Re: [PATCH V2 0/2] arm64/mm: Enable memory hot remove

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On 13.05.19 10:37, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/13/2019 01:52 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 14.04.19 07:59, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> This series enables memory hot remove on arm64 after fixing a memblock
>>> removal ordering problem in generic __remove_memory(). This is based
>>> on the following arm64 working tree.
>>>
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-next/core
>>>
>>> Testing:
>>>
>>> Tested hot remove on arm64 for all 4K, 16K, 64K page config options with
>>> all possible VA_BITS and PGTABLE_LEVELS combinations. Build tested on non
>>> arm64 platforms.
>>>
>>> Changes in V2:
>>>
>>> - Added all received review and ack tags
>>> - Split the series from ZONE_DEVICE enablement for better review
>>>
>>> - Moved memblock re-order patch to the front as per Robin Murphy
>>> - Updated commit message on memblock re-order patch per Michal Hocko
>>>
>>> - Dropped [pmd|pud]_large() definitions
>>> - Used existing [pmd|pud]_sect() instead of earlier [pmd|pud]_large()
>>> - Removed __meminit and __ref tags as per Oscar Salvador
>>> - Dropped unnecessary 'ret' init in arch_add_memory() per Robin Murphy
>>> - Skipped calling into pgtable_page_dtor() for linear mapping page table
>>>   pages and updated all relevant functions
>>>
>>> Changes in V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/3/28)
>>>
>>> Anshuman Khandual (2):
>>>   mm/hotplug: Reorder arch_remove_memory() call in __remove_memory()
>>>   arm64/mm: Enable memory hot remove
>>>
>>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig               |   3 +
>>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h |   2 +
>>>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c              | 221 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  mm/memory_hotplug.c              |   3 +-
>>>  4 files changed, 225 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>> What's the progress of this series? I'll need arch_remove_memory() for
>> the series
>>
>> [PATCH v2 0/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Factor out memory block device handling
>>
> 
> Hello David,
> 
> I am almost done with the next version with respect to memory hot-remove i.e
> arch_remove_memory(). But most of the time was spent addressing concerns with
> respect to how memory hot remove is going to impact existing arm64 and generic
> code which can concurrently walk or modify init_mm page table. I should be
> sending out V3 this week or early next week.

Okay, thanks!

> 
> - Anshuman   
> 


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb




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