linux-kernel - [RFC v3 06/21] mm: PKRAM: link nodes by pfn before reboot

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Message-Id: <1682554137-13938-7-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:08:42 -0700
From:   Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@...cle.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [RFC v3 06/21] mm: PKRAM: link nodes by pfn before reboot

Since page structs are used for linking PKRAM nodes and cleared
on boot, organize all PKRAM nodes into a list singly-linked by pfns
before reboot to facilitate restoring the node list in the new kernel.

Originally-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@...cle.com>
---
 mm/pkram.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/pkram.c b/mm/pkram.c
index eac8cf6b0cdf..da166cb6afb7 100644
--- a/mm/pkram.c
+++ b/mm/pkram.c
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/pkram.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -60,11 +64,15 @@ struct pkram_obj {
  * singly-linked list of PKRAM link structures (see above), the node has a
  * pointer to the head of.
  *
+ * To facilitate data restore in the new kernel, before reboot all PKRAM nodes
+ * are organized into a list singly-linked by pfn's (see pkram_reboot()).
+ *
  * The structure occupies a memory page.
  */
 struct pkram_node {
 	__u32	flags;
 	__u64	obj_pfn;	/* points to the first obj of the node */
+	__u64	node_pfn;	/* points to the next node in the node list */
 
 	__u8	name[PKRAM_NAME_MAX];
 };
@@ -73,6 +81,10 @@ struct pkram_node {
 #define PKRAM_LOAD		2
 #define PKRAM_ACCMODE_MASK	3
 
+/*
+ * For convenience sake PKRAM nodes are kept in an auxiliary doubly-linked list
+ * connected through the lru field of the page struct.
+ */
 static LIST_HEAD(pkram_nodes);			/* linked through page::lru */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pkram_mutex);		/* serializes open/close */
 
@@ -796,3 +808,41 @@ size_t pkram_read(struct pkram_access *pa, void *buf, size_t count)
 	}
 	return read_count;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Build the list of PKRAM nodes.
+ */
+static void __pkram_reboot(void)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct pkram_node *node;
+	unsigned long node_pfn = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(page, &pkram_nodes, lru) {
+		node = page_address(page);
+		if (WARN_ON(node->flags & PKRAM_ACCMODE_MASK))
+			continue;
+		node->node_pfn = node_pfn;
+		node_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+	}
+}
+
+static int pkram_reboot(struct notifier_block *notifier,
+		       unsigned long val, void *v)
+{
+	if (val != SYS_RESTART)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	__pkram_reboot();
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block pkram_reboot_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = pkram_reboot,
+};
+
+static int __init pkram_init(void)
+{
+	register_reboot_notifier(&pkram_reboot_notifier);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(pkram_init);
-- 
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