[PATCH 1/1] mm/memory_hotplug: Adds option to hot-add memory in ZONE_MOVABLE

From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Wed Jul 17 2019 - 22:42:41 EST


Adds an option on kernel config to make hot-added memory online in
ZONE_MOVABLE by default.

This would be great in systems with MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE=y by
allowing to choose which zone it will be auto-onlined

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 3 +++
mm/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index f180427e48f4..378b585785c1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
mem->state = state;
start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
mem->phys_device = arch_get_memory_phys_device(start_pfn);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MOVABLE
+ mem->online_type = MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE;
+#endif

ret = register_memory(mem);

diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index f0c76ba47695..74e793720f43 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -180,6 +180,20 @@ config MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG && ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
depends on MIGRATION

+config MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MOVABLE
+ bool "Enhance the likelihood of hot-remove"
+ depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+ help
+ This option sets the hot-added memory zone to MOVABLE which
+ drastically reduces the chance of a hot-remove to fail due to
+ unmovable memory segments. Kernel memory can't be allocated in
+ this zone.
+
+ Say Y here if you want to have better chance to hot-remove memory
+ that have been previously hot-added.
+ Say N here if you want to make all hot-added memory available to
+ kernel space.
+
# Heavily threaded applications may benefit from splitting the mm-wide
# page_table_lock, so that faults on different parts of the user address
# space can be handled with less contention: split it at this NR_CPUS.
--
2.20.1