmap_size, PMD_SIZE) &&
> -	       IS_ALIGNED(remaining_size, pageblock_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	supported = memmap_on_memory &&
> +		    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) &&
> +		    size == memory_block_size_bytes() &&
> +		    IS_ALIGNED(vmemmap_size, PMD_SIZE) &&
> +		    IS_ALIGNED(remaining_size, pageblock_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	if (supported && is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled()) {
> +		pr_info("Cannot enable memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory, it is not compatible with hugetlb_free_vmemmap\n");
> +		supported = false;
> +	}

I would not print anything and rather have

return memmap_on_memory &&
       !is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled &&
       IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) &&
       size == memory_block_size_bytes() &&
       IS_ALIGNED(vmemmap_size, PMD_SIZE) &&
       IS_ALIGNED(remaining_size, pageblock_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt already provides an
explanation on memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory parameter that states
that the feature cannot be enabled when using hugetlb-vmemmap
optimization.

Users can always check whether the feature is enabled via
/sys/modules/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.

Also, I did not check if it is, but if not, the fact about hugetlb-vmemmmap vs
hotplug-vmemmap should also be called out in the hugetlb-vmemmap kernel
parameter.

Thanks

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3