[PATCH v3 08/17] mm/sparse-vmemmap: support section-based vmemmap optimization
Muchun Song <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:55:26 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kvack.linux-mm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Teach sparse-vmemmap population code to use the compound page order when deciding whether a vmemmap page can be optimized. With this information, the common sparse-vmemmap population path can allocate or reuse shared tail vmemmap pages directly instead of relying on HugeTLB-specific handling. This centralizes vmemmap optimization logic in the sparse-vmemmap code, based on section metadata, and prepares for sharing the same mechanism across different users of vmemmap optimization, including HugeTLB and DAX. Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <[email protected]> --- v2: - Keep vmemmap accounting and population logic in sparse-vmemmap.c (suggested by Mike Rapoport) - Move vmemmap_get_tail() before its first use instead of adding only a forward declaration in the previous patch (suggested by Mike Rapoport) - Simplify the PMD path handling for HVO-covered sections --- mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ mm/sparse.c | 4 ++-- mm/sparse.h | 7 +++++++ 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c index b770fe2428fd..b69a7af76858 100644 --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c @@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone * return tail; } +#else +static inline struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone) +{ + return NULL; +} #endif static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node, @@ -193,12 +198,24 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in unsigned long ptpfn, unsigned long flags) { pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr); + unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr); + if (pte_none(ptep_get(pte))) { pte_t entry; - void *p; + + if (pfn_vmemmap_optimizable(pfn) && ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) { + unsigned int order = pfn_to_section_order(pfn); + struct zone *zone = pfn_to_zone(pfn, node); + struct page *page = vmemmap_get_tail(order, zone); + + if (!page) + return NULL; + ptpfn = page_to_pfn(page); + } if (ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) { - p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap); + void *p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap); + if (!p) return NULL; ptpfn = PHYS_PFN(__pa(p)); @@ -217,7 +234,8 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in } entry = pfn_pte(ptpfn, PAGE_KERNEL); set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, entry); - } + } else if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pfn_vmemmap_optimizable(pfn))) + return NULL; return pte; } @@ -406,6 +424,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pmd_t *pmd; for (addr = start; addr < end; addr = next) { + unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr); + const struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn); + next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end); pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node); @@ -421,7 +442,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, return -ENOMEM; pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr); - if (pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd))) { + if (pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd)) && !section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms)) { void *p; p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node, altmap); @@ -439,8 +460,11 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, */ return -ENOMEM; } - } else if (vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd, node, addr, next)) + } else if (vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd, node, addr, next)) { + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms))) + return -ENOTSUPP; continue; + } if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, altmap)) return -ENOMEM; } @@ -648,7 +672,7 @@ void offline_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn) } } -static int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, +int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap) { const struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn); diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c index ca9875f568d3..24555a32a5d9 100644 --- a/mm/sparse.c +++ b/mm/sparse.c @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin, nid, NULL, NULL); if (!map) panic("Failed to allocate memmap for section %lu\n", pnum); - memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page), - PAGE_SIZE)); + memmap_boot_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION, + NULL, NULL)); sparse_init_early_section(nid, map, pnum, 0); } } diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h index 6ad190ec48cf..f8f852f9f8a2 100644 --- a/mm/sparse.h +++ b/mm/sparse.h @@ -105,8 +105,15 @@ static inline void sparse_init(void) {} */ #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP void sparse_init_subsection_map(void); +int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, + struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap); #else static inline void sparse_init_subsection_map(void) {} +static inline int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, + struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap) +{ + return DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page), PAGE_SIZE); +} #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */ #endif /* __MM_SPARSE_H */ -- 2.54.0