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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:49:58PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 29.09.21 12:42, Will Deacon wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:29:32PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > > On 29.09.21 12:10, Will Deacon wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 03:54:48PM -0700, Chris Goldsworthy wrote: > > > > > From: Sudarshan Rajagopalan > > > > > > > > > > After new memory blocks have been hotplugged, max_pfn and max_low_pfn > > > > > needs updating to reflect on new PFNs being hot added to system. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Rajagopalan > > > > > Signed-off-by: Chris Goldsworthy > > > > > --- > > > > > arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 5 +++++ > > > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > > > > > index cfd9deb..fd85b51 100644 > > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > > > > > @@ -1499,6 +1499,11 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, > > > > > if (ret) > > > > > __remove_pgd_mapping(swapper_pg_dir, > > > > > __phys_to_virt(start), size); > > > > > + else { > > > > > + max_pfn = PFN_UP(start + size); > > > > > + max_low_pfn = max_pfn; > > > > > + } > > > > > > > > We use 'max_pfn' as part of the argument to set_max_mapnr(). Does that need > > > > updating as well? > > > > > > > > Do we have sufficient locking to ensure nobody is looking at max_pfn or > > > > max_low_pfn while we update them? > > > > > > Only the write side is protected by memory hotplug locking. The read side is > > > lockless -- just like all of the other pfn_to_online_page() machinery. > > > > Hmm. So the readers can see one of the variables updated but the other one > > stale? > > Yes, just like it has been on x86-64 for a long time: > > arch/x86/mm/init_64.c:update_end_of_memory_vars() > > Not sure if anyone really cares about slightly delayed updates while memory > is getting hotplugged. The users that I am aware of don't care. Thanks, I'd missed that x86 also updates max_low_pfn. So at least we're not worse off in that respect. Looking at set_max_mapnr(), I'm wondering why we need to call that at all on arm64 as 'max_mapnr' only seems to be used for nommu. 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