Re: [RFC 1/2] arm64/mm: Fix pfn_valid() for ZONE_DEVICE based memory

David Hildenbrand
2021-01-11T10:32:53Z

On 04.01.21 07:18, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>
> On 12/22/20 2:41 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 22.12.20 08:12, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> pfn_valid() validates a pfn but basically it checks for a valid struct page
>>> backing for that pfn. It should always return positive for memory ranges
>>> backed with struct page mapping. But currently pfn_valid() fails for all
>>> ZONE_DEVICE based memory types even though they have struct page mapping.
>>>
>>> pfn_valid() asserts that there is a memblock entry for a given pfn without
>>> MEMBLOCK_NOMAP flag being set. The problem with ZONE_DEVICE based memory is
>>> that they do not have memblock entries. Hence memblock_is_map_memory() will
>>> invariably fail via memblock_search() for a ZONE_DEVICE based address. This
>>> eventually fails pfn_valid() which is wrong. memblock_is_map_memory() needs
>>> to be skipped for such memory ranges. As ZONE_DEVICE memory gets hotplugged
>>> into the system via memremap_pages() called from a driver, their respective
>>> memory sections will not have SECTION_IS_EARLY set.
>>>
>>> Normal hotplug memory will never have MEMBLOCK_NOMAP set in their memblock
>>> regions. Because the flag MEMBLOCK_NOMAP was specifically designed and set
>>> for firmware reserved memory regions. memblock_is_map_memory() can just be
>>> skipped as its always going to be positive and that will be an optimization
>>> for the normal hotplug memory. Like ZONE_DEVIE based memory, all hotplugged
>>> normal memory too will not have SECTION_IS_EARLY set for their sections.
>>>
>>> Skipping memblock_is_map_memory() for all non early memory sections would
>>> fix pfn_valid() problem for ZONE_DEVICE based memory and also improve its
>>> performance for normal hotplug memory as well.
>>>
>>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
>>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
>>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
>>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>>> Fixes: 73b20c84d42d ("arm64: mm: implement pte_devmap support")
>>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>> index 75addb36354a..ee23bda00c28 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>> @@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
>>>
>>> if (!valid_section(__pfn_to_section(pfn)))
>>> return 0;
>>> +
>>> + /*
>>> + * ZONE_DEVICE memory does not have the memblock entries.
>>> + * memblock_is_map_memory() check for ZONE_DEVICE based
>>> + * addresses will always fail. Even the normal hotplugged
>>> + * memory will never have MEMBLOCK_NOMAP flag set in their
>>> + * memblock entries. Skip memblock search for all non early
>>> + * memory sections covering all of hotplug memory including
>>> + * both normal and ZONE_DEVIE based.
>>> + */
>>> + if (!early_section(__pfn_to_section(pfn)))
>>> + return 1;
>>
>> Actually, I think we want to check for partial present sections.
>>
>> Maybe we can rather switch to generic pfn_valid() and tweak it to
>> something like
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> index fb3bf696c05e..7b1fcce5bd5a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> @@ -1382,9 +1382,13 @@ static inline int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
>> return 0;
>> /*
>> * Traditionally early sections always returned pfn_valid() for
>> - * the entire section-sized span.
>> + * the entire section-sized span. Some archs might have holes in
>> + * early sections, so double check with memblock if configured.
>> */
>> - return early_section(ms) || pfn_section_valid(ms, pfn);
>> + if (early_section(ms))
>> + return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EARLY_SECTION_MEMMAP_HOLES) ?
>> + memblock_is_map_memory(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) : 1;
>> + return pfn_section_valid(ms, pfn);
>> }
>> #endif
>
> Could not find CONFIG_EARLY_SECTION_MEMMAP_HOLES. Are you suggesting to
> create this config which could track platform scenarios where all early
> sections might not have mmap coverage such as arm64 ?

Yes, a new config that states what's actually happening.

>
>>
>>
>>
>> Which users are remaining that require us to add/remove memblocks when
>> hot(un)plugging memory
>>
>> $ git grep KEEP_MEM | grep memory_hotplug
>> mm/memory_hotplug.c: if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
>> mm/memory_hotplug.c: if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
>> mm/memory_hotplug.c: if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK)) {
>
> Did not follow, do we want to drop ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK ? Without it arm64
> will not be able to track MEMBLOCK_NOMAP memory at runtime.

I'd only like the hot(un)plug parts gone for now, if possible: I don't
see the need for that handling really that cannot be handled easier, as
in the proposed pfn_valid() changes.

I understand that current handling of memory holes in early sections and
memory marked as MEMBLOCK_NOMAP requires ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK for now.

>
>>
>>
>> I think one user we would have to handle is
>> arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c:valid_phys_addr_range(). AFAIS, powerpc at least
>> does not rely on memblock_is_map_memory.
>
> memblock_is_map_memory() is currently used only on arm/arm64 platforms.
> Apart from the above example in valid_phys_addr_range(), there are some
> other memblock_is_map_memory() call sites as well. But then, we are not
> trying to completely drop memblock_is_map_memory() or are we ?

No, just change the semantics: only relevant for early sections. Imagine
freezing MEMBLOCK state after boot.

Only early sections can have memory holes and might be marked
MEMBLOCK_NOMAP. For hotplugged memory, we don't have to call
memblock_is_map_memory().

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb