From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137C0C282C4 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:06:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAFBA2084C for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727586AbfAVIGp (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:06:45 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48882 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727528AbfAVIGl (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:06:41 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay1.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D53ACD2; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:06:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Juergen Gross To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, sstabellini@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, Juergen Gross Subject: [PATCH 0/2] x86: respect memory size limits Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:06:26 +0100 Message-Id: <20190122080628.7238-1-jgross@suse.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.16.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On a customer system running Xen a boot problem was observed due to the kernel not respecting the memory size limit imposed by the Xen hypervisor. During analysis I found the same problem should be able to occur on bare metal in case the memory would be limited via the "mem=" boot parameter. The system this problem has been observed on has tons of memory added via PCI. So while in the E820 map the not to be used memory has been wiped out the additional PCI memory is detected during ACPI scan and it is added via __add_memory(). This small series tries to repair the issue by testing the imposed memory limit during the memory hotplug process and refusing to add it in case the limit is being violated. I've chosen to refuse adding the complete memory chunk in case the limit is reached instead of adding only some of the memory, as I thought this would result in less problems (e.g. avoiding to add only parts of a 128MB memory bar which might be difficult to remove later). Juergen Gross (2): x86: respect memory size limiting via mem= parameter x86/xen: dont add memory above max allowed allocation arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 5 +++++ arch/x86/xen/setup.c | 5 +++++ include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 2 ++ mm/memory_hotplug.c | 6 ++++++ 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+) -- 2.16.4