"Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang" <horen.chu...@linux.dev> writes:

> The current memory tier initialization process is distributed across
> two different functions, memory_tier_init() and memory_tier_late_init().
> This design is hard to maintain. Thus, this patch is proposed to reduce
> the possible code paths by consolidating different
> initialization patches into one.
>
> The earlier discussion with Jonathan and Ying is listed here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240405150244.00004...@huawei.com/
>
> If we want to put these two initializations together, they must be
> placed together in the later function. Because only at that time,
> the HMAT information will be ready, adist between nodes can be
> calculated, and memory tiering can be established based on the adist.
> So we position the initialization at memory_tier_init() to the
> memory_tier_late_init() call. Moreover, it's natural to keep
> memory_tier initialization in drivers at device_initcall() level.
>
> If we simply move the set_node_memory_tier() from memory_tier_init()
> to late_initcall(), it will result in HMAT not registering
> the mt_adistance_algorithm callback function, because
> set_node_memory_tier() is not performed during the memory tiering
> initialization phase, leading to a lack of correct default_dram
> information.
>
> Therefore, we introduced a nodemask to pass the information of the
> default DRAM nodes. The reason for not choosing to reuse
> default_dram_type->nodes is that it is not clean enough. So in the end,
> we use a __initdata variable, which is a variable that is released once
> initialization is complete, including both CPU and memory nodes for HMAT
> to iterate through.
>
> This patchset is based on commits <cf93be18fa1b> ("memory tier: create
> CPUless memory tiers after obtaining HMAT info") and
> <a72a30af550c> ("memory tier: dax/kmem: introduce an abstract layer for
> finding, allocating, and putting memory types"):
> [0/2] 
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240405000707.2670063-1-horenchu...@bytedance.com
> [1/2] 
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240405000707.2670063-2-horenchu...@bytedance.com
> [1/2] 
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240405000707.2670063-3-horenchu...@bytedance.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang <horenchu...@bytedance.com>
> Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.came...@huawei.com>

LGTM, Thanks!

Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.hu...@intel.com>

> ---
> - v3:
>  * Combine the cover letter and the patch.
>  * Remove extern default_dram_type
>  * Remove __initdata in a extern variable
>  * Roll back coding style, fix comment description
> - v2:
>  Thanks to Huang, Ying's and Andrew's comments
>  * Add a cover letter
>  * Add Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.came...@huawei.com>
>  * Add get/put_online_mems() protection in memory_tier_late_init()
>  * If memtype is set, skip initializing its node
>  * Remove redundant code/comments or rewrite code in a cleaner manner
>  * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240628060925.303309-1-horen.chu...@linux.dev/
> - v1:
>  * 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240621044833.3953055-1-horen.chu...@linux.dev/
>
> - Open to discussion:
>  * Should we use `continue` or `break` if set_node_memory_tier() fails in
>    memory_tier_late_init()? I've changed it to `continue` in v3.
>  * Compute the default_dram_nodes mask in hmat when needed? Currently,
>    it still remains in memory-tiers.c
>  * Instead of using guard(mutex)(), use mutex_lock() as it was to make a
>    cleaner diff?
>
> Thanks,
> Ho-Ren (Jack) Chuang
>
>  drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c     |  5 +---
>  include/linux/memory-tiers.h |  2 ++
>  mm/memory-tiers.c            | 54 ++++++++++++++----------------------
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
> index 2c8ccc91ebe6..a2f9e7a4b479 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
> @@ -940,10 +940,7 @@ static int hmat_set_default_dram_perf(void)
>       struct memory_target *target;
>       struct access_coordinate *attrs;
>  
> -     if (!default_dram_type)
> -             return -EIO;
> -
> -     for_each_node_mask(nid, default_dram_type->nodes) {
> +     for_each_node_mask(nid, default_dram_nodes) {
>               pxm = node_to_pxm(nid);
>               target = find_mem_target(pxm);
>               if (!target)
> diff --git a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
> index 0d70788558f4..0dc0cf2863e2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct access_coordinate;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>  extern bool numa_demotion_enabled;
>  extern struct memory_dev_type *default_dram_type;
> +extern nodemask_t default_dram_nodes;
>  struct memory_dev_type *alloc_memory_type(int adistance);
>  void put_memory_type(struct memory_dev_type *memtype);
>  void init_node_memory_type(int node, struct memory_dev_type *default_type);
> @@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
>  
>  #define numa_demotion_enabled        false
>  #define default_dram_type    NULL
> +#define default_dram_nodes   NODE_MASK_NONE
>  /*
>   * CONFIG_NUMA implementation returns non NULL error.
>   */
> diff --git a/mm/memory-tiers.c b/mm/memory-tiers.c
> index 6632102bd5c9..4775b3a3dabe 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-tiers.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-tiers.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(memory_tiers);
>  static LIST_HEAD(default_memory_types);
>  static struct node_memory_type_map node_memory_types[MAX_NUMNODES];
>  struct memory_dev_type *default_dram_type;
> +nodemask_t default_dram_nodes __initdata = NODE_MASK_NONE;
>  
>  static const struct bus_type memory_tier_subsys = {
>       .name = "memory_tiering",
> @@ -671,28 +672,35 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt_put_memory_types);
>  
>  /*
>   * This is invoked via `late_initcall()` to initialize memory tiers for
> - * CPU-less memory nodes after driver initialization, which is
> - * expected to provide `adistance` algorithms.
> + * memory nodes, both with and without CPUs. After the initialization of
> + * firmware and devices, adistance algorithms are expected to be provided.
>   */
>  static int __init memory_tier_late_init(void)
>  {
>       int nid;
> +     struct memory_tier *memtier;
>  
> +     get_online_mems();
>       guard(mutex)(&memory_tier_lock);
> +
> +     /* Assign each uninitialized N_MEMORY node to a memory tier. */
>       for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
>               /*
> -              * Some device drivers may have initialized memory tiers
> -              * between `memory_tier_init()` and `memory_tier_late_init()`,
> -              * potentially bringing online memory nodes and
> -              * configuring memory tiers. Exclude them here.
> +              * Some device drivers may have initialized
> +              * memory tiers, potentially bringing memory nodes
> +              * online and configuring memory tiers.
> +              * Exclude them here.
>                */
>               if (node_memory_types[nid].memtype)
>                       continue;
>  
> -             set_node_memory_tier(nid);
> +             memtier = set_node_memory_tier(nid);
> +             if (IS_ERR(memtier))
> +                     continue;
>       }
>  
>       establish_demotion_targets();
> +     put_online_mems();
>  
>       return 0;
>  }
> @@ -875,8 +883,7 @@ static int __meminit memtier_hotplug_callback(struct 
> notifier_block *self,
>  
>  static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
>  {
> -     int ret, node;
> -     struct memory_tier *memtier;
> +     int ret;
>  
>       ret = subsys_virtual_register(&memory_tier_subsys, NULL);
>       if (ret)
> @@ -887,7 +894,8 @@ static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
>                               GFP_KERNEL);
>       WARN_ON(!node_demotion);
>  #endif
> -     mutex_lock(&memory_tier_lock);
> +
> +     guard(mutex)(&memory_tier_lock);
>       /*
>        * For now we can have 4 faster memory tiers with smaller adistance
>        * than default DRAM tier.
> @@ -897,29 +905,9 @@ static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
>       if (IS_ERR(default_dram_type))
>               panic("%s() failed to allocate default DRAM tier\n", __func__);
>  
> -     /*
> -      * Look at all the existing N_MEMORY nodes and add them to
> -      * default memory tier or to a tier if we already have memory
> -      * types assigned.
> -      */
> -     for_each_node_state(node, N_MEMORY) {
> -             if (!node_state(node, N_CPU))
> -                     /*
> -                      * Defer memory tier initialization on
> -                      * CPUless numa nodes. These will be initialized
> -                      * after firmware and devices are initialized.
> -                      */
> -                     continue;
> -
> -             memtier = set_node_memory_tier(node);
> -             if (IS_ERR(memtier))
> -                     /*
> -                      * Continue with memtiers we are able to setup
> -                      */
> -                     break;
> -     }
> -     establish_demotion_targets();
> -     mutex_unlock(&memory_tier_lock);
> +     /* Record nodes with memory and CPU to set default DRAM performance. */
> +     nodes_and(default_dram_nodes, node_states[N_MEMORY],
> +               node_states[N_CPU]);
>  
>       hotplug_memory_notifier(memtier_hotplug_callback, MEMTIER_HOTPLUG_PRI);
>       return 0;

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