[POC] Extend "movable_node" to "movable_node=nn@ss" and add the interface in /sys to show the value

From: Chao Fan
Date: Tue Oct 10 2017 - 22:29:20 EST


Hi all,

Here is a problem:
Here is a machine with several NUMA nodes and some of them are hot-pluggable,
It's not good for kernel to be extracted in the memory region of movable node.
But in current code, I print the address choosen by kaslr and found it may be
placed in movable node sometimes. To solve this problem, it's better to the
memory region choosen by kaslr to immovable node in kaslr.c. But the memory
infomation about if it's hot-pluggable is stored in ACPI SRAT table, which is
parsed after kernel is extracted. So we can't get the detail memory infomation
before extracting kernel.

There are two methods to solve this problem:

1. Get and parse the srat table before kernel extracted, then mark the memory
region in movable node which should be avoided in kaslr.
I have send the patch:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2595546.html
But the change is large and then here is the second method.

2. Extend the movable_node to movable_node=nn@ss, in which nn means
the size of memory in immovable node, and ss means the start position of
this memory region.
But it brings another question, it may be a little difficult for a normal
user to specify the nn and ss. Because it's hard for a user to know the value
of the memory in immovable node.
So I wonder if it's good to add a interface in /sys, like:
# cat /sys/device/system/memory/immovable_node
nn@ss
nn@ss
...
to show the two value.
When srat table is parsed in acpi_parse_memory_affinity, fill the value
and user can get and use them.

If anyone has a better method, please let me know.
Any comments will be welcome.

Thanks,
Chao Fan