linux-kernel - [RFC] arm64: mm: update max

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Message-ID: <cover.1632437225.git.quic_cgoldswo@quicinc.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:54:47 -0700
From:   Chris Goldsworthy <quic_cgoldswo@...cinc.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Chris Goldsworthy <quic_cgoldswo@...cinc.com>
Subject: [RFC] arm64: mm: update max_pfn after memory hotplug

On arm64 we set max_pfn at boot in arch/arm64/mm/init.c. If you
hotplug in memory after booting up, max_pfn is not updated. This
breaks diagnostic functions executed from user space like
read_page_owner():

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.14.7/source/mm/page_owner.c#L472

or kpageflags_read() (see how get_max_dump_pfn() is used):

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.14.7/source/fs/proc/page.c#L47

Thus, this patch updates max_pfn and max_low_pfn in arm64's
arch_add_memory() function, mirroring what is updatated during boot:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.14.7/source/arch/arm64/mm/init.c#L448

We would appreciate feedback on any other variables that should be
updated when hotplugging in memory - note that we're mirroring x86, in
that max_pfn is only ever incremented when calling arch_add_memory():

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.14.7/source/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c#L958

Sudarshan Rajagopalan (1):
  arm64: mm: update max_pfn after memory hotplug

 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

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