s390/mm: allocate vmemmap pages from self-contained memory range
Allocate memory map (struct pages array) from the hotplugged memory range, rather than using system memory. The change addresses the issue where standby memory, when configured to be much larger than online memory, could potentially lead to ipl failure due to memory map allocation from online memory. For example, 16MB of memory map allocation is needed for a memory block size of 1GB and when standby memory is configured much larger than online memory, this could lead to ipl failure. To address this issue, the solution involves introducing "memmap on memory" using the vmem_altmap structure on s390. Architectures that want to implement it should pass the altmap to the vmemmap_populate() function and its associated callchain. This enhancement is discussed in commit 4b94ffdc ("x86, mm: introduce vmem_altmap to augment vmemmap_populate()") Provide "memmap on memory" support for s390 by passing the altmap in vmemmap_populate() and its callchain. The allocation path is described as follows: * When altmap is NULL in vmemmap_populate(), memory map allocation occurs using the existing vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(). * When altmap is not NULL in vmemmap_populate(), memory map allocation still uses vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(), but this function internally calls altmap_alloc_block_buf(). For deallocation, the process is outlined as follows: * When altmap is NULL in vmemmap_free(), memory map deallocation happens through free_pages(). * When altmap is not NULL in vmemmap_free(), memory map deallocation occurs via vmem_altmap_free(). While memory map allocation is primarily handled through the self-contained memory map range, there might still be a small amount of system memory allocation required for vmemmap pagetables. To mitigate this impact, this feature will be limited to machines with EDAT1 support. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240108132747.3238763-3-sumanthk@linux.ibm.comReviewed-by:Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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