Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] arm64/mm: Implement pXX_leaf_size() support

From: Will Deacon
Date: Thu Nov 26 2020 - 09:33:15 EST


On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 01:57:47PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> Now with pmd_cont() defined...
>
> ---
> Subject: arm64/mm: Implement pXX_leaf_size() support
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri Nov 13 11:46:06 CET 2020
>
> ARM64 has non-pagetable aligned large page support with PTE_CONT, when
> this bit is set the page is part of a super-page. Match the hugetlb
> code and support these super pages for PTE and PMD levels.
>
> This enables PERF_SAMPLE_{DATA,CODE}_PAGE_SIZE to report accurate
> pagetable leaf sizes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static inline int pmd_trans_huge(pmd_t p
> #define pmd_dirty(pmd) pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
> #define pmd_young(pmd) pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
> #define pmd_valid(pmd) pte_valid(pmd_pte(pmd))
> +#define pmd_cont(pmd) pte_cont(pmd_pte(pmd))
> #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_mkold(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> @@ -503,6 +504,9 @@ extern pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(str
> PMD_TYPE_SECT)
> #define pmd_leaf(pmd) pmd_sect(pmd)
>
> +#define pmd_leaf_size(pmd) (pmd_cont(pmd) ? CONT_PMD_SIZE : PMD_SIZE)
> +#define pte_leaf_size(pte) (pte_cont(pte) ? CONT_PTE_SIZE : PAGE_SIZE)
> +
> #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES) || CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS < 3
> static inline bool pud_sect(pud_t pud) { return false; }
> static inline bool pud_table(pud_t pud) { return true; }

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'm still highly dubious about the utility of this feature in perf, since
the TLB entry size is pretty much independent of the page-table
configuration, but that's a problem for all architectures I suspect.

Will