@@ -3312,7 +3312,7 @@
reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
- Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
+ Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn[KMGTPE]@ss[KMGTPE] | nn%
This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is
@@ -3322,6 +3322,18 @@
that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
is not too small.
+ If @ss[KMGTPE] is included, memory within the region
+ from ss to ss+nn will be designated as a movable block
+ and included in ZONE_MOVABLE. Designated Movable Blocks
+ must be aligned to pageblock_order. Designated Movable
+ Blocks take priority over values of kernelcore= and are
+ considered part of any memory specified by more general
+ movablecore= values.
+ Multiple Designated Movable Blocks may be specified,
+ comma delimited.
+ Example:
+ movablecore=100M@2G,100M@3G,1G@1024G
+
movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
of such nodes will be usable only for movable
@@ -8370,9 +8370,9 @@ void __init free_area_init(unsigned long *max_zone_pfn)
}
static int __init cmdline_parse_core(char *p, unsigned long *core,
- unsigned long *percent)
+ unsigned long *percent, bool movable)
{
- unsigned long long coremem;
+ unsigned long long coremem, address;
char *endptr;
if (!p)
@@ -8387,6 +8387,17 @@ static int __init cmdline_parse_core(char *p, unsigned long *core,
*percent = coremem;
} else {
coremem = memparse(p, &p);
+ if (movable && *p == '@') {
+ address = memparse(++p, &p);
+ if (*p != '\0' ||
+ !memblock_is_region_memory(address, coremem) ||
+ memblock_is_region_reserved(address, coremem))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ memblock_reserve(address, coremem);
+ return dmb_reserve(address, coremem, NULL);
+ } else if (*p != '\0') {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
/* Paranoid check that UL is enough for the coremem value */
WARN_ON((coremem >> PAGE_SHIFT) > ULONG_MAX);
@@ -8409,17 +8420,32 @@ static int __init cmdline_parse_kernelcore(char *p)
}
return cmdline_parse_core(p, &required_kernelcore,
- &required_kernelcore_percent);
+ &required_kernelcore_percent, false);
}
/*
* movablecore=size sets the amount of memory for use for allocations that
- * can be reclaimed or migrated.
+ * can be reclaimed or migrated. movablecore=size@base defines a Designated
+ * Movable Block.
*/
static int __init cmdline_parse_movablecore(char *p)
{
- return cmdline_parse_core(p, &required_movablecore,
- &required_movablecore_percent);
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ while (p) {
+ char *k = strchr(p, ',');
+
+ if (k)
+ *k++ = 0;
+
+ ret = cmdline_parse_core(p, &required_movablecore,
+ &required_movablecore_percent, true);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+ p = k;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
early_param("kernelcore", cmdline_parse_kernelcore);
A Designated Movable Block can be created by including the base address of the block when specifying a movablecore range on the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com> --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 14 ++++++- mm/page_alloc.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)