powerpc/mm/radix: Remove split_kernel_mapping()
We split the page table mapping on memory unplug if the linear range was mapped with huge page mapping (for ex: 1G) The page table splitting code has a few issues: 1. Recursive locking -------------------- Memory unplug path takes cpu_hotplug_lock and calls stop_machine() for splitting the mappings. However stop_machine() takes cpu_hotplug_lock again causing deadlock. 2. BUG: sleeping function called from in_atomic() context --------------------------------------------------------- Memory unplug path (remove_pagetable) takes init_mm.page_table_lock spinlock and later calls stop_machine() which does wait_for_completion() 3. Bad unlock unbalance ----------------------- Memory unplug path takes init_mm.page_table_lock spinlock and calls stop_machine(). The stop_machine thread function runs in a different thread context (migration thread) which tries to release and reaquire ptl. Releasing ptl from a different thread than which acquired it causes bad unlock unbalance. These problems can be avoided if we avoid mapping hot-plugged memory with 1G mapping, thereby removing the need for splitting them during unplug. The kernel always make sure the minimum unplug request is SUBSECTION_SIZE for device memory and SECTION_SIZE for regular memory. In preparation for such a change remove page table splitting support. This essentially is a revert of commit 4dd5f8a9 ("powerpc/mm/radix: Split linear mapping on hot-unplug") Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200709131925.922266-4-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com
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