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From: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>
To: david@kernel.org, osalvador@suse.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: vbabka@suse.cz, harry.yoo@oracle.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm/memory_hotplug: maintain N_NORMAL_MEMORY during hotplug
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:57:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330035941.518186-1-hao.li@linux.dev> (raw)

N_NORMAL_MEMORY is initialized from zone population at boot, but memory
hotplug currently only updates N_MEMORY. As a result, a node that gains
normal memory via hotplug can remain invisible to users iterating over
N_NORMAL_MEMORY, while a node that loses its last normal memory can stay
incorrectly marked as such.

Restore N_NORMAL_MEMORY maintenance directly in online_pages() and
offline_pages(). Set the bit when a node that currently lacks normal
memory onlines pages into a zone <= ZONE_NORMAL, and clear it when
offlining removes the last present pages from zones <= ZONE_NORMAL.

This restores the intended semantics without bringing back the old
status_change_nid_normal notifier plumbing which was removed in
8d2882a8edb8.

Current users that benefit include list_lru, zswap, nfsd filecache,
hugetlb_cgroup, and has_normal_memory sysfs reporting.

Fixes: 8d2882a8edb8 ("mm,memory_hotplug: remove status_change_nid_normal and update documentation")
Signed-off-by: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>
---
Changes: simplify the code. (Thanks Joshua and David)
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index bc805029da51..05a47953ef21 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,13 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 
 	if (node_arg.nid >= 0)
 		node_set_state(nid, N_MEMORY);
+	/*
+	 * Check whether we are adding normal memory to the node for the first
+	 * time.
+	 */
+	if (!node_state(nid, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) && zone_idx(zone) <= ZONE_NORMAL)
+		node_set_state(nid, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
+
 	if (need_zonelists_rebuild)
 		build_all_zonelists(NULL);
 
@@ -1908,6 +1915,8 @@ int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	char *reason;
 	int ret;
+	unsigned long normal_pages = 0;
+	enum zone_type zt;
 
 	/*
 	 * {on,off}lining is constrained to full memory sections (or more
@@ -2055,6 +2064,17 @@ int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	/* reinitialise watermarks and update pcp limits */
 	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
 
+	/*
+	 * Check whether this operation removes the last normal memory from
+	 * the node. We do this before clearing N_MEMORY to avoid the possible
+	 * transient "!N_MEMORY && N_NORMAL_MEMORY" state.
+	 */
+	if (zone_idx(zone) <= ZONE_NORMAL) {
+		for (zt = 0; zt <= ZONE_NORMAL; zt++)
+			normal_pages += pgdat->node_zones[zt].present_pages;
+		if (!normal_pages)
+			node_clear_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Make sure to mark the node as memory-less before rebuilding the zone
 	 * list. Otherwise this node would still appear in the fallback lists.
-- 
2.50.1



             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-30  4:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-30  3:57 Hao Li [this message]
2026-03-30  8:28 ` [PATCH v2] mm/memory_hotplug: maintain N_NORMAL_MEMORY during hotplug Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-30  9:34   ` Hao Li
2026-03-30 12:07 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

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