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It is a follow up on the discussion with David >> when introducing memmap_on_memory support for s390 and support dynamic >> (de)configuration of memory: >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/ee492da8-74b4-4a97-8b24-73e07257f01d@redhat.com/ >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241202082732.3959803-1-sumanthk@linux.ibm.com/ >> >> The original motivation for introducing memmap_on_memory on s390 was to >> avoid using online memory to store struct pages metadata, particularly >> for standby memory blocks. This became critical in cases where there was >> an imbalance between standby and online memory, potentially leading to >> boot failures due to insufficient memory for metadata allocation. >> >> To address this, memmap_on_memory was utilized on s390. However, in its >> current form, it adds struct pages metadata at the start of each memory >> block at the time of addition (only standby memory), and this >> configuration is static. It cannot be changed at runtime (When the user >> needs continuous physical memory). >> >> Inorder to provide more flexibility to the user and overcome the above >> limitation, add an option to dynamically configure and deconfigure >> hotpluggable memory block with/without memmap_on_memory. >> >> With the new interface, s390 will not add all possible hotplug memory in >> advance, like before, to make it visible in sysfs for online/offline >> actions. Instead, before memory block can be set online, it has to be >> configured via a new interface in /sys/firmware/memory/memoryX/config, >> which makes s390 similar to others. i.e. Adding of hotpluggable memory is >> controlled by the user instead of adding it at boottime. > > Hi David, > > Looking forward to your feedback to proceed further. Thanks for bumping it up in my inbox, will comment today :) -- Cheers David / dhildenb