linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 1/2] mm/memory_hotplug: split memmap_on

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2023 14:20:56 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        "Oscar Salvador" <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Dave Jiang" <dave.jiang@...el.com>
CC:     <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>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 1/2] mm/memory_hotplug: split memmap_on_memory
 requests across memblocks

Vishal Verma wrote:
> The MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY flag for hotplugged memory is restricted to
> 'memblock_size' chunks of memory being added. Adding a larger span of
> memory precludes memmap_on_memory semantics.
> 
> For users of hotplug such as kmem, large amounts of memory might get
> added from the CXL subsystem. In some cases, this amount may exceed the
> available 'main memory' to store the memmap for the memory being added.
> In this case, it is useful to have a way to place the memmap on the
> memory being added, even if it means splitting the addition into
> memblock-sized chunks.
> 
> Change add_memory_resource() to loop over memblock-sized chunks of
> memory if caller requested memmap_on_memory, and if other conditions for
> it are met. Teach try_remove_memory() to also expect that a memory
> range being removed might have been split up into memblock sized chunks,
> and to loop through those as needed.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
> ---
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index f8d3e7427e32..77ec6f15f943 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1380,6 +1380,44 @@ static bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size)
>  	return arch_supports_memmap_on_memory(vmemmap_size);
>  }
>  
> +static int add_memory_create_devices(int nid, struct memory_group *group,
> +				     u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags)
> +{
> +	struct mhp_params params = { .pgprot = pgprot_mhp(PAGE_KERNEL) };
> +	struct vmem_altmap mhp_altmap = {
> +		.base_pfn =  PHYS_PFN(start),
> +		.end_pfn  =  PHYS_PFN(start + size - 1),
> +	};
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if ((mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY)) {
> +		mhp_altmap.free = memory_block_memmap_on_memory_pages();
> +		params.altmap = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vmem_altmap), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!params.altmap)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		memcpy(params.altmap, &mhp_altmap, sizeof(mhp_altmap));

Isn't this just open coded kmemdup()?

Other than that, I am not seeing anything else to comment on, you can add:

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>