Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] dax: add a sysfs knob to control memmap_on_memory behavior

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 11.12.23 23:52, Vishal Verma wrote:
> Add a sysfs knob for dax devices to control the memmap_on_memory setting
> if the dax device were to be hotplugged as system memory.
> 
> The default memmap_on_memory setting for dax devices originating via
> pmem or hmem is set to 'false' - i.e. no memmap_on_memory semantics, to
> preserve legacy behavior. For dax devices via CXL, the default is on.
> The sysfs control allows the administrator to override the above
> defaults if needed.
> 
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/dax/bus.c                       | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dax | 17 ++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> index 1ff1ab5fa105..2871e5188f0d 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> @@ -1270,6 +1270,52 @@ static ssize_t numa_node_show(struct device *dev,
>   }
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(numa_node);
>   
> +static ssize_t memmap_on_memory_show(struct device *dev,
> +				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
> +
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_dax->memmap_on_memory);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t memmap_on_memory_store(struct device *dev,
> +				      struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				      const char *buf, size_t len)
> +{
> +	struct device_driver *drv = dev->driver;
> +	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
> +	struct dax_region *dax_region = dev_dax->region;
> +	struct dax_device_driver *dax_drv = to_dax_drv(drv);
> +	ssize_t rc;
> +	bool val;
> +
> +	rc = kstrtobool(buf, &val);
> +	if (rc)
> +		return rc;
> +
> +	if (dev_dax->memmap_on_memory == val)
> +		return len;
> +
> +	device_lock(dax_region->dev);
> +	if (!dax_region->dev->driver) {
> +		device_unlock(dax_region->dev);
> +		return -ENXIO;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (dax_drv->type == DAXDRV_KMEM_TYPE) {
> +		device_unlock(dax_region->dev);
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	}
> +
> +	device_lock(dev);
> +	dev_dax->memmap_on_memory = val;
> +	device_unlock(dev);
> +
> +	device_unlock(dax_region->dev);
> +	return len;
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(memmap_on_memory);
> +
>   static umode_t dev_dax_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *a, int n)
>   {
>   	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
> @@ -1296,6 +1342,7 @@ static struct attribute *dev_dax_attributes[] = {
>   	&dev_attr_align.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_resource.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_numa_node.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_memmap_on_memory.attr,
>   	NULL,
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dax b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dax
> index a61a7b186017..b1fd8bf8a7de 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dax
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-dax
> @@ -149,3 +149,20 @@ KernelVersion:	v5.1
>   Contact:	nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
>   Description:
>   		(RO) The id attribute indicates the region id of a dax region.
> +
> +What:		/sys/bus/dax/devices/daxX.Y/memmap_on_memory
> +Date:		October, 2023
> +KernelVersion:	v6.8
> +Contact:	nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
> +Description:
> +		(RW) Control the memmap_on_memory setting if the dax device
> +		were to be hotplugged as system memory. This determines whether
> +		the 'altmap' for the hotplugged memory will be placed on the
> +		device being hotplugged (memmap_on_memory=1) or if it will be
> +		placed on regular memory (memmap_on_memory=0). This attribute
> +		must be set before the device is handed over to the 'kmem'
> +		driver (i.e.  hotplugged into system-ram). Additionally, this
> +		depends on CONFIG_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY, and a globally enabled
> +		memmap_on_memory parameter for memory_hotplug. This is
> +		typically set on the kernel command line -
> +		memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory set to 'true' or 'force'."
> 

Thinking about it, I wonder if we could disallow setting that property 
to "true" if the current configuration does not allow it.

That is:

1) Removing the "size" parameter from mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(), 
it doesn't make any sense anymore.

2) Exporting mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory() to modules.

3) When setting memmap_on_memory, check whether 
mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory() == true.

Then, the user really gets an error when trying to set it to "true".

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb