Re: [PATCH] arm64: mm: update max_pfn after memory hotplug

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 9/29/21 12:21 AM, Chris Goldsworthy wrote:
> From: Sudarshan Rajagopalan <quic_sudaraja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> After new memory blocks have been hotplugged, max_pfn and max_low_pfn
> needs updating to reflect on new PFNs being hot added to system.
> Without this patch, debug-related functions that use max_pfn such as
> get_max_dump_pfn() or read_page_owner() will not work with any page in
> memory that is hot-added after boot. 
> 
> Fixes: 4ab215061554 ("arm64: Add memory hotplug support")
> Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Rajagopalan <quic_sudaraja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Goldsworthy <quic_cgoldswo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Georgi Djakov <quic_c_gdjako@xxxxxxxxxxx>

As these variables need to be updated in the platform.

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> index cfd9deb..fd85b51 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -1499,6 +1499,11 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>  	if (ret)
>  		__remove_pgd_mapping(swapper_pg_dir,
>  				     __phys_to_virt(start), size);
> +	else {
> +		max_pfn = PFN_UP(start + size);
> +		max_low_pfn = max_pfn;
> +	}
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
>