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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mmzone.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 3b2205741048..917bd6c604d5 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -407,8 +407,13 @@ enum zone_type { * to increase the number of THP/huge pages. Notable special cases are: * * 1. Pinned pages: (long-term) pinning of movable pages might - * essentially turn such pages unmovable. Memory offlining might - * retry a long time. + * essentially turn such pages unmovable. Therefore, we do not allow + * pinning long-term pages in ZONE_MOVABLE. When pages are pinned and + * faulted, they come from the right zone right away. However, it is + * still possible that address space already has pages in + * ZONE_MOVABLE at the time when pages are pinned (i.e. user has + * touches that memory before pinning). In such case we migrate them + * to a different zone. When migration fails - pinning fails. * 2. memblock allocations: kernelcore/movablecore setups might create * situations where ZONE_MOVABLE contains unmovable allocations * after boot. Memory offlining and allocations fail early. @@ -427,6 +432,15 @@ enum zone_type { * techniques might use alloc_contig_range() to hide previously * exposed pages from the buddy again (e.g., to implement some sort * of memory unplug in virtio-mem). + * 6. ZERO_PAGE(0), kernelcore/movablecore setups might create + * situations where ZERO_PAGE(0) which is allocated differently + * on different platforms may end up in a movable zone. ZERO_PAGE(0) + * cannot be migrated. + * 7. Memory-hotplug: when using memmap_on_memory and onlining the + * memory to the MOVABLE zone, the vmemmap pages are also placed in + * such zone. Such pages cannot be really moved around as they are + * self-stored in the range, but they are treated as movable when + * the range they describe is about to be offlined. * * In general, no unmovable allocations that degrade memory offlining * should end up in ZONE_MOVABLE. Allocators (like alloc_contig_range()) @@ -1383,10 +1397,8 @@ static inline int online_section_nr(unsigned long nr) #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG void online_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn); -#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE void offline_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn); #endif -#endif static inline struct mem_section *__pfn_to_section(unsigned long pfn) { |