Re: [PATCH 09/46] mm: add MADV_SPLIT to enable HugeTLB HGM

[David Hildenbrand]

On 05.01.23 11:18, James Houghton wrote:
> Issuing ioctl(MADV_SPLIT) on a HugeTLB address range will enable
> HugeTLB HGM. MADV_SPLIT was chosen for the name so that this API can be
> applied to non-HugeTLB memory in the future, if such an application is
> to arise.
>
> MADV_SPLIT provides several API changes for some syscalls on HugeTLB
> address ranges:
> 1. UFFDIO_CONTINUE is allowed for MAP_SHARED VMAs at PAGE_SIZE
>     alignment.
> 2. read()ing a page fault event from a userfaultfd will yield a
>     PAGE_SIZE-rounded address, instead of a huge-page-size-rounded
>     address (unless UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS is used).
>
> There is no way to disable the API changes that come with issuing
> MADV_SPLIT. MADV_COLLAPSE can be used to collapse high-granularity page
> table mappings that come from the extended functionality that comes with
> using MADV_SPLIT.
>
> For post-copy live migration, the expected use-case is:
> 1. mmap(MAP_SHARED, some_fd) primary mapping
> 2. mmap(MAP_SHARED, some_fd) alias mapping
> 3. MADV_SPLIT the primary mapping
> 4. UFFDIO_REGISTER/etc. the primary mapping
> 5. Copy memory contents into alias mapping and UFFDIO_CONTINUE the
>     corresponding PAGE_SIZE sections in the primary mapping.
>
> More API changes may be added in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h     |  2 ++
>   arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h      |  2 ++
>   arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h    |  2 ++
>   arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h    |  2 ++
>   include/linux/hugetlb.h                |  2 ++
>   include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h |  2 ++
>   mm/hugetlb.c                           |  3 +--
>   mm/madvise.c                           | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   8 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> index 763929e814e9..7a26f3648b90 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> +++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
>   
>   #define MADV_COLLAPSE	25		/* Synchronous hugepage collapse */
>   
> +#define MADV_SPLIT	26		/* Enable hugepage high-granularity APIs */

I think we should make a split more generic, such that it also splits 
(pte-maps) a THP. Has that been discussed?

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb