On Wed, 2019-07-17 at 23:41 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote: > Adds an option on kernel config to make hot-added memory online in > ZONE_MOVABLE by default. > > This would be great in systems with MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE=y > by > allowing to choose which zone it will be auto-onlined We do already have "movable_node" boot option, which exactly has that effect. Any hotplugged range will be placed in ZONE_MOVABLE. Why do we need yet another option to achieve the same? Was not that enough for your case? > > Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/memory.c | 3 +++ > mm/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c > index f180427e48f4..378b585785c1 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/memory.c > +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c > @@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block > **memory, > mem->state = state; > start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr); > mem->phys_device = arch_get_memory_phys_device(start_pfn); > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MOVABLE > + mem->online_type = MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE; > +#endif > > ret = register_memory(mem); > > diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig > index f0c76ba47695..74e793720f43 100644 > --- a/mm/Kconfig > +++ b/mm/Kconfig > @@ -180,6 +180,20 @@ config MEMORY_HOTREMOVE > depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG && ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE > depends on MIGRATION > > +config MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MOVABLE > + bool "Enhance the likelihood of hot-remove" > + depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE > + help > + This option sets the hot-added memory zone to MOVABLE > which > + drastically reduces the chance of a hot-remove to fail due > to > + unmovable memory segments. Kernel memory can't be > allocated in > + this zone. > + > + Say Y here if you want to have better chance to hot-remove > memory > + that have been previously hot-added. > + Say N here if you want to make all hot-added memory > available to > + kernel space. > + > # Heavily threaded applications may benefit from splitting the mm- > wide > # page_table_lock, so that faults on different parts of the user > address > # space can be handled with less contention: split it at this > NR_CPUS. -- Oscar Salvador SUSE L3
