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[80.187.83.110]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-4255d8f083asm28904014f8f.43.2025.10.08.01.02.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:02:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1efcb368-fcdf-4bdd-8b94-a705b7806bc2@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 10:02:26 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Support dynamic (de)configuration of memory To: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-mm , LKML , linux-s390 , Gerald Schaefer , Heiko Carstens , Vasily Gorbik , Alexander Gordeev References: <20250926131527.3260733-1-sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> <5e3b16ec-9ef9-483e-b97e-bff0c1915b19@redhat.com> From: David Hildenbrand Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzSREYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCA8ZGF2aWRAcmVkaGF0LmNvbT7CwZoEEwEIAEQCGwMCF4ACGQEFCwkIBwICIgIG FQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgcWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3AP+DWgUCaJzangUJJlgIpAAKCRBN 3hD3AP+DWhAxD/9wcL0A+2rtaAmutaKTfxhTP0b4AAp1r/eLxjrbfbCCmh4pqzBhmSX/4z11 opn2KqcOsueRF1t2ENLOWzQu3Roiny2HOU7DajqB4dm1BVMaXQya5ae2ghzlJN9SIoopTWlR 0Af3hPj5E2PYvQhlcqeoehKlBo9rROJv/rjmr2x0yOM8qeTroH/ZzNlCtJ56AsE6Tvl+r7cW 3x7/Jq5WvWeudKrhFh7/yQ7eRvHCjd9bBrZTlgAfiHmX9AnCCPRPpNGNedV9Yty2Jnxhfmbv Pw37LA/jef8zlCDyUh2KCU1xVEOWqg15o1RtTyGV1nXV2O/mfuQJud5vIgzBvHhypc3p6VZJ lEf8YmT+Ol5P7SfCs5/uGdWUYQEMqOlg6w9R4Pe8d+mk8KGvfE9/zTwGg0nRgKqlQXrWRERv cuEwQbridlPAoQHrFWtwpgYMXx2TaZ3sihcIPo9uU5eBs0rf4mOERY75SK+Ekayv2ucTfjxr Kf014py2aoRJHuvy85ee/zIyLmve5hngZTTe3Wg3TInT9UTFzTPhItam6dZ1xqdTGHZYGU0O otRHcwLGt470grdiob6PfVTXoHlBvkWRadMhSuG4RORCDpq89vu5QralFNIf3EysNohoFy2A LYg2/D53xbU/aa4DDzBb5b1Rkg/udO1gZocVQWrDh6I2K3+cCs7BTQRVy5+RARAA59fefSDR 9nMGCb9LbMX+TFAoIQo/wgP5XPyzLYakO+94GrgfZjfhdaxPXMsl2+o8jhp/hlIzG56taNdt VZtPp3ih1AgbR8rHgXw1xwOpuAd5lE1qNd54ndHuADO9a9A0vPimIes78Hi1/yy+ZEEvRkHk /kDa6F3AtTc1m4rbbOk2fiKzzsE9YXweFjQvl9p+AMw6qd/iC4lUk9g0+FQXNdRs+o4o6Qvy iOQJfGQ4UcBuOy1IrkJrd8qq5jet1fcM2j4QvsW8CLDWZS1L7kZ5gT5EycMKxUWb8LuRjxzZ 3QY1aQH2kkzn6acigU3HLtgFyV1gBNV44ehjgvJpRY2cC8VhanTx0dZ9mj1YKIky5N+C0f21 zvntBqcxV0+3p8MrxRRcgEtDZNav+xAoT3G0W4SahAaUTWXpsZoOecwtxi74CyneQNPTDjNg azHmvpdBVEfj7k3p4dmJp5i0U66Onmf6mMFpArvBRSMOKU9DlAzMi4IvhiNWjKVaIE2Se9BY FdKVAJaZq85P2y20ZBd08ILnKcj7XKZkLU5FkoA0udEBvQ0f9QLNyyy3DZMCQWcwRuj1m73D sq8DEFBdZ5eEkj1dCyx+t/ga6x2rHyc8Sl86oK1tvAkwBNsfKou3v+jP/l14a7DGBvrmlYjO 59o3t6inu6H7pt7OL6u6BQj7DoMAEQEAAcLBfAQYAQgAJgIbDBYhBBvZyq1zXEw6Rg38yk3e EPcA/4NaBQJonNqrBQkmWAihAAoJEE3eEPcA/4NaKtMQALAJ8PzprBEXbXcEXwDKQu+P/vts IfUb1UNMfMV76BicGa5NCZnJNQASDP/+bFg6O3gx5NbhHHPeaWz/VxlOmYHokHodOvtL0WCC 8A5PEP8tOk6029Z+J+xUcMrJClNVFpzVvOpb1lCbhjwAV465Hy+NUSbbUiRxdzNQtLtgZzOV Zw7jxUCs4UUZLQTCuBpFgb15bBxYZ/BL9MbzxPxvfUQIPbnzQMcqtpUs21CMK2PdfCh5c4gS sDci6D5/ZIBw94UQWmGpM/O1ilGXde2ZzzGYl64glmccD8e87OnEgKnH3FbnJnT4iJchtSvx yJNi1+t0+qDti4m88+/9IuPqCKb6Stl+s2dnLtJNrjXBGJtsQG/sRpqsJz5x1/2nPJSRMsx9 5YfqbdrJSOFXDzZ8/r82HgQEtUvlSXNaXCa95ez0UkOG7+bDm2b3s0XahBQeLVCH0mw3RAQg r7xDAYKIrAwfHHmMTnBQDPJwVqxJjVNr7yBic4yfzVWGCGNE4DnOW0vcIeoyhy9vnIa3w1uZ 3iyY2Nsd7JxfKu1PRhCGwXzRw5TlfEsoRI7V9A8isUCoqE2Dzh3FvYHVeX4Us+bRL/oqareJ CIFqgYMyvHj7Q06kTKmauOe4Nf0l0qEkIuIzfoLJ3qr5UyXc2hLtWyT9Ir+lYlX9efqh7mOY qIws/H2t In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 08.10.25 08:05, Sumanth Korikkar wrote: >> Care to share an example output? I only have a s390x VM with 2 CPUs and no >> way to configure/deconfigure. > > lscpu -e > CPU NODE DRAWER BOOK SOCKET CORE L1d:L1i:L2 ONLINE CONFIGURED POLARIZATION ADDRESS > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0:0 yes yes vert-medium 0 > 1 0 0 0 0 0 1:1:1 yes yes vert-medium 1 > 2 0 0 0 0 1 2:2:2 yes yes vert-low 2 > 3 0 0 0 0 1 3:3:3 yes yes vert-low 3 > > # chcpu -d 2-3 > CPU 2 disabled > CPU 3 disabled > # chcpu -g 2 > CPU 2 deconfigured > # chcpu -c 2 > CPU 2 configured > # chcpu -e 2-3 > CPU 2 enabled > CPU 3 enabled Makes sense, thanks! > >>> chmem changes would look like: >>> chmem -c 128M -m 1 : configure memory with memmap-on-memory enabled >>> chmem -g 128M : deconfigure memory >> >> I wonder if the above two are really required. I would expect most/all users >> to simply keep using -e / -d. >> >> Sure, there might be some corner cases, but I would assume most people to >> not want to care about memmap-on-memory with the new model. > > I believe this remains very beneficial for customers in the following > scenario: > > 1) Initial memory layout: > 4 GB configured online > 512 GB standby > > If memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory=Y is set in the kernel command line: > Suppose user requires more memory and onlines 256 GB. With memmap-on-memory > enabled, this likely succeeds by default. > > Later, the user needs 256 GB of contiguous physical memory across memory > blocks. Then, the user can still configure those memory blocks with > memmap-on-memory disabled and online it. > > 2) If the administrator forgets to configure > memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory=Y, the following steps can be taken: > Rescue from OOM situations: configure with memmap-on-memory enabled, online it. That's my point: I don't consider either very likely to be used by actual admins. I guess in (1) it really only is a problem with very big memory blocks. Assuming a memory block is just 128 MiB (or even 1 GiB), you can add+online them individually. Once you succeeded with the first one (very likely), the other ones will follow. Sure, if you are so low on memory that you cannot even a single memory block, then memmap-on-memory makes sense. But note that memmap-on-memory was added to handle hotplug of large chunks of memory (large DIMM/NVDIMM, large CXL device) in one go, without the chance to add+online individual memory blocks incrementally. That's also the reason why I didn't care so far to implement memmap-on-memory support for virito-mem: as we add+online individual (small) emmory blocks, the implementation effort for supporting memmap_on_memory was so far not warranted. (it's a bit trickier for virtio-mem to implement :) ) -- Cheers David / dhildenb