Re: [RFC PATCH v4 4/7] mm/demotion/dax/kmem: Set node's memory tier to MEMORY_TIER_PMEM

[Bharata B Rao <bharata@amd.com>]

On 6/6/2022 5:24 PM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Aneesh Kumar K V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>>
> Can you try this change?
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
> index 7a11c387fbbc..905609260dda 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
> @@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
>  		goto err_reg_mgid;
>  	data->mgid = rc;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * This get called before the node is brought online. That
> +	 * is because depending on the value of mhp_default_online_type
> +	 * the kernel will online the memory along with hotplug
> +	 * operation. Add the new memory tier before we try to bring
> +	 * memory blocks online. Otherwise new node will get added to
> +	 * the default memory tier via hotplug callbacks.
> +	 */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TIERED_MEMORY
> +	node_set_memory_tier(numa_node, MEMORY_TIER_PMEM);
> +#endif
>  	for (i = 0; i < dev_dax->nr_range; i++) {
>  		struct resource *res;
>  		struct range range;
> @@ -148,9 +159,6 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
>  
>  	dev_set_drvdata(dev, data);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_TIERED_MEMORY
> -	node_set_memory_tier(numa_node, MEMORY_TIER_PMEM);
> -#endif
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_request_mem:

Yes, this fixes the issue for me. Thanks.

Regards,
Bharata.