Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] mm/hugetlbfs: Attempt PUD_SIZE mapping alignment if PMD sharing enabled

From: Mike Kravetz
Date: Thu Mar 31 2016 - 12:45:47 EST


On 03/30/2016 07:18 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 06:12:49PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>> When creating a hugetlb mapping, attempt PUD_SIZE alignment if the
>> following conditions are met:
>> - Address passed to mmap or shmat is NULL
>> - The mapping is flaged as shared
>> - The mapping is at least PUD_SIZE in length
>> If a PUD_SIZE aligned mapping can not be created, then fall back to a
>> huge page size mapping.
>
> It would be kinder if the patch description includes why this change.
> Simply "to facilitate pmd sharing" is helpful for someone who read
> "git log".

Ok, will do.

>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> index 540ddc9..22b2e38 100644
>> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> @@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>> struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
>> struct vm_unmapped_area_info info;
>> + bool pud_size_align = false;
>> + unsigned long ret_addr;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * If PMD sharing is enabled, align to PUD_SIZE to facilitate
>> + * sharing. Only attempt alignment if no address was passed in,
>> + * flags indicate sharing and size is big enough.
>> + */
>> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE) &&
>> + !addr && flags & MAP_SHARED && len >= PUD_SIZE)
>> + pud_size_align = true;
>
> This code will have duplicates in the next patch, so how about checking
> this in a separate check routine?

Good suggestion, thanks
--
Mike Kravetz

>
> Thanks,
> Naoya Horiguchi
>