dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface
authorHuang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:06:28 +0000 (14:06 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:44:39 +0000 (15:44 -0700)
commit6bc2cfdf82d56863b7cf5e86e37a662b2ae5d47e
tree7475bafbb2e698c79195568c7fc65b25183cd2ab
parent3718c02dbd4c88d47b5af003acdb3d1112604ea3
dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface

Previously, a fixed abstract distance MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE is
used for slow memory type in kmem driver.  This limits the usage of kmem
driver, for example, it cannot be used for HBM (high bandwidth memory).

So, we use the general abstract distance calculation mechanism in kmem
drivers to get more accurate abstract distance on systems with proper
support.  The original MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE is used as fallback
only.

Now, multiple memory types may be managed by kmem.  These memory types are
put into the "kmem_memory_types" list and protected by
kmem_memory_type_lock.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230926060628.265989-5-ying.huang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com>
Cc: Rafael J Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/dax/kmem.c
include/linux/memory-tiers.h
mm/memory-tiers.c