Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] memblock: add MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED to mimic IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED

Mike Rapoport
2021-10-06T00:35:34Z

On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 11:36:04AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's add a flag that corresponds to IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED,
> indicating that we're dealing with a memory region that is never
> indicated in the firmware-provided memory map, but always detected and
> added by a driver.
>
> Similar to MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG, most infrastructure has to treat such memory
> regions like ordinary MEMBLOCK_NONE memory regions -- for example, when
> selecting memory regions to add to the vmcore for dumping in the
> crashkernel via for_each_mem_range().
>
> However, especially kexec_file is not supposed to select such memblocks via
> for_each_free_mem_range() / for_each_free_mem_range_reverse() to place
> kexec images, similar to how we handle IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED
> without CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK.
>
> We'll make sure that memory hotplug code sets the flag where applicable
> (IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED) next. This prepares architectures
> that need CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK, such as arm64, for virtio-mem
> support.
>
> Note that kexec *must not* indicate this memory to the second kernel
> and *must not* place kexec-images on this memory. Let's add a comment to
> kexec_walk_memblock(), documenting how we handle MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED
> now just like using IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED in
> locate_mem_hole_callback() for kexec_walk_resources().
>
> Also note that MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG cannot be reused due to different
> semantics:
> MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG: memory is indicated as "System RAM" in the
> firmware-provided memory map and added to the system early during
> boot; kexec *has to* indicate this memory to the second kernel and
> can place kexec-images on this memory. After memory hotunplug,
> kexec has to be re-armed. We mostly ignore this flag when
> "movable_node" is not set on the kernel command line, because
> then we're told to not care about hotunpluggability of such
> memory regions.
>
> MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED: memory is not indicated as "System RAM" in
> the firmware-provided memory map; this memory is always detected
> and added to the system by a driver; memory might not actually be
> physically hotunpluggable. kexec *must not* indicate this memory to
> the second kernel and *must not* place kexec-images on this memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>

> ---
> include/linux/memblock.h | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> kernel/kexec_file.c | 5 +++++
> mm/memblock.c | 4 ++++
> 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
> index 2bc726e43a1b..b3b29ccf91f3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memblock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
> @@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
> * @MEMBLOCK_NOMAP: don't add to kernel direct mapping and treat as
> * reserved in the memory map; refer to memblock_mark_nomap() description
> * for further details
> + * @MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED: memory region that is always detected and added
> + * via a driver, and never indicated in the firmware-provided memory map as
> + * system RAM. This corresponds to IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED in the
> + * kernel resource tree.
> */
> enum memblock_flags {
> MEMBLOCK_NONE = 0x0, /* No special request */
> MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG = 0x1, /* hotpluggable region */
> MEMBLOCK_MIRROR = 0x2, /* mirrored region */
> MEMBLOCK_NOMAP = 0x4, /* don't add to kernel direct mapping */
> + MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED = 0x8, /* always detected via a driver */
> };
>
> /**
> @@ -213,7 +218,8 @@ static inline void __next_physmem_range(u64 *idx, struct memblock_type *type,
> */
> #define for_each_mem_range(i, p_start, p_end) \
> __for_each_mem_range(i, &memblock.memory, NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE, \
> - MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG, p_start, p_end, NULL)
> + MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG | MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED, \
> + p_start, p_end, NULL)
>
> /**
> * for_each_mem_range_rev - reverse iterate through memblock areas from
> @@ -224,7 +230,8 @@ static inline void __next_physmem_range(u64 *idx, struct memblock_type *type,
> */
> #define for_each_mem_range_rev(i, p_start, p_end) \
> __for_each_mem_range_rev(i, &memblock.memory, NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE, \
> - MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG, p_start, p_end, NULL)
> + MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG | MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED,\
> + p_start, p_end, NULL)
>
> /**
> * for_each_reserved_mem_range - iterate over all reserved memblock areas
> @@ -254,6 +261,11 @@ static inline bool memblock_is_nomap(struct memblock_region *m)
> return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP;
> }
>
> +static inline bool memblock_is_driver_managed(struct memblock_region *m)
> +{
> + return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED;
> +}
> +
> int memblock_search_pfn_nid(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long *start_pfn,
> unsigned long *end_pfn);
> void __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid, unsigned long *out_start_pfn,
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> index 33400ff051a8..8347fc158d2b 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> @@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ static int kexec_walk_memblock(struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
> if (kbuf->image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
> return func(&crashk_res, kbuf);
>
> + /*
> + * Using MEMBLOCK_NONE will properly skip MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED. See
> + * IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED handling in
> + * locate_mem_hole_callback().
> + */
> if (kbuf->top_down) {
> for_each_free_mem_range_reverse(i, NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
> &mstart, &mend, NULL) {
> diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> index 47a56b223141..540a35317fb0 100644
> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -979,6 +979,10 @@ static bool should_skip_region(struct memblock_type *type,
> if (!(flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP) && memblock_is_nomap(m))
> return true;
>
> + /* skip driver-managed memory unless we were asked for it explicitly */
> + if (!(flags & MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED) && memblock_is_driver_managed(m))
> + return true;
> +
> return false;
> }
>
> --
> 2.31.1
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.