From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 1/3] mm/hotplug: Reorder memblock_[free|remove]() calls in try_remove_memory()
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 09:57:23 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49c2a682-97c5-5eef-6635-9fe75e4677f7@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e98f2950-bef9-3672-81a8-f9593354fffe@redhat.com>
On 09/04/2019 01:46 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 03.09.19 11:45, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> Memory hot remove uses get_nid_for_pfn() while tearing down linked sysfs
>> entries between memory block and node. It first checks pfn validity with
>> pfn_valid_within() before fetching nid. With CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE config
>> (arm64 has this enabled) pfn_valid_within() calls pfn_valid().
>>
>> pfn_valid() is an arch implementation on arm64 (CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID)
>> which scans all mapped memblock regions with memblock_is_map_memory(). This
>> creates a problem in memory hot remove path which has already removed given
>> memory range from memory block with memblock_[remove|free] before arriving
>> at unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(). Hence get_nid_for_pfn() returns -1
>> skipping subsequent sysfs_remove_link() calls leaving node <-> memory block
>> sysfs entries as is. Subsequent memory add operation hits BUG_ON() because
>> of existing sysfs entries.
> Since
>
> commit 60bb462fc7adb06ebee3beb5a4af6c7e6182e248
> Author: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Date: Wed Aug 28 13:57:15 2019 +1000
>
> drivers/base/node.c: simplify unregister_memory_block_under_nodes()
>
> that problem should be gone. There is no get_nid_for_pfn() call anymore.
Yes, the problem is gone. The above commit is still not present on arm64
tree against which this series was rebased and tested while posting.
>
> So this patch should no longer be necessary - but as I said during
> earlier versions of this patch, the re-ordering might still make sense
> for consistency (removing stuff in the reverse order they were added).
> You'll have to rephrase the description then.
Sure will reword the commit message on these lines.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-05 4:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-03 9:45 [PATCH V7 0/3] arm64/mm: Enable memory hot remove Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-03 9:45 ` [PATCH V7 1/3] mm/hotplug: Reorder memblock_[free|remove]() calls in try_remove_memory() Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-04 8:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-09-05 4:27 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2019-09-16 1:44 ` Balbir Singh
2019-09-18 9:28 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-03 9:45 ` [PATCH V7 2/3] arm64/mm: Hold memory hotplug lock while walking for kernel page table dump Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-15 2:35 ` Balbir Singh
2019-09-18 9:12 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-03 9:45 ` [PATCH V7 3/3] arm64/mm: Enable memory hot remove Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-10 16:17 ` Catalin Marinas
2019-09-11 10:31 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-09-12 4:28 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-12 8:37 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-12 20:15 ` Catalin Marinas
2019-09-13 5:58 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-13 10:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2019-09-17 4:36 ` Anshuman Khandual
2019-09-17 15:08 ` Catalin Marinas
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