From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, hca@linux.ibm.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] mm/hotplug: Prevalidate the address range being added with platform
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:13:49 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c23e9740-0779-d6b7-2ff7-f6f9f9085f0d@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10e733fa-4568-d38f-9b95-2ccc5dc627b8@redhat.com>
On 1/11/21 4:21 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 17.12.20 16:28, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This introduces memhp_range_allowed() which can be called in various memory
>> hotplug paths to prevalidate the address range which is being added, with
>> the platform. Then memhp_range_allowed() calls memhp_get_pluggable_range()
>> which provides applicable address range depending on whether linear mapping
>> is required or not. For ranges that require linear mapping, it calls a new
>> arch callback arch_get_mappable_range() which the platform can override. So
>> the new callback, in turn provides the platform an opportunity to configure
>> acceptable memory hotplug address ranges in case there are constraints.
>>
>> This mechanism will help prevent platform specific errors deep down during
>> hotplug calls. This drops now redundant check_hotplug_memory_addressable()
>> check in __add_pages() but instead adds a VM_BUG_ON() check which would
>> ensure that the range has been validated with memhp_range_allowed() earlier
>> in the call chain. Besides memhp_get_pluggable_range() also can be used by
>> potential memory hotplug callers to avail the allowed physical range which
>> would go through on a given platform.
>>
>> This does not really add any new range check in generic memory hotplug but
>> instead compensates for lost checks in arch_add_memory() where applicable
>> and check_hotplug_memory_addressable(), with unified memhp_range_allowed().
>>
>
> Subject s/mm\/hotplug/mm\/memory_hotplug/
Sure, will do.
>
> Everywhere in this patch: Use "true/false" for boolean values.
Sure, will change.
>
>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
>> ---
>> include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 10 +++++
>> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>> mm/memremap.c | 6 +++
>> 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> index 551093b74596..8d72354758c8 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ typedef int __bitwise mhp_t;
>> */
>> #define MEMHP_MERGE_RESOURCE ((__force mhp_t)BIT(0))
>>
>> +bool memhp_range_allowed(u64 start, u64 size, bool need_mapping);
>> +struct range memhp_get_pluggable_range(bool need_mapping);
>
> AFAIKs, all memhp_get_pluggable_range() users pass "1".
Right.
>
> What about the "add_pages()-only" path?
I had dropped memhp_range_allowed() changes for add_pages() in pagemap_range()
because you had mentioned not to add any new checks in the generic code. Will
add it back if that is preferred.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-12 3:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-17 15:28 [PATCH V2 0/3] mm/hotplug: Pre-validate the address range with platform Anshuman Khandual
2020-12-17 15:28 ` [PATCH V2 1/3] mm/hotplug: Prevalidate the address range being added " Anshuman Khandual
2021-01-11 10:51 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-01-11 13:43 ` Oscar Salvador
2021-01-12 3:51 ` Anshuman Khandual
2021-01-12 10:09 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-01-13 5:04 ` Anshuman Khandual
2021-01-12 3:43 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2020-12-17 15:28 ` [PATCH V2 2/3] arm64/mm: Define arch_get_mappable_range() Anshuman Khandual
2020-12-17 15:28 ` [PATCH V2 3/3] s390/mm: " Anshuman Khandual
2021-01-11 10:40 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-01-13 7:02 ` Anshuman Khandual
2020-12-17 17:31 ` [PATCH V2 0/3] mm/hotplug: Pre-validate the address range with platform David Hildenbrand
2021-01-11 12:41 ` [PATCH RFC] virtio-mem: check against memhp_get_pluggable_range() which memory we can hotplug David Hildenbrand
2021-01-12 4:25 ` Anshuman Khandual
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