On 20.07.23 09:14, Vishal Verma wrote:
The dax/kmem driver can potentially hot-add large amounts of memory originating from CXL memory expanders, or NVDIMMs, or other 'device memories'. There is a chance there isn't enough regular system memory available to fit the memmap for this new memory. It's therefore desirable, if all other conditions are met, for the kmem managed memory to place its memmap on the newly added memory itself. The main hurdle for accomplishing this for kmem is that memmap_on_memory can only be done if the memory being added is equal to the size of one memblock. To overcome this,allow the hotplug code to split an add_memory() request into memblock-sized chunks, and try_remove_memory() to also expect and handle such a scenario. Patch 1 exports mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory() so it can be used by the kmem driver. Patch 2 teaches the memory_hotplug code to allow for splitting add_memory() and remove_memory() requests over memblock sized chunks. Patch 3 adds a sysfs control for the kmem driver that would allow an opt-out of using memmap_on_memory for the memory being added.
It might be reasonable to rebase this on Aneesh's work. For example, patch #1 might not be required anymore.
-- Cheers, David / dhildenb
