From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5935C433E4 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E6C720792 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=citrix.com header.i=@citrix.com header.b="Gryz+W9C" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726715AbgGWMXK (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:23:10 -0400 Received: from esa6.hc3370-68.iphmx.com ([216.71.155.175]:21524 "EHLO esa6.hc3370-68.iphmx.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726109AbgGWMXI (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:23:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=citrix.com; s=securemail; t=1595506987; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=j6qul/NVIhOo7e+TLhNG7ehnkX4T5gKRyU+jhvsVBOU=; b=Gryz+W9CwsOe3o1rsuphzIi9TWKuXXwnykYNQXn7Xg/Ofw53Tr32aF8y 3is8rq9mnVXtpCIDveKhgkRzkKw/JxzTbmkhfWeseEyJidpoZf+417dpS n2DhPZr7mGVUGksHvL08CkIKDqS733r64sGQjbsK+/UHdzGJTolEnWQWB 0=; Authentication-Results: esa6.hc3370-68.iphmx.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.i=none IronPort-SDR: ky2qICr6DqkiBG7KlBXtd8Nsu9X16KtCcJpdaQl2eTun6se982M36cWHvyEBpZRpb7rH+JG/KC m6C22yVSuSt1y3f7cVBJ/RCRwq062uamwwz6G27s1MRDsXFja6WtxfdFAr6thhDLxt1I3WpQIc eRrGfyDqy2MQ5l0ZSzYYNTtUfJUZ9TIanmdgQ9JBuerBzX2SHfUIg4YXga4CA3F4eViEcIUa4a s2Oj410dcO+gDBI1Oz2vpjMxYehXG2ooG1W38YV5EjT9bxPSEr0U2K5GMu8tZYVE6dvhkgBanA 3fc= X-SBRS: 2.7 X-MesageID: 23358347 X-Ironport-Server: esa6.hc3370-68.iphmx.com X-Remote-IP: 162.221.158.21 X-Policy: $RELAYED X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,386,1589256000"; d="scan'208";a="23358347" Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:23:00 +0200 From: Roger Pau =?utf-8?B?TW9ubsOp?= To: David Hildenbrand CC: , Boris Ostrovsky , Juergen Gross , "Stefano Stabellini" , Andrew Morton , , Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] memory: introduce an option to force onlining of hotplug memory Message-ID: <20200723122300.GD7191@Air-de-Roger> References: <20200723084523.42109-1-roger.pau@citrix.com> <20200723084523.42109-4-roger.pau@citrix.com> <21490d49-b2cf-a398-0609-8010bdb0b004@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <21490d49-b2cf-a398-0609-8010bdb0b004@redhat.com> X-ClientProxiedBy: AMSPEX02CAS02.citrite.net (10.69.22.113) To AMSPEX02CL02.citrite.net (10.69.22.126) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 01:37:03PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 23.07.20 10:45, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > Add an extra option to add_memory_resource that overrides the memory > > hotplug online behavior in order to force onlining of memory from > > add_memory_resource unconditionally. > > > > This is required for the Xen balloon driver, that must run the > > online page callback in order to correctly process the newly added > > memory region, note this is an unpopulated region that is used by Linux > > to either hotplug RAM or to map foreign pages from other domains, and > > hence memory hotplug when running on Xen can be used even without the > > user explicitly requesting it, as part of the normal operations of the > > OS when attempting to map memory from a different domain. > > > > Setting a different default value of memhp_default_online_type when > > attaching the balloon driver is not a robust solution, as the user (or > > distro init scripts) could still change it and thus break the Xen > > balloon driver. > > I think we discussed this a couple of times before (even triggered by my > request), and this is responsibility of user space to configure. Usually > distros have udev rules to online memory automatically. Especially, user > space should eb able to configure *how* to online memory. Note (as per the commit message) that in the specific case I'm referring to the memory hotplugged by the Xen balloon driver will be an unpopulated range to be used internally by certain Xen subsystems, like the xen-blkback or the privcmd drivers. The addition of such blocks of (unpopulated) memory can happen without the user explicitly requesting it, and hence not even aware such hotplug process is taking place. To be clear: no actual RAM will be added to the system. Failure to online such blocks using the Xen specific online handler (which does not handle back the memory to the allocator in any way) will result in the system getting stuck and malfunctioning. > It's the admin/distro responsibility to configure this properly. In case > this doesn't happen (or as you say, users change it), bad luck. > > E.g., virtio-mem takes care to not add more memory in case it is not > getting onlined. I remember hyper-v has similar code to at least wait a > bit for memory to get onlined. I don't think VirtIO or Hyper-V use the hotplug system in the same way as Xen, as said this is done to add unpopulated memory regions that will be used to map foreign memory (from other domains) by Xen drivers on the system. Maybe this should somehow use a different mechanism to hotplug such empty memory blocks? I don't mind doing this differently, but I would need some pointers. Allowing user-space to change a (seemingly unrelated) parameter and as a result produce failures on Xen drivers is not an acceptable solution IMO. Thanks, Roger.