Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: don't panic when links can't be created in sysfs

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>]

On Fri 11-09-20 15:48:31, Laurent Dufour wrote:
> At boot time, or when doing memory hot-add operations, if the links in
> sysfs can't be created, the system is still able to run, so just report the
> error in the kernel log.

.. rather than BUG_ON and potentially make system unusable because the
callpath can be called with locks held etc...

> Since the number of memory blocks managed could be high, the messages are
> rate limited.
> 
> As a consequence, link_mem_sections() has no status to report anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>  drivers/base/node.c  | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
>  include/linux/node.h | 17 ++++++++---------
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c  |  5 ++---
>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
> index 862516c5a5ae..749a1c8ea992 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/node.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/node.c
> @@ -811,12 +811,21 @@ static int register_mem_sect_under_node(struct memory_block *mem_blk,
>  		ret = sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&node_devices[nid]->dev.kobj,
>  					&mem_blk->dev.kobj,
>  					kobject_name(&mem_blk->dev.kobj));
> -		if (ret)
> -			return ret;
> +		if (ret && ret != -EEXIST)
> +			pr_err_ratelimited(
> +				"can't create %s to %s link in sysfs (%d)\n",
> +				kobject_name(&node_devices[nid]->dev.kobj),
> +				kobject_name(&mem_blk->dev.kobj), ret);
>  
> -		return sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&mem_blk->dev.kobj,
> +		ret = sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&mem_blk->dev.kobj,
>  				&node_devices[nid]->dev.kobj,
>  				kobject_name(&node_devices[nid]->dev.kobj));
> +		if (ret && ret != -EEXIST)
> +			pr_err_ratelimited(
> +				"can't create %s to %s link in sysfs (%d)\n",
> +				kobject_name(&mem_blk->dev.kobj),
> +				kobject_name(&node_devices[nid]->dev.kobj),
> +				ret);
>  	}
>  	/* mem section does not span the specified node */
>  	return 0;
> @@ -837,17 +846,17 @@ void unregister_memory_block_under_nodes(struct memory_block *mem_blk)
>  			  kobject_name(&node_devices[mem_blk->nid]->dev.kobj));
>  }
>  
> -int link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
> -		      enum memplug_context context)
> +void link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
> +		       enum memplug_context context)
>  {
>  	struct rmsun_args args = {
>  		.nid = nid,
>  		.context = context,
>  	};
>  
> -	return walk_memory_blocks(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn),
> -				  PFN_PHYS(end_pfn - start_pfn), (void *)&args,
> -				  register_mem_sect_under_node);
> +	walk_memory_blocks(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn),
> +			   PFN_PHYS(end_pfn - start_pfn), (void *)&args,
> +			   register_mem_sect_under_node);
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
> diff --git a/include/linux/node.h b/include/linux/node.h
> index 8ff08520488c..6bdd6f3ed3aa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/node.h
> +++ b/include/linux/node.h
> @@ -99,15 +99,14 @@ extern struct node *node_devices[];
>  typedef  void (*node_registration_func_t)(struct node *);
>  
>  #if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
> -extern int link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
> -			     unsigned long end_pfn,
> -			     enum memplug_context context);
> +void link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
> +		       unsigned long end_pfn,
> +		       enum memplug_context context);
>  #else
> -static inline int link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
> -				    unsigned long end_pfn,
> -				    enum memplug_context context)
> +static inline void link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
> +				     unsigned long end_pfn,
> +				     enum memplug_context context)
>  {
> -	return 0;
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -130,8 +129,8 @@ static inline int register_one_node(int nid)
>  		if (error)
>  			return error;
>  		/* link memory sections under this node */
> -		error = link_mem_sections(nid, start_pfn, end_pfn,
> -					  MEMPLUG_EARLY);
> +		link_mem_sections(nid, start_pfn, end_pfn,
> +				  MEMPLUG_EARLY);
>  	}
>  
>  	return error;
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 912d355ca446..668418071a49 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1080,9 +1080,8 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* link memory sections under this node.*/
> -	ret = link_mem_sections(nid, PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1),
> -				MEMPLUG_HOTPLUG);
> -	BUG_ON(ret);
> +	link_mem_sections(nid, PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1),
> +			  MEMPLUG_HOTPLUG);
>  
>  	/* create new memmap entry */
>  	if (!strcmp(res->name, "System RAM"))
> -- 
> 2.28.0

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs