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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. This will cleanly add/remove the memory, including the directmap and other tracking data, so I like it. > > 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. Before I dig into the details, will onlining/offling still trigger hypervisor action, or does that now really happen when memory is added/removed? That would be really nice, because it would remove the whole need for "standby" memory, and having to treat hotplugged memory differently under LPAR/z/VM than anywhere else (-> keep it offline). > > s390 kernel sysfs interface to configure/deconfigure memory with > memmap_on_memory (with upcoming lsmem changes): > > * Initial memory layout: > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x7fffffff 2G online 0-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes Could we instead modify "STATE" to reflect that it is "not added" / "not configured" / "disabled" etc? Like lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK 0x00000000-0x7fffffff 2G online 0-15 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G disabled 16-31 Or is that an attempt to maintain backwards compatibility? > > * Configure memory > echo 1 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory16/config The granularity here is also memory_block_size_bytes(), correct? > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x7fffffff 2G online 0-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0x87ffffff 128M offline 16 yes yes > 0x88000000-0xffffffff 1.9G offline 17-31 no yes > > * Deconfigure memory > echo 0 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory16/config > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x7fffffff 2G online 0-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes > > * Enable memmap_on_memory and online it. > (Deconfigure first) > echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online > echo 0 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/config > > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x27ffffff 640M online 0-4 yes no > 0x28000000-0x2fffffff 128M offline 5 no no > 0x30000000-0x7fffffff 1.3G online 6-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes > > (Enable memmap_on_memory and online it) > echo 1 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/memmap_on_memory > echo 1 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/config > echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online I guess the use for memmap_on_memory would now be limited to making hotplug more likely to succeed in OOM scenarios. > > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x27ffffff 640M online 0-4 yes no > 0x28000000-0x2fffffff 128M online 5 yes yes > 0x30000000-0x7fffffff 1.3G online 6-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes > > * Disable memmap_on_memory and online it. > (Deconfigure first) > echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online > echo 0 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/config > > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x27ffffff 640M online 0-4 yes no > 0x28000000-0x2fffffff 128M offline 5 no yes > 0x30000000-0x7fffffff 1.3G online 6-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes > > (Disable memmap_on_memory and online it) > echo 0 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/memmap_on_memory > echo 1 > /sys/firmware/memory/memory5/config > echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory5/online > > lsmem -o RANGE,SIZE,STATE,BLOCK,CONFIGURED,MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > RANGE SIZE STATE BLOCK CONFIGURED MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY > 0x00000000-0x7fffffff 2G online 0-15 yes no > 0x80000000-0xffffffff 2G offline 16-31 no yes > > * Userspace changes: > lsmem/chmem tool is also changed to use the new interface. I will send > it to util-linux soon. > > Patch 1 adds support for removal of boot-allocated memory blocks. > > Patch 2 provides option to dynamically configure and deconfigure memory > with/without memmap_on_memory. > > Patch 3 removes MHP_OFFLINE_INACCESSIBLE from s390. The mhp flag was > used to mark memory as not accessible until memory hotplug online phase > begins. However, with patch 2, it is no longer essential. Memory can be > brought to accessible state before adding memory, as the memory is added > during runttime now instead of boottime. Nice. > > Patch 4 removes the MEM_PREPARE_ONLINE/MEM_FINISH_OFFLINE notifiers. It > is no longer needed. Memory can be brought to accessible state before > adding memory now, with runtime (de)configuration of memory. Nice. -- Cheers David / dhildenb