Re: [PATCH 3/3] s390/mm: Define arch_get_mappable_range()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Dec 17 2020 - 07:20:28 EST


On 17.12.20 12:45, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>
>
> On 12/10/20 12:34 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>
>>> Am 10.12.2020 um 07:58 schrieb Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 09:48:11AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>>>>> Alternatively leaving __segment_load() and vmem_add_memory() unchanged
>>>>>> will create three range checks i.e two memhp_range_allowed() and the
>>>>>> existing VMEM_MAX_PHYS check in vmem_add_mapping() on all the hotplug
>>>>>> paths, which is not optimal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, sorry. I didn't follow this discussion too closely. I just thought
>>>>> my point of view would be clear: let's not have two different ways to
>>>>> check for the same thing which must be kept in sync.
>>>>> Therefore I was wondering why this next version is still doing
>>>>> that. Please find a way to solve this.
>>>>
>>>> The following change is after the current series and should work with
>>>> and without memory hotplug enabled. There will be just a single place
>>>> i.e vmem_get_max_addr() to update in case the maximum address changes
>>>> from VMEM_MAX_PHYS to something else later.
>>>
>>> Still not. That's way too much code churn for what you want to achieve.
>>> If the s390 specific patch would look like below you can add
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> But please make sure that the arch_get_mappable_range() prototype in
>>> linux/memory_hotplug.h is always visible and does not depend on
>>> CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG. I'd like to avoid seeing sparse warnings
>>> because of this.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
>>> index 77767850d0d0..e0e78234ae57 100644
>>> --- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
>>> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
>>> @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>>> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(params->pgprot.pgprot != PAGE_KERNEL.pgprot))
>>> return -EINVAL;
>>>
>>> + VM_BUG_ON(!memhp_range_allowed(start, size, 1));
>>> rc = vmem_add_mapping(start, size);
>>> if (rc)
>>> return rc;
>>> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
>>> index b239f2ba93b0..ccd55e2f97f9 100644
>>> --- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
>>> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
>>> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>>> * Author(s): Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> */
>>>
>>> +#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
>>> #include <linux/memblock.h>
>>> #include <linux/pfn.h>
>>> #include <linux/mm.h>
>>> @@ -532,11 +533,23 @@ void vmem_remove_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
>>> mutex_unlock(&vmem_mutex);
>>> }
>>>
>>> +struct range arch_get_mappable_range(void)
>>> +{
>>> + struct range range;
>>> +
>>> + range.start = 0;
>>> + range.end = VMEM_MAX_PHYS;
>>> + return range;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> int vmem_add_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
>>> {
>>> + struct range range;
>>> int ret;
>>>
>>> - if (start + size > VMEM_MAX_PHYS ||
>>> + range = arch_get_mappable_range();
>>> + if (start < range.start ||
>>> + start + size > range.end ||
>>> start + size < start)
>>> return -ERANGE;
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Right, what I had in mind as reply to v1. Not sure if we really need new checks in common code. Having a new memhp_get_pluggable_range() would be sufficient for my use case (virtio-mem).
>
> Hello David,
>
> Quick question. Currently memhp_get_pluggable_range() is a mm/memory_hotplug.c
> internal static inline function. Only memhp_range_allowed() is available via
> the header include/linux/memory_hotplug.h But For memhp_get_pluggable_range()
> to be visible to the drivers, it needs to get included in the header and also
> be exported via EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() in mm/memory_hotplug.c OR just move the
> entire definition as static inline into the header itself. Wondering which way
> would be better ?

As it's most likely not on any hot path, exporting the symbol might be
the cleanest approach.

>
> - Anshuman
>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb