Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] mm/memory_hotplug: split memmap_on_memory requests across memblocks

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Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY flag for hotplugged memory is restricted to
> 'memblock_size' chunks of memory being added. Adding a larger span of
> memory precludes memmap_on_memory semantics.
>
> For users of hotplug such as kmem, large amounts of memory might get
> added from the CXL subsystem. In some cases, this amount may exceed the
> available 'main memory' to store the memmap for the memory being added.
> In this case, it is useful to have a way to place the memmap on the
> memory being added, even if it means splitting the addition into
> memblock-sized chunks.
>
> Change add_memory_resource() to loop over memblock-sized chunks of
> memory if caller requested memmap_on_memory, and if other conditions for
> it are met. Teach try_remove_memory() to also expect that a memory
> range being removed might have been split up into memblock sized chunks,
> and to loop through those as needed.
>
> This does preclude being able to use PUD mappings in the direct map; a
> proposal to how this could be optimized in the future is laid out
> here[1].
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/b6753402-2de9-25b2-36e9-eacd49752b19@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c | 214 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 148 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 6be7de9efa55..83e5ec377aad 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1380,6 +1380,43 @@ static bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size)
>  	return arch_supports_memmap_on_memory(vmemmap_size);
>  }
>  
> +static int add_memory_create_devices(int nid, struct memory_group *group,
> +				     u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags)
> +{
> +	struct mhp_params params = { .pgprot = pgprot_mhp(PAGE_KERNEL) };
> +	struct vmem_altmap mhp_altmap = {
> +		.base_pfn =  PHYS_PFN(start),
> +		.end_pfn  =  PHYS_PFN(start + size - 1),
> +	};
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if ((mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY)) {
> +		mhp_altmap.free = memory_block_memmap_on_memory_pages();
> +		params.altmap = kmemdup(&mhp_altmap, sizeof(struct vmem_altmap),
> +					GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!params.altmap)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* call arch's memory hotadd */
> +	ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, &params);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto error;
> +
> +	/* create memory block devices after memory was added */
> +	ret = create_memory_block_devices(start, size, params.altmap, group);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto err_bdev;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_bdev:
> +	arch_remove_memory(start, size, NULL);
> +error:
> +	kfree(params.altmap);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * NOTE: The caller must call lock_device_hotplug() to serialize hotplug
>   * and online/offline operations (triggered e.g. by sysfs).
> @@ -1388,14 +1425,10 @@ static bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size)
>   */
>  int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags)
>  {
> -	struct mhp_params params = { .pgprot = pgprot_mhp(PAGE_KERNEL) };
> +	unsigned long memblock_size = memory_block_size_bytes();
>  	enum memblock_flags memblock_flags = MEMBLOCK_NONE;
> -	struct vmem_altmap mhp_altmap = {
> -		.base_pfn =  PHYS_PFN(res->start),
> -		.end_pfn  =  PHYS_PFN(res->end),
> -	};
>  	struct memory_group *group = NULL;
> -	u64 start, size;
> +	u64 start, size, cur_start;
>  	bool new_node = false;
>  	int ret;
>  
> @@ -1436,28 +1469,21 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags)
>  	/*
>  	 * Self hosted memmap array
>  	 */
> -	if (mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) {
> -		if (mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(size)) {
> -			mhp_altmap.free = memory_block_memmap_on_memory_pages();
> -			params.altmap = kmemdup(&mhp_altmap,
> -						sizeof(struct vmem_altmap),
> -						GFP_KERNEL);
> -			if (!params.altmap)
> +	if ((mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) &&
> +	    mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(memblock_size)) {
> +		for (cur_start = start; cur_start < start + size;
> +		     cur_start += memblock_size) {
> +			ret = add_memory_create_devices(nid, group, cur_start,
> +							memblock_size,
> +							mhp_flags);
> +			if (ret)
>  				goto error;
>  		}
> -		/* fallback to not using altmap  */
> -	}
> -
> -	/* call arch's memory hotadd */
> -	ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, &params);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> -		goto error_free;
> -
> -	/* create memory block devices after memory was added */
> -	ret = create_memory_block_devices(start, size, params.altmap, group);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		arch_remove_memory(start, size, NULL);
> -		goto error_free;
> +	} else {
> +		ret = add_memory_create_devices(nid, group, start, size,
> +						mhp_flags);

IIUC, if (mhp_flags & MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY) == true and
mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(memblock_size) == false, we will go here
and allocate params.altmap in add_memory_create_devices().  If so, it
seems better to pass whether to create altmap instead of mhp_flags to
add_memory_create_devices().

--
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> +		if (ret)
> +			goto error;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (new_node) {

[snip]




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