d6d6ebfc5d
We split the page table mapping on memory unplug if the
linear range was mapped with huge page mapping (for ex: 1G)
The page table splitting code has a few issues:
1. Recursive locking
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Memory unplug path takes cpu_hotplug_lock and calls stop_machine()
for splitting the mappings. However stop_machine() takes
cpu_hotplug_lock again causing deadlock.
2. BUG: sleeping function called from in_atomic() context
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Memory unplug path (remove_pagetable) takes init_mm.page_table_lock
spinlock and later calls stop_machine() which does wait_for_completion()
3. Bad unlock unbalance
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Memory unplug path takes init_mm.page_table_lock spinlock and calls
stop_machine(). The stop_machine thread function runs in a different
thread context (migration thread) which tries to release and reaquire
ptl. Releasing ptl from a different thread than which acquired it
causes bad unlock unbalance.
These problems can be avoided if we avoid mapping hot-plugged memory
with 1G mapping, thereby removing the need for splitting them during
unplug. The kernel always make sure the minimum unplug request is
SUBSECTION_SIZE for device memory and SECTION_SIZE for regular memory.
In preparation for such a change remove page table splitting support.
This essentially is a revert of
commit 4dd5f8a99e791 ("powerpc/mm/radix: Split linear mapping on hot-unplug")
Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200709131925.922266-4-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com
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