Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Shrink zones before removing memory

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On 30.08.19 11:14, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> This series fixes the access of uninitialized memmaps when shrinking
> zones/nodes and when removing memory.
> 
> We stop trying to shrink ZONE_DEVICE, as it's buggy, fixing it would be
> more involved (we don't have SECTION_IS_ONLINE as an indicator), and
> shrinking is only of limited use (set_zone_contiguous() cannot detect
> the ZONE_DEVICE as contiguous). As far as I can tell, this should be fine
> for ZONE_DEVICE.
> 
> We continue shrinking zones, but I reduced the amount of code to a
> minimum. Shrinking is especially necessary to keep zone->contiguous set
> where possible, especially on memory unplug of DIMMs at zone boundaries.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Zones are now properly shrunk when offlining memory blocks or when
> onlining failed. This allows to properly shrink zones on memory unplug
> even if the separate memory blocks of a DIMM were onlined to different
> zones or re-onlined to a different zone after offlining.
> 
> Example:
> 
> :/# cat /proc/zoneinfo
> Node 1, zone  Movable
>         spanned  0
>         present  0
>         managed  0
> :/# echo "online_movable" > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory41/state
> :/# echo "online_movable" > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory43/state
> :/# cat /proc/zoneinfo
> Node 1, zone  Movable
>         spanned  98304
>         present  65536
>         managed  65536
> :/# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory43/online
> :/# cat /proc/zoneinfo
> Node 1, zone  Movable
>         spanned  32768
>         present  32768
>         managed  32768
> :/# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory41/online
> :/# cat /proc/zoneinfo
> Node 1, zone  Movable
>         spanned  0
>         present  0
>         managed  0
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I tested this with DIMMs on x86, but didn't test the ZONE_DEVICE part yet.
> 
> 
> v3 -> v4:
> - Drop "mm/memremap: Get rid of memmap_init_zone_device()"
> -- As Alexander noticed, it was messy either way :)
> - Drop "mm/memory_hotplug: Exit early in __remove_pages() on BUGs"
> - Drop "mm: Exit early in set_zone_contiguous() if already contiguous"
> - Drop "mm/memory_hotplug: Optimize zone shrinking code when checking for
>   holes"
> - Merged "mm/memory_hotplug: Remove pages from a zone before removing
>   memory" and "mm/memory_hotplug: Remove zone parameter from
>   __remove_pages()" into "mm/memory_hotplug: Shrink zones when offlining
>   memory"
> - Added "mm/memory_hotplug: Poison memmap in remove_pfn_range_from_zone()"
> - Stop shrinking ZONE_DEVICE
> - Reshuffle patches, moving all fixes to the front. Add Fixes: tags.
> - Change subject/description of various patches
> - Minor changes (too many to mention)
> 
> 
> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> David Hildenbrand (8):
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Don't access uninitialized memmaps in
>     shrink_pgdat_span()
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Don't access uninitialized memmaps in
>     shrink_zone_span()
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Shrink zones when offlining memory
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Poison memmap in remove_pfn_range_from_zone()
>   mm/memory_hotplug: We always have a zone in
>     find_(smallest|biggest)_section_pfn
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Don't check for "all holes" in shrink_zone_span()
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Drop local variables in shrink_zone_span()
>   mm/memory_hotplug: Cleanup __remove_pages()
> 
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c            |   4 +-
>  arch/ia64/mm/init.c            |   4 +-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c          |   3 +-
>  arch/s390/mm/init.c            |   4 +-
>  arch/sh/mm/init.c              |   4 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c          |   4 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c          |   4 +-
>  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |   7 +-
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 184 +++++++++++----------------------
>  mm/memremap.c                  |  10 +-
>  10 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
> 

@Andrew, if there are no further comments, can we give this some testing?

-- 

Thanks,

David / dhildenb




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