linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ppc64/numa: consider the max numa node for migratable LPAR

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:12:23 +0200
From:   Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     mpe@...erman.id.au, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org
Cc:     nathanl@...ux.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ppc64/numa: consider the max numa node for migratable
 LPAR

Hi Michael,

Is there a way to get that patch in 5.14?

Thanks,
Laurent.

Le 11/05/2021 à 09:31, Laurent Dufour a écrit :
> When a LPAR is migratable, we should consider the maximum possible NUMA
> node instead the number of NUMA node from the actual system.
> 
> The DT property 'ibm,current-associativity-domains' is defining the maximum
> number of nodes the LPAR can see when running on that box. But if the LPAR
> is being migrated on another box, it may seen up to the nodes defined by
> 'ibm,max-associativity-domains'. So if a LPAR is migratable, that value
> should be used.
> 
> Unfortunately, there is no easy way to know if a LPAR is migratable or
> not. The hypervisor is exporting the property 'ibm,migratable-partition' in
> the case it set to migrate partition, but that would not mean that the
> current partition is migratable.
> 
> Without this patch, when a LPAR is started on a 2 nodes box and then
> migrated to a 3 nodes box, the hypervisor may spread the LPAR's CPUs on the
> 3rd node. In that case if a CPU from that 3rd node is added to the LPAR, it
> will be wrongly assigned to the node because the kernel has been set to use
> up to 2 nodes (the configuration of the departure node). With this patch
> applies, the CPU is correctly added to the 3rd node.
> 
> Fixes: f9f130ff2ec9 ("powerpc/numa: Detect support for coregroup")
> Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
> V2: Address Srikar's comments
>   - Fix the commit message
>   - Use pr_info instead printk(KERN_INFO..)
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> index f2bf98bdcea2..094a1076fd1f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 end_pfn)
>   static void __init find_possible_nodes(void)
>   {
>   	struct device_node *rtas;
> -	const __be32 *domains;
> +	const __be32 *domains = NULL;
>   	int prop_length, max_nodes;
>   	u32 i;
>   
> @@ -909,9 +909,14 @@ static void __init find_possible_nodes(void)
>   	 * it doesn't exist, then fallback on ibm,max-associativity-domains.
>   	 * Current denotes what the platform can support compared to max
>   	 * which denotes what the Hypervisor can support.
> +	 *
> +	 * If the LPAR is migratable, new nodes might be activated after a LPM,
> +	 * so we should consider the max number in that case.
>   	 */
> -	domains = of_get_property(rtas, "ibm,current-associativity-domains",
> -					&prop_length);
> +	if (!of_get_property(of_root, "ibm,migratable-partition", NULL))
> +		domains = of_get_property(rtas,
> +					  "ibm,current-associativity-domains",
> +					  &prop_length);
>   	if (!domains) {
>   		domains = of_get_property(rtas, "ibm,max-associativity-domains",
>   					&prop_length);
> @@ -920,6 +925,8 @@ static void __init find_possible_nodes(void)
>   	}
>   
>   	max_nodes = of_read_number(&domains[min_common_depth], 1);
> +	pr_info("Partition configured for %d NUMA nodes.\n", max_nodes);
> +
>   	for (i = 0; i < max_nodes; i++) {
>   		if (!node_possible(i))
>   			node_set(i, node_possible_map);
>