similar to: [PATCH v1 0/3] mm/memory_hotplug: Make virtio-mem play nicely with kexec-tools

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

On 29.04.20 18:08, David Hildenbrand wrote: > Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and > friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in > /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to hinder kexec from adding this > memory to the boot memmap of the kexec kernel. > > In fact, such memory is never exposed via the firmware (e.g., e820), but > only

On 29.04.20 18:08, David Hildenbrand wrote: > Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and > friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in > /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to hinder kexec from adding this > memory to the boot memmap of the kexec kernel. > > In fact, such memory is never exposed via the firmware (e.g., e820), but > only

This is the follow up of [1]: [PATCH v1 0/3] mm/memory_hotplug: Make virtio-mem play nicely with kexec-tools I realized that this is not only helpful for virtio-mem, but also for dax/kmem - it's a fix for that use case (see patch #3) of persistent memory. Also, while testing, I discovered that kexec-tools will *not* add dax/kmem memory (anything not directly under the root when parsing

Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant for DIMMs, exposed via /proc/iomem to user space). We really want to merge added resources in this scenario where

This is the follow-up of "[PATCH RFCv1 0/5] mm/memory_hotplug: selective merging of memory resources" [1] Some add_memory*() users add memory in small, contiguous memory blocks. Examples include virtio-mem, hyper-v balloon, and the XEN balloon. This can quickly result in a lot of memory resources, whereby the actual resource boundaries are not of interest (e.g., it might be relevant

Hi, Here is the third version of memory hotplug support for Xen guests patch. This one cleanly applies to git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git repository, xen/memory-hotplug head. On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:03:18PM +0400, Vasiliy G Tolstov wrote: [...] > Testing on sles 11 sp1 and opensuse 11.3. On results - send e-mail.. Thx. On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 12:34:08PM

Virtio-mem managed memory is always detected and added by the virtio-mem driver, never using something like the firmware-provided memory map. This is the case after an ordinary system reboot, and has to be guaranteed after kexec. Especially, virtio-mem added memory resources can contain inaccessible parts ("unblocked memory blocks"), blindly forwarding them to a kexec kernel is

Virtio-mem managed memory is always detected and added by the virtio-mem driver, never using something like the firmware-provided memory map. This is the case after an ordinary system reboot, and has to be guaranteed after kexec. Especially, virtio-mem added memory resources can contain inaccessible parts ("unblocked memory blocks"), blindly forwarding them to a kexec kernel is

On 30.04.20 10:11, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:20 AM David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com> wrote: >> >> On 29.04.20 18:08, David Hildenbrand wrote: >>> Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and >>> friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in >>> /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to

>> Now, let's clarify what I want regarding virtio-mem: >> >> 1. kexec should not add virtio-mem memory to the initial firmware >> memmap. The driver has to be in charge as discussed. >> 2. kexec should not place kexec images onto virtio-mem memory. That >> would end badly. >> 3. kexec should still dump virtio-mem memory via kdump. > > Ok,

Hi, I am sending this e-mail once again because it probably has been lost in abyss of Xen-devel/LKLM list. Here is the second version of memory hotplug support for Xen guests patch. This one cleanly applies to git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git repository, xen/memory-hotplug head. Changes: - /sys/devices/system/memory/probe interface has been removed;

Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to hinder kexec from adding this memory to the boot memmap of the kexec kernel. In fact, such memory is never exposed via the firmware (e.g., e820), but only via the device, so exposing this memory via /sys/firmware/memmap/ is wrong:

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:20 AM David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com> wrote: > > On 29.04.20 18:08, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > Some paravirtualized devices that add memory via add_memory() and > > friends (esp. virtio-mem) don't want to create entries in > > /sys/firmware/memmap/ - primarily to hinder kexec from adding this > > memory to the boot memmap

Hi David, I love your patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on next-20200909] [cannot apply to mmotm/master hnaz-linux-mm/master xen-tip/linux-next powerpc/next linus/master v5.9-rc4 v5.9-rc3 v5.9-rc2 v5.9-rc4] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in

On 4/30/20 3:29 AM, David Hildenbrand wrote: > Currently, when adding memory, we create entries in /sys/firmware/memmap/ > as "System RAM". This does not reflect the reality and will lead to > kexec-tools to add that memory to the fixed-up initial memmap for a > kexec kernel (loaded via kexec_load()). The memory will be considered > initial System RAM by the kexec kernel.