Re: [PATCH mm-unstable] mm/demotion: Assign correct memory type for multiple dax devices with the same node affinity

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Aneesh Kumar K V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 9/1/22 11:45 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> With multiple dax devices having the same node affinity, the kernel wrongly assigned
>>> default_dram memory type to some devices after the memory hotplug operation. Fix this by
>>> not clearing node_memory_types on the dax device remove.
>> 
>> Sorry for late reply.
>> 
>> Just for confirmation.  There are multiple dax devices in one NUMA node?
>> 
>> If you can show the bug reproducing steps, that will make it even easier
>> to understand.
>> 
>
> NUMA nodes are assigned per region and you can have multiple devdax namespace with same NUMA node affinity. 

I think that the patch description will be clearer if we added the above
line into it.

> dax0.1 and dax0.2 are examples. To recreate you can follow the below steps
>
>
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3# ls
> compact  cpumap    meminfo   memory34  memory36  memory38  memory41  memory43  memory45  memory47  memory50  memory52  memory54  numastat   uevent
> cpulist  distance  memory33  memory35  memory37  memory39  memory42  memory44  memory46  memory49  memory51  memory53  memory55  subsystem  vmstat
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3#
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3# for mem in memory*; do echo 0 > $mem/online; done
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3# cd /sys/bus/dax/drivers
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/bus/dax/drivers# echo dax0.0  > kmem/unbind
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/bus/dax/drivers# cd /sys/devices/system/node/node3/
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3# ls
> compact  cpumap    meminfo   memory42  memory44  memory46  memory49  memory51  memory53  memory55  subsystem  vmstat
> cpulist  distance  memory41  memory43  memory45  memory47  memory50  memory52  memory54  numastat  uevent
> root@ubuntu-guest:/sys/devices/system/node/node3# for mem in memory*; do echo 1 > $mem/online; done

Thanks a lot for detailed information.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying




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