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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option
On 2012-11-23 18:44, Tang Chen wrote:
> [What we are doing]
> This patchset provide a boot option for user to specify ZONE_MOVABLE memory
> map for each node in the system.
>
> movablecore_map=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
>

Hi Tang,
DMA address can't be set as movable, if some one boot kernel with
movablecore_map=4G@0xa00000 or other memory region that contains DMA address,
system maybe boot failed. Should this case be handled or mentioned
in the change log and kernel-parameters.txt?

Thanks,
Jianguo Wu

> This option make sure memory range from ss to ss+nn is movable memory.
>
>
> [Why we do this]
> If we hot remove a memroy, the memory cannot have kernel memory,
> because Linux cannot migrate kernel memory currently. Therefore,
> we have to guarantee that the hot removed memory has only movable
> memoroy.
>
> Linux has two boot options, kernelcore= and movablecore=, for
> creating movable memory. These boot options can specify the amount
> of memory use as kernel or movable memory. Using them, we can
> create ZONE_MOVABLE which has only movable memory.
>
> But it does not fulfill a requirement of memory hot remove, because
> even if we specify the boot options, movable memory is distributed
> in each node evenly. So when we want to hot remove memory which
> memory range is 0x80000000-0c0000000, we have no way to specify
> the memory as movable memory.
>
> So we proposed a new feature which specifies memory range to use as
> movable memory.
>
>
> [Ways to do this]
> There may be 2 ways to specify movable memory.
> 1. use firmware information
> 2. use boot option
>
> 1. use firmware information
> According to ACPI spec 5.0, SRAT table has memory affinity structure
> and the structure has Hot Pluggable Filed. See "5.2.16.2 Memory
> Affinity Structure". If we use the information, we might be able to
> specify movable memory by firmware. For example, if Hot Pluggable
> Filed is enabled, Linux sets the memory as movable memory.
>
> 2. use boot option
> This is our proposal. New boot option can specify memory range to use
> as movable memory.
>
>
> [How we do this]
> We chose second way, because if we use first way, users cannot change
> memory range to use as movable memory easily. We think if we create
> movable memory, performance regression may occur by NUMA. In this case,
> user can turn off the feature easily if we prepare the boot option.
> And if we prepare the boot optino, the user can select which memory
> to use as movable memory easily.
>
>
> [How to use]
> Specify the following boot option:
> movablecore_map=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
>
> That means physical address range from ss to ss+nn will be allocated as
> ZONE_MOVABLE.
>
> And the following points should be considered.
>
> 1) If the range is involved in a single node, then from ss to the end of
> the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE.
> 2) If the range covers two or more nodes, then from ss to the end of
> the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE, and all the other nodes will only
> have ZONE_MOVABLE.
> 3) If no range is in the node, then the node will have no ZONE_MOVABLE
> unless kernelcore or movablecore is specified.
> 4) This option could be specified at most MAX_NUMNODES times.
> 5) If kernelcore or movablecore is also specified, movablecore_map will have
> higher priority to be satisfied.
> 6) This option has no conflict with memmap option.
>
>
>
> Tang Chen (4):
> page_alloc: add movable_memmap kernel parameter
> page_alloc: Introduce zone_movable_limit[] to keep movable limit for
> nodes
> page_alloc: Make movablecore_map has higher priority
> page_alloc: Bootmem limit with movablecore_map
>
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu (1):
> x86: get pg_data_t's memory from other node
>
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 +++
> arch/x86/mm/numa.c | 11 ++-
> include/linux/memblock.h | 1 +
> include/linux/mm.h | 11 ++
> mm/memblock.c | 15 +++-
> mm/page_alloc.c | 216 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 6 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
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