RE: [PATCH v2] arm64: mm: reserve hugetlb CMA after numa_init

From: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
Date: Wed Jun 17 2020 - 17:44:03 EST




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> From: Roman Gushchin [mailto:guro@xxxxxx]
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> To: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>; catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: mm: reserve hugetlb CMA after numa_init
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 11:38:03AM +0000, Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Will Deacon [mailto:will@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:18 PM
> > > To: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx; nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx;
> > > steve.capper@xxxxxxx; rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Linuxarm
> > > <linuxarm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: mm: reserve hugetlb CMA after numa_init
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:19:24AM +1200, Barry Song wrote:
> > > > hugetlb_cma_reserve() is called at the wrong place. numa_init has not
> been
> > > > done yet. so all reserved memory will be located at node0.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: cf11e85fc08c ("mm: hugetlb: optionally allocate gigantic
> hugepages
> > > using cma")
> > >
> > > Damn, wasn't CC'd on that :/
> > >
> > > > Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > -v2: add Fixes tag according to Matthias Brugger's comment
> > > >
> > > > arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 10 +++++-----
> > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > index e631e6425165..41914b483d54 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > @@ -404,11 +404,6 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
> > > > high_memory = __va(memblock_end_of_DRAM() - 1) + 1;
> > > >
> > > > dma_contiguous_reserve(arm64_dma32_phys_limit);
> > > > -
> > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES
> > > > - hugetlb_cma_reserve(PUD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
> > > > -#endif
> > >
> > > Why is this dependent on CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES? We unconditionally
> > > select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE so this seems unnecessary.
> >
> > Roman, would you like to answer this question? Have you found any
> problem if system
> > doesn't set 4K_PAGES?
>
> No, I was just following the code in arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c where all
> related to PUD-sized pages is guarded by CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES.
> Actually I did all my testing on x86-64, I don't even have any arm hardware.
>
> I'm totally fine with removing this #ifdef if it's not needed.

At this moment, I would suggest we should keep this "ifdef". Otherwise, hugetlb_cma_reserve() won't be really useful.

For example, while setting PAGE size to 64KB. I got this error in hugetlb_cma_reserve():
hugetlb_cma: cma area should be at least 4194304 MiB
This is absolutely unreasonable.

Supporting hugetlb_cma_reserve() for page sizes other than 4k is a different issue.
It might be addressed in a separate patch later.

>
> Thanks!
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > void __init bootmem_init(void)
> > > > @@ -424,6 +419,11 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
> > > > min_low_pfn = min;
> > > >
> > > > arm64_numa_init();
> > > > +
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES
> > > > + hugetlb_cma_reserve(PUD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
> > > > +#endif
> > >
> > > A comment here wouldn't hurt, as it does look a lot more natural next
> > > to dma_contiguous_reserve().
> >
> > Will add some comment here.
> >
> > >
> > > Will
> >
> > barry