Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] mm/memory_hotplug: Introduce MHP_DRIVER_MANAGED

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:20 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 29.04.20 18:08, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and
> > friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in
> > /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to hinder kexec from adding this
> > memory to the boot memmap of the kexec kernel.
> >
> > In fact, such memory is never exposed via the firmware (e.g., e820), but
> > only via the device, so exposing this memory via /sys/firmware/memmap/ is
> > wrong:
> >  "kexec needs the raw firmware-provided memory map to setup the
> >   parameter segment of the kernel that should be booted with
> >   kexec. Also, the raw memory map is useful for debugging. For
> >   that reason, /sys/firmware/memmap is an interface that provides
> >   the raw memory map to userspace." [1]
> >
> > We want to let user space know that memory which is always detected,
> > added, and managed via a (device) driver - like memory managed by
> > virtio-mem - is special. It cannot be used for placing kexec segments
> > and the (device) driver is responsible for re-adding memory that
> > (eventually shrunk/grown/defragmented) memory after a reboot/kexec. It
> > should e.g., not be added to a fixed up firmware memmap. However, it should
> > be dumped by kdump.
> >
> > Also, such memory could behave differently than an ordinary DIMM - e.g.,
> > memory managed by virtio-mem can have holes inside added memory resource,
> > which should not be touched, especially for writing.
> >
> > Let's expose that memory as "System RAM (driver managed)" e.g., via
> > /pro/iomem.
> >
> > We don't have to worry about firmware_map_remove() on the removal path.
> > If there is no entry, it will simply return with -EINVAL.
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap
> >
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |  8 ++++++++
> >  mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
> >  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > index bf0e3edb8688..cc538584b39e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ struct mhp_params {
> >       pgprot_t pgprot;
> >  };
> >
> > +/* Flags used for add_memory() and friends. */
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Don't create entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ and expose memory as
> > + * "System RAM (driver managed)" in e.g., /proc/iomem
> > + */
> > +#define MHP_DRIVER_MANAGED           1
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * Zone resizing functions
> >   *
> > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > index ebdf6541d074..cfa0721280aa 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ void mem_hotplug_done(void)
> >  u64 max_mem_size = U64_MAX;
> >
> >  /* add this memory to iomem resource */
> > -static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size)
> > +static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size,
> > +                                              const char *resource_name)
> >  {
> >       struct resource *res;
> >       unsigned long flags =  IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
> > -     char *resource_name = "System RAM";
> >
> >       /*
> >        * Make sure value parsed from 'mem=' only restricts memory adding
> > @@ -1058,7 +1058,8 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res,
> >       BUG_ON(ret);
> >
> >       /* create new memmap entry */
> > -     firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size, "System RAM");
> > +     if (!(flags & MHP_DRIVER_MANAGED))
> > +             firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size, "System RAM");
> >
> >       /* device_online() will take the lock when calling online_pages() */
> >       mem_hotplug_done();
> > @@ -1081,10 +1082,21 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res,
> >  /* requires device_hotplug_lock, see add_memory_resource() */
> >  int __ref __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, unsigned long flags)
> >  {
> > +     const char *resource_name = "System RAM";
> >       struct resource *res;
> >       int ret;
> >
> > -     res = register_memory_resource(start, size);
> > +     /*
> > +      * Indicate that memory managed by a driver is special. It's always
> > +      * detected and added via a driver, should not be given to the kexec
> > +      * kernel for booting when manually crafting the firmware memmap, and
> > +      * no kexec segments should be placed on it. However, kdump should
> > +      * dump this memory.
> > +      */
> > +     if (flags & MHP_DRIVER_MANAGED)
> > +             resource_name = "System RAM (driver managed)";
> > +
> > +     res = register_memory_resource(start, size, resource_name);
> >       if (IS_ERR(res))
> >               return PTR_ERR(res);
> >
> >
>
> BTW, I was wondering if this is actually also something that
> drivers/dax/kmem.c wants to use for adding memory.
>
> Just because we decided to use some DAX memory in the current kernel as
> system ram, doesn't mean we should make that decision for the kexec
> kernel (e.g., using it as initial memory, placing kexec binaries onto
> it, etc.). This is also not what we would observe during a real reboot.

Agree.

> I can see that the "System RAM" resource will show up as child resource
> under the device e.g., in /proc/iomem.
>
> However, entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ are created as "System RAM".

True. Do you think this rename should just be limited to what type
/sys/firmware/memmap/ emits? I have the concern, but no proof
currently, that there are /proc/iomem walkers that explicitly look for
"System RAM", but might be thrown off by "System RAM (driver
managed)". I was not aware of /sys/firmware/memmap until about 5
minutes ago.