Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] pseries/drmem: update LMBs after LPM

From: Laurent Dufour <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:10:51 +0200

Hi Michael,

Is there a way to get that patch in 5.14?

Thanks,
Laurent.

Le 17/05/2021 à 11:06, Laurent Dufour a écrit :
> After a LPM, the device tree node ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory may be
> updated by the hypervisor in the case the NUMA topology of the LPAR's
> memory is updated.
> 
> This is handled by the kernel, but the memory's node is not updated because
> there is no way to move a memory block between nodes from the Linux kernel
> point of view.
> 
> If later a memory block is added or removed, drmem_update_dt() is called
> and it is overwriting the DT node ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory to
> match the added or removed LMB. But the LMB's associativity node has not
> been updated after the DT node update and thus the node is overwritten by
> the Linux's topology instead of the hypervisor one.
> 
> Introduce a hook called when the ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory node is
> updated to force an update of the LMB's associativity. However, ignore the
> call to that hook when the update has been triggered by drmem_update_dt().
> Because, in that case, the LMB tree has been used to set the DT property
> and thus it doesn't need to be updated back. Since drmem_update_dt() is
> called under the protection of the device_hotplug_lock and the hook is
> called in the same context, use a simple boolean variable to detect that
> call.
> 
> Cc: Nathan Lynch <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Tyrel Datwyler <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
> V5:
>   - Reword the commit's description to address Nathan's comments.
> V4:
>   - Prevent the LMB to be updated back in the case the request came from the
>   LMB tree's update.
> V3:
>   - Check rd->dn->name instead of rd->dn->full_name
> V2:
>   - Take Tyrel's idea to rely on OF_RECONFIG_UPDATE_PROPERTY instead of
>   introducing a new hook mechanism.
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h              |  1 +
>   arch/powerpc/mm/drmem.c                       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
>   .../platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c        |  4 ++
>   3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
> index bf2402fed3e0..4265d5e95c2c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ int drmem_update_dt(void);
>   int __init
>   walk_drmem_lmbs_early(unsigned long node, void *data,
>   		      int (*func)(struct drmem_lmb *, const __be32 **, void *));
> +void drmem_update_lmbs(struct property *prop);
>   #endif
>   
>   static inline void invalidate_lmb_associativity_index(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/drmem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/drmem.c
> index 9af3832c9d8d..22197b18d85e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/drmem.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/drmem.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static int n_root_addr_cells, n_root_size_cells;
>   
>   static struct drmem_lmb_info __drmem_info;
>   struct drmem_lmb_info *drmem_info = &__drmem_info;
> +static bool in_drmem_update;
>   
>   u64 drmem_lmb_memory_max(void)
>   {
> @@ -178,6 +179,11 @@ int drmem_update_dt(void)
>   	if (!memory)
>   		return -1;
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * Set in_drmem_update to prevent the notifier callback to process the
> +	 * DT property back since the change is coming from the LMB tree.
> +	 */
> +	in_drmem_update = true;
>   	prop = of_find_property(memory, "ibm,dynamic-memory", NULL);
>   	if (prop) {
>   		rc = drmem_update_dt_v1(memory, prop);
> @@ -186,6 +192,7 @@ int drmem_update_dt(void)
>   		if (prop)
>   			rc = drmem_update_dt_v2(memory, prop);
>   	}
> +	in_drmem_update = false;
>   
>   	of_node_put(memory);
>   	return rc;
> @@ -307,6 +314,45 @@ int __init walk_drmem_lmbs_early(unsigned long node, void *data,
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Update the LMB associativity index.
> + */
> +static int update_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *updated_lmb,
> +		      __maybe_unused const __be32 **usm,
> +		      __maybe_unused void *data)
> +{
> +	struct drmem_lmb *lmb;
> +
> +	for_each_drmem_lmb(lmb) {
> +		if (lmb->drc_index != updated_lmb->drc_index)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		lmb->aa_index = updated_lmb->aa_index;
> +		break;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Update the LMB associativity index.
> + *
> + * This needs to be called when the hypervisor is updating the
> + * dynamic-reconfiguration-memory node property.
> + */
> +void drmem_update_lmbs(struct property *prop)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't update the LMBs if triggered by the update done in
> +	 * drmem_update_dt(), the LMB values have been used to the update the DT
> +	 * property in that case.
> +	 */
> +	if (in_drmem_update)
> +		return;
> +	if (!strcmp(prop->name, "ibm,dynamic-memory"))
> +		__walk_drmem_v1_lmbs(prop->value, NULL, NULL, update_lmb);
> +	else if (!strcmp(prop->name, "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2"))
> +		__walk_drmem_v2_lmbs(prop->value, NULL, NULL, update_lmb);
> +}
>   #endif
>   
>   static int init_drmem_lmb_size(struct device_node *dn)
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
> index 8377f1f7c78e..672ffbee2e78 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
> @@ -949,6 +949,10 @@ static int pseries_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>   	case OF_RECONFIG_DETACH_NODE:
>   		err = pseries_remove_mem_node(rd->dn);
>   		break;
> +	case OF_RECONFIG_UPDATE_PROPERTY:
> +		if (!strcmp(rd->dn->name,
> +			    "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory"))
> +			drmem_update_lmbs(rd->prop);
>   	}
>   	return notifier_from_errno(err);
>   }
>