Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] powerpc/pseries: update device tree before ejecting hotplug uevents

From: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:41:50 +1000

Pingfan Liu <[email-masked]> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 12:57 PM Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> Pingfan Liu <[email-masked]> writes:
>> > A bug is observed on pseries by taking the following steps on rhel:
>>                                                                 ^
>>                                                                 RHEL
>>
>> I assume it happens on mainline too?
> Yes, it does.
>>
> [...]
>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
>> > index 1a3ac3b..def8cb3f 100644
>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
>> > @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ static int dlpar_remove_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
>> >       invalidate_lmb_associativity_index(lmb);
>> >       lmb_clear_nid(lmb);
>> >       lmb->flags &= ~DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
>> > +     drmem_update_dt();
>>
>> No error checking?
> Hmm, here should be a more careful design. Please see the comment at the end.
>>
>> >       __remove_memory(nid, base_addr, block_sz);
>> >
>> > @@ -607,6 +608,7 @@ static int dlpar_add_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
>> >
>> >       lmb_set_nid(lmb);
>> >       lmb->flags |= DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
>> > +     drmem_update_dt();
>>
>> And here ..
>> >
>> >       block_sz = memory_block_size_bytes();
>> >
>> > @@ -625,6 +627,7 @@ static int dlpar_add_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
>> >               invalidate_lmb_associativity_index(lmb);
>> >               lmb_clear_nid(lmb);
>> >               lmb->flags &= ~DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
>> > +             drmem_update_dt();
>>
>>
>> And here ..
>>
>> >               __remove_memory(nid, base_addr, block_sz);
>> >       }
>> > @@ -877,9 +880,6 @@ int dlpar_memory(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_elog)
>> >               break;
>> >       }
>> >
>> > -     if (!rc)
>> > -             rc = drmem_update_dt();
>> > -
>> >       unlock_device_hotplug();
>> >       return rc;
>>
>> Whereas previously we did check it.
>
> drmem_update_dt() fails iff allocating memory fail.

That's true currently, but it might change in future.

> And in the failed case, even the original code does not roll back the
> effect of __add_memory()/__remove_memory().

Yeah hard to know what the desired behaviour is. If something fails we
at least need to print a message though, not silently swallow it.

> And I plan to do the following in V4: if drmem_update_dt() fails in
> dlpar_add_lmb(), then bails out immediately.

That sounds reasonable.

cheers