[PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support

David Hildenbrand posted 5 patches 2 months, 2 weeks ago
arch/s390/boot/physmem_info.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h        |  4 +++
arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h |  3 ++
arch/s390/include/asm/sparsemem.h    |  2 +-
arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c        |  6 ++++
drivers/virtio/Kconfig               | 12 ++++----
lib/Kconfig.debug                    |  2 +-
7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
[PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by David Hildenbrand 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Let's finally add s390x support for virtio-mem; my last RFC was sent
4 years ago, and a lot changed in the meantime.

This is based on mm/stable.

I sent out the QEMU part earlier today [1], that contains some more details
and a usage example on s390x (last patch).

There is not too much in here: The biggest part is querying a new diag(500)
STORAGE_LIMIT hypercall to obtain the proper "max_physmem_end". Once this
and the QEMU part will go upstream, it will get documented in [2]

The last two patches are not strictly required but certainly nice-to-have.

Note that -- in contrast to standby memory -- virtio-mem memory must be
configured to be automatically onlined as soon as hotplugged. The easiest
approach is using the "memhp_default_state=" kernel parameter or by using
proper udev rules. More details can be found at [3].

I have reviving+upstreaming a systemd service to handle configuring
that on my todo list, but for some reason I keep getting distracted ...

I tested various things, including:
 * Various memory hotplug/hotunplug combinations
 * Device hotplug/hotunplug
 * /proc/iomem output
 * reboot
 * kexec
 * kdump: make sure we don't hotplug memory

One remaining work item is kdump support for virtio-mem memory. I
am working on a prototype that will be fairly straight forward,
because the virtio-mem driver already supports a special kdump mode and
dracut will already include it in the initrd as default. With
holiday and conferences coming up I rather sent this out now.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240910175809.2135596-1-david@redhat.com
[2] https://gitlab.com/davidhildenbrand/s390x-os-virt-spec
[3] https://virtio-mem.gitlab.io/user-guide/user-guide-linux.html

Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: "Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

David Hildenbrand (5):
  s390/kdump: implement is_kdump_kernel()
  s390/physmem_info: query diag500(STORAGE_LIMIT) to support QEMU/KVM
    memory devices
  virtio-mem: s390x support
  lib/Kconfig.debug: default STRICT_DEVMEM to "y" on s390x
  s390/sparsemem: reduce section size to 128 MiB

 arch/s390/boot/physmem_info.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h        |  4 +++
 arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h |  3 ++
 arch/s390/include/asm/sparsemem.h    |  2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c        |  6 ++++
 drivers/virtio/Kconfig               | 12 ++++----
 lib/Kconfig.debug                    |  2 +-
 7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

-- 
2.46.0

Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by Mario Casquero 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This series has been successfully tested along with the QEMU's series.
Virtio-mem devices could be resized, plugged and unplugged seamlessly.
The memory information displayed is correct and reboot doesn't cause
any issue.

Tested-by: Mario Casquero <mcasquer@redhat.com>

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 9:16 PM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Let's finally add s390x support for virtio-mem; my last RFC was sent
> 4 years ago, and a lot changed in the meantime.
>
> This is based on mm/stable.
>
> I sent out the QEMU part earlier today [1], that contains some more details
> and a usage example on s390x (last patch).
>
> There is not too much in here: The biggest part is querying a new diag(500)
> STORAGE_LIMIT hypercall to obtain the proper "max_physmem_end". Once this
> and the QEMU part will go upstream, it will get documented in [2]
>
> The last two patches are not strictly required but certainly nice-to-have.
>
> Note that -- in contrast to standby memory -- virtio-mem memory must be
> configured to be automatically onlined as soon as hotplugged. The easiest
> approach is using the "memhp_default_state=" kernel parameter or by using
> proper udev rules. More details can be found at [3].
>
> I have reviving+upstreaming a systemd service to handle configuring
> that on my todo list, but for some reason I keep getting distracted ...
>
> I tested various things, including:
>  * Various memory hotplug/hotunplug combinations
>  * Device hotplug/hotunplug
>  * /proc/iomem output
>  * reboot
>  * kexec
>  * kdump: make sure we don't hotplug memory
>
> One remaining work item is kdump support for virtio-mem memory. I
> am working on a prototype that will be fairly straight forward,
> because the virtio-mem driver already supports a special kdump mode and
> dracut will already include it in the initrd as default. With
> holiday and conferences coming up I rather sent this out now.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240910175809.2135596-1-david@redhat.com
> [2] https://gitlab.com/davidhildenbrand/s390x-os-virt-spec
> [3] https://virtio-mem.gitlab.io/user-guide/user-guide-linux.html
>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: "Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>
> David Hildenbrand (5):
>   s390/kdump: implement is_kdump_kernel()
>   s390/physmem_info: query diag500(STORAGE_LIMIT) to support QEMU/KVM
>     memory devices
>   virtio-mem: s390x support
>   lib/Kconfig.debug: default STRICT_DEVMEM to "y" on s390x
>   s390/sparsemem: reduce section size to 128 MiB
>
>  arch/s390/boot/physmem_info.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h        |  4 +++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h |  3 ++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/sparsemem.h    |  2 +-
>  arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c        |  6 ++++
>  drivers/virtio/Kconfig               | 12 ++++----
>  lib/Kconfig.debug                    |  2 +-
>  7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.46.0
>
>
Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by David Hildenbrand 1 month, 2 weeks ago
On 10.10.24 10:41, Mario Casquero wrote:
> This series has been successfully tested along with the QEMU's series.
> Virtio-mem devices could be resized, plugged and unplugged seamlessly.
> The memory information displayed is correct and reboot doesn't cause
> any issue.
> 
> Tested-by: Mario Casquero <mcasquer@redhat.com>

Thanks a bunch for testing!

If there are no more comments, I'll add the in-tree kernel update for 
the new diag500 subcall and resend.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb
Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by Heiko Carstens 1 month, 2 weeks ago
On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:31:31PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 10.10.24 10:41, Mario Casquero wrote:
> > This series has been successfully tested along with the QEMU's series.
> > Virtio-mem devices could be resized, plugged and unplugged seamlessly.
> > The memory information displayed is correct and reboot doesn't cause
> > any issue.
> > 
> > Tested-by: Mario Casquero <mcasquer@redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks a bunch for testing!
> 
> If there are no more comments, I'll add the in-tree kernel update for the
> new diag500 subcall and resend.

Sorry that you haven't seen any review from here yet, but... :)

Please also change all usages of "s390x" to "s390" before you resend.
Within the kernel usage of s390x is not common and there shouldn't be
anything like this added.
Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by David Hildenbrand 1 month, 2 weeks ago
On 10.10.24 16:41, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:31:31PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 10.10.24 10:41, Mario Casquero wrote:
>>> This series has been successfully tested along with the QEMU's series.
>>> Virtio-mem devices could be resized, plugged and unplugged seamlessly.
>>> The memory information displayed is correct and reboot doesn't cause
>>> any issue.
>>>
>>> Tested-by: Mario Casquero <mcasquer@redhat.com>
>>
>> Thanks a bunch for testing!
>>
>> If there are no more comments, I'll add the in-tree kernel update for the
>> new diag500 subcall and resend.
> 
> Sorry that you haven't seen any review from here yet, but... :)
> 
> Please also change all usages of "s390x" to "s390" before you resend.
> Within the kernel usage of s390x is not common and there shouldn't be
> anything like this added.

Makes sense, thanks!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb
Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] virtio-mem: s390x support
Posted by Michael S. Tsirkin 2 months, 2 weeks ago
On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 09:15:34PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's finally add s390x support for virtio-mem; my last RFC was sent
> 4 years ago, and a lot changed in the meantime.
> 
> This is based on mm/stable.
> 
> I sent out the QEMU part earlier today [1], that contains some more details
> and a usage example on s390x (last patch).
> 
> There is not too much in here: The biggest part is querying a new diag(500)
> STORAGE_LIMIT hypercall to obtain the proper "max_physmem_end". Once this
> and the QEMU part will go upstream, it will get documented in [2]
> 
> The last two patches are not strictly required but certainly nice-to-have.
> 
> Note that -- in contrast to standby memory -- virtio-mem memory must be
> configured to be automatically onlined as soon as hotplugged. The easiest
> approach is using the "memhp_default_state=" kernel parameter or by using
> proper udev rules. More details can be found at [3].
> 
> I have reviving+upstreaming a systemd service to handle configuring
> that on my todo list, but for some reason I keep getting distracted ...
> 
> I tested various things, including:
>  * Various memory hotplug/hotunplug combinations
>  * Device hotplug/hotunplug
>  * /proc/iomem output
>  * reboot
>  * kexec
>  * kdump: make sure we don't hotplug memory
> 
> One remaining work item is kdump support for virtio-mem memory. I
> am working on a prototype that will be fairly straight forward,
> because the virtio-mem driver already supports a special kdump mode and
> dracut will already include it in the initrd as default. With
> holiday and conferences coming up I rather sent this out now.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240910175809.2135596-1-david@redhat.com
> [2] https://gitlab.com/davidhildenbrand/s390x-os-virt-spec
> [3] https://virtio-mem.gitlab.io/user-guide/user-guide-linux.html
> 
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: "Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>


It's mostly s390 changes, so should be merged through that tree.
I acked the only virtio specific patch.

> David Hildenbrand (5):
>   s390/kdump: implement is_kdump_kernel()
>   s390/physmem_info: query diag500(STORAGE_LIMIT) to support QEMU/KVM
>     memory devices
>   virtio-mem: s390x support
>   lib/Kconfig.debug: default STRICT_DEVMEM to "y" on s390x
>   s390/sparsemem: reduce section size to 128 MiB
> 
>  arch/s390/boot/physmem_info.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h        |  4 +++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h |  3 ++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/sparsemem.h    |  2 +-
>  arch/s390/kernel/crash_dump.c        |  6 ++++
>  drivers/virtio/Kconfig               | 12 ++++----
>  lib/Kconfig.debug                    |  2 +-
>  7 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.46.0