The patch titled Subject: device-dax: add memory via add_memory_driver_managed() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: device-dax: add memory via add_memory_driver_managed() Currently, when adding memory, we create entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ as "System RAM". This will lead to kexec-tools to add that memory to the fixed-up initial memmap for a kexec kernel (loaded via kexec_load()). The memory will be considered initial System RAM by the kexec'd kernel and can no longer be reconfigured. This is not what happens during a real reboot. Let's add our memory via add_memory_driver_managed() now, so we won't create entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ and indicate the memory as "System RAM (kmem)" in /proc/iomem. This allows everybody (especially kexec-tools) to identify that this memory is special and has to be treated differently than ordinary (hotplugged) System RAM. Before configuring the namespace: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-33fffffff : namespace0.0 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 After configuring the namespace: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 148200000-33fffffff : dax0.0 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 After loading kmem before this change: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 150000000-33fffffff : dax0.0 150000000-33fffffff : System RAM 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 After loading kmem after this change: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 150000000-33fffffff : dax0.0 150000000-33fffffff : System RAM (kmem) 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 After a proper reboot: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 148200000-33fffffff : dax0.0 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 Within the kexec kernel before this change: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 150000000-33fffffff : System RAM 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 Within the kexec kernel after this change: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem ... 140000000-33fffffff : Persistent Memory 140000000-1481fffff : namespace0.0 148200000-33fffffff : dax0.0 3280000000-32ffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00 /sys/firmware/memmap/ before this change: 0000000000000000-000000000009fc00 (System RAM) 000000000009fc00-00000000000a0000 (Reserved) 00000000000f0000-0000000000100000 (Reserved) 0000000000100000-00000000bffdf000 (System RAM) 00000000bffdf000-00000000c0000000 (Reserved) 00000000feffc000-00000000ff000000 (Reserved) 00000000fffc0000-0000000100000000 (Reserved) 0000000100000000-0000000140000000 (System RAM) 0000000150000000-0000000340000000 (System RAM) /sys/firmware/memmap/ after a proper reboot: 0000000000000000-000000000009fc00 (System RAM) 000000000009fc00-00000000000a0000 (Reserved) 00000000000f0000-0000000000100000 (Reserved) 0000000000100000-00000000bffdf000 (System RAM) 00000000bffdf000-00000000c0000000 (Reserved) 00000000feffc000-00000000ff000000 (Reserved) 00000000fffc0000-0000000100000000 (Reserved) 0000000100000000-0000000140000000 (System RAM) /sys/firmware/memmap/ after this change: 0000000000000000-000000000009fc00 (System RAM) 000000000009fc00-00000000000a0000 (Reserved) 00000000000f0000-0000000000100000 (Reserved) 0000000000100000-00000000bffdf000 (System RAM) 00000000bffdf000-00000000c0000000 (Reserved) 00000000feffc000-00000000ff000000 (Reserved) 00000000fffc0000-0000000100000000 (Reserved) 0000000100000000-0000000140000000 (System RAM) kexec-tools already seem to basically ignore any System RAM that's not on top level when searching for areas to place kexec images - but also for determining crash areas to dump via kdump. Changing the resource name won't have an impact. Handle unloading of the driver after memory hotremove failed properly, by duplicating the string if necessary. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200508084217.9160-5-david@xxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dax/dax-private.h | 1 + drivers/dax/kmem.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h~device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed +++ a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct dax_region { * @dev - device core * @pgmap - pgmap for memmap setup / lifetime (driver owned) * @dax_mem_res: physical address range of hotadded DAX memory + * @dax_mem_name: name for hotadded DAX memory via add_memory_driver_managed() */ struct dev_dax { struct dax_region *region; --- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c~device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed +++ a/drivers/dax/kmem.c @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ #include "dax-private.h" #include "bus.h" +/* Memory resource name used for add_memory_driver_managed(). */ +static const char *kmem_name; +/* Set if any memory will remain added when the driver will be unloaded. */ +static bool any_hotremove_failed; + int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev) { struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev); @@ -70,7 +75,12 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *de */ new_res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM; - rc = add_memory(numa_node, new_res->start, resource_size(new_res)); + /* + * Ensure that future kexec'd kernels will not treat this as RAM + * automatically. + */ + rc = add_memory_driver_managed(numa_node, new_res->start, + resource_size(new_res), kmem_name); if (rc) { release_resource(new_res); kfree(new_res); @@ -100,6 +110,7 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct de */ rc = remove_memory(dev_dax->target_node, kmem_start, kmem_size); if (rc) { + any_hotremove_failed = true; dev_err(dev, "DAX region %pR cannot be hotremoved until the next reboot\n", res); @@ -124,6 +135,7 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct de * permanently pinned as reserved by the unreleased * request_mem_region(). */ + any_hotremove_failed = true; return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */ @@ -137,12 +149,24 @@ static struct dax_device_driver device_d static int __init dax_kmem_init(void) { - return dax_driver_register(&device_dax_kmem_driver); + int rc; + + /* Resource name is permanently allocated if any hotremove fails. */ + kmem_name = kstrdup_const("System RAM (kmem)", GFP_KERNEL); + if (!kmem_name) + return -ENOMEM; + + rc = dax_driver_register(&device_dax_kmem_driver); + if (rc) + kfree_const(kmem_name); + return rc; } static void __exit dax_kmem_exit(void) { dax_driver_unregister(&device_dax_kmem_driver); + if (!any_hotremove_failed) + kfree_const(kmem_name); } MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation"); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are device-dax-dont-leak-kernel-memory-to-user-space-after-unloading-kmem.patch drivers-base-memoryc-cache-memory-blocks-in-xarray-to-accelerate-lookup-fix.patch powerpc-pseries-hotplug-memory-stop-checking-is_mem_section_removable.patch mm-memory_hotplug-remove-is_mem_section_removable.patch mm-memory_hotplug-set-node_start_pfn-of-hotadded-pgdat-to-0.patch mm-memory_hotplug-handle-memblocks-only-with-config_arch_keep_memblock.patch mm-memory_hotplug-introduce-add_memory_driver_managed.patch kexec_file-dont-place-kexec-images-on-ioresource_mem_driver_managed.patch device-dax-add-memory-via-add_memory_driver_managed.patch