linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] mm: use memmap_on

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:12:02 -0400
From:   Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] mm: use memmap_on_memory semantics for dax/kmem

David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> writes:

> On 16.06.23 00:00, Vishal Verma wrote:
>> The dax/kmem driver can potentially hot-add large amounts of memory
>> originating from CXL memory expanders, or NVDIMMs, or other 'device
>> memories'. There is a chance there isn't enough regular system memory
>> available to fit ythe memmap for this new memory. It's therefore
>> desirable, if all other conditions are met, for the kmem managed memory
>> to place its memmap on the newly added memory itself.
>>
>> Arrange for this by first allowing for a module parameter override for
>> the mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory() test using a flag, adjusting the
>> only other caller of this interface in dirvers/acpi/acpi_memoryhotplug.c,
>> exporting the symbol so it can be called by kmem.c, and finally changing
>> the kmem driver to add_memory() in chunks of memory_block_size_bytes().
>
> 1) Why is the override a requirement here? Just let the admin
> configure it then then add conditional support for kmem.
>
> 2) I recall that there are cases where we don't want the memmap to
> land on slow memory (which online_movable would achieve). Just imagine
> the slow PMEM case. So this might need another configuration knob on
> the kmem side.

>From my memory, the case where you don't want the memmap to land on
*persistent memory* is when the device is small (such as NVDIMM-N), and
you want to reserve as much space as possible for the application data.
This has nothing to do with the speed of access.

-Jeff