RE: [PATCH v4 02/25] mm/memory_hotplug: Allow check_hotplug_memory_addressable to be called from drivers

From: Alastair D'Silva
Date: Thu Apr 02 2020 - 00:34:10 EST


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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/25] mm/memory_hotplug: Allow
> check_hotplug_memory_addressable to be called from drivers
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 10:23 PM Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > When setting up OpenCAPI connected persistent memory, the range check
> > may not be performed until quite late (or perhaps not at all, if the
> > user does not establish a DAX device).
> >
> > This patch makes the range check callable so we can perform the check
> > while probing the OpenCAPI Persistent Memory device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 5 +++++
> > mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 ++--
> > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h index f4d59155f3d4..9a19ae0d7e31
> > 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > @@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ static inline void __remove_memory(int nid, u64
> > start, u64 size) {} extern void set_zone_contiguous(struct zone
> > *zone); extern void clear_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone);
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE
> > +int check_hotplug_memory_addressable(unsigned long pfn,
> > + unsigned long nr_pages); #endif
> > +/* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
>
> Let's move this to include/linux/memory.h with the other
> CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE declarations, and add a dummy
> implementation for the CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE=n case.
>
> Also, this patch can be squashed with the next one, no need for it to be
> stand alone.
>

Ok

>
> > +
> > extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(int nid); extern int
> > __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size); extern int add_memory(int
> > nid, u64 start, u64 size); diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 0a54ffac8c68..14945f033594 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ static int check_pfn_span(unsigned long pfn,
> unsigned long nr_pages,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > -static int check_hotplug_memory_addressable(unsigned long pfn,
> > - unsigned long nr_pages)
> > +int check_hotplug_memory_addressable(unsigned long pfn,
> > + unsigned long nr_pages)
> > {
> > const u64 max_addr = PFN_PHYS(pfn + nr_pages) - 1;
> >
> > --
> > 2.24.1
> >

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