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Tsirkin" , David Hildenbrand , Wei Yang , Pankaj Gupta , Jason Wang Subject: [PATCH v2 17/29] virito-mem: document Sub Block Mode (SBM) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:38:03 +0100 Message-Id: <20201112133815.13332-18-david@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20201112133815.13332-1-david@redhat.com> References: <20201112133815.13332-1-david@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: Let's add some documentation for the current mode - Sub Block Mode (SBM) = - to prepare for a new mode - Big Block Mode (BBM). Follow-up patches will properly factor out the existing Sub Block Mode (SBM) and implement Big Block Mode (BBM). Reviewed-by: Wei Yang Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Jason Wang Cc: Pankaj Gupta Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand --- drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c index cbd0aa5eb95c..4234bfc0cf52 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c @@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ static bool unplug_online =3D true; module_param(unplug_online, bool, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(unplug_online, "Try to unplug online memory"); =20 +/* + * virtio-mem currently supports the following modes of operation: + * + * * Sub Block Mode (SBM): A Linux memory block spans 1..X subblocks (SB= ). The + * size of a Sub Block (SB) is determined based on the device block si= ze, the + * pageblock size, and the maximum allocation granularity of the buddy= . + * Subblocks within a Linux memory block might either be plugged or un= plugged. + * Memory is added/removed to Linux MM in Linux memory block granulari= ty. + * + * User space / core MM (auto onlining) is responsible for onlining adde= d + * Linux memory blocks - and for selecting a zone. Linux Memory Blocks a= re + * always onlined separately, and all memory within a Linux memory block= is + * onlined to the same zone - virtio-mem relies on this behavior. + */ + enum virtio_mem_mb_state { /* Unplugged, not added to Linux. Can be reused later. */ VIRTIO_MEM_MB_STATE_UNUSED =3D 0, --=20 2.26.2