[PATCH v2 3/7] mm/memory_hotplug: introduce MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE/MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE notifiers

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Introduce  MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE/MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE memory notifiers to
prepare the transition of memory to and from a physically accessible
state. This enhancement is crucial for implementing the "memmap on
memory" feature for s390 in a subsequent patch.

Platforms such as x86 can support physical memory hotplug via ACPI. When
there is physical memory hotplug, ACPI event leads to the memory
addition with the following callchain:
acpi_memory_device_add()
  -> acpi_memory_enable_device()
     -> __add_memory()

After this, the hotplugged memory is physically accessible, and altmap
support prepared, before the "memmap on memory" initialization in
memory_block_online() is called.

On s390, memory hotplug works in a different way. The available hotplug
memory has to be defined upfront in the hypervisor, but it is made
physically accessible only when the user sets it online via sysfs,
currently in the MEM_GOING_ONLINE notifier. This is too late and "memmap
on memory" initialization is performed before calling MEM_GOING_ONLINE
notifier.

During the memory hotplug addition phase, altmap support is prepared
(but not yet accessed) and during the memory onlining phase s390
requires memory to be physically accessible and then subsequently
initiate the "memmap on memory" initialization process.

The new MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE notifier allows to work around the problem,
by providing a hook to prepare the memory and make it physically
accessible. Similarly, the MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE notifier allows to make
the memory physically inaccessible at the end of memory_block_offline().

All architectures ignore unknown memory notifiers, so this patch should
not introduce any functional changes.

Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/memory.c  | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/memory.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index cbff43b2ef44..a06a0b869992 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages = 0;
+	struct memory_notify arg;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -197,6 +198,14 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 	zone = zone_for_pfn_range(mem->online_type, mem->nid, mem->group,
 				  start_pfn, nr_pages);
 
+	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn;
+	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
+	mem_hotplug_begin();
+	ret = memory_notify(MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE, &arg);
+	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_notifier;
+
 	/*
 	 * Although vmemmap pages have a different lifecycle than the pages
 	 * they describe (they remain until the memory is unplugged), doing
@@ -207,7 +216,6 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 	if (mem->altmap)
 		nr_vmemmap_pages = mem->altmap->free;
 
-	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	if (nr_vmemmap_pages) {
 		ret = mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(start_pfn, nr_vmemmap_pages,
 						zone, mem->inaccessible);
@@ -232,7 +240,11 @@ static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
 					  nr_vmemmap_pages);
 
 	mem->zone = zone;
+	mem_hotplug_done();
+	return ret;
 out:
+	memory_notify(MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE, &arg);
+out_notifier:
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -245,6 +257,7 @@ static int memory_block_offline(struct memory_block *mem)
 	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages = 0;
+	struct memory_notify arg;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!mem->zone)
@@ -276,6 +289,9 @@ static int memory_block_offline(struct memory_block *mem)
 		mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory(start_pfn, nr_vmemmap_pages);
 
 	mem->zone = NULL;
+	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn;
+	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
+	memory_notify(MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE, &arg);
 out:
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index 655714d4e65a..76e5ab68dab7 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ int set_memory_block_size_order(unsigned int order);
 #define	MEM_GOING_ONLINE	(1<<3)
 #define	MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE	(1<<4)
 #define	MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE	(1<<5)
+#define	MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE	(1<<6)
+#define	MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE	(1<<7)
 
 struct memory_notify {
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
-- 
2.39.2





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