From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, urezki@gmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, anshuman.khandual@arm.com,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, ajd@linux.ibm.com, rppt@kernel.org,
david@kernel.org, Xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com,
"Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 5/8] mm/vmalloc: map contiguous pages in batches for vmap() if possible
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:51:12 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408025115.27368-6-baohua@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408025115.27368-1-baohua@kernel.org>
In many cases, the pages passed to vmap() may include high-order
pages allocated with __GFP_COMP flags. For example, the systemheap
often allocates pages in descending order: order 8, then 4, then 0.
Currently, vmap() iterates over every page individually—even pages
inside a high-order block are handled one by one.
This patch detects high-order pages and maps them as a single
contiguous block whenever possible.
An alternative would be to implement a new API, vmap_sg(), but that
change seems to be large in scope.
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index eba436386929..e8dbfada42bc 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3529,6 +3529,53 @@ void vunmap(const void *addr)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vunmap);
+static inline int get_vmap_batch_order(struct page **pages,
+ unsigned int max_steps, unsigned int idx)
+{
+ unsigned int nr_pages;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP) ||
+ ioremap_max_page_shift == PAGE_SHIFT)
+ return 0;
+
+ nr_pages = compound_nr(pages[idx]);
+ if (nr_pages == 1 || max_steps < nr_pages)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (num_pages_contiguous(&pages[idx], nr_pages) == nr_pages)
+ return compound_order(pages[idx]);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int vmap_contig_pages_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
+ pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages)
+{
+ unsigned int count = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ int err;
+
+ err = kmsan_vmap_pages_range_noflush(addr, end, prot, pages,
+ PAGE_SHIFT, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (err)
+ goto out;
+
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; ) {
+ unsigned int shift = PAGE_SHIFT +
+ get_vmap_batch_order(pages, count - i, i);
+
+ err = vmap_range_noflush(addr, addr + (1UL << shift),
+ page_to_phys(pages[i]), prot, shift);
+ if (err)
+ goto out;
+
+ addr += 1UL << shift;
+ i += 1U << (shift - PAGE_SHIFT);
+ }
+
+out:
+ flush_cache_vmap(addr, end);
+ return err;
+}
+
/**
* vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
* @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -3572,8 +3619,8 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
return NULL;
addr = (unsigned long)area->addr;
- if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, pgprot_nx(prot),
- pages, PAGE_SHIFT) < 0) {
+ if (vmap_contig_pages_range(addr, addr + size, pgprot_nx(prot),
+ pages) < 0) {
vunmap(area->addr);
return NULL;
}
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 2:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 2:51 [RFC PATCH 0/8] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] arm64/hugetlb: Extend batching of multiple CONT_PTE in a single PTE setup Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 10:32 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 11:00 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] arm64/vmalloc: Allow arch_vmap_pte_range_map_size to batch multiple CONT_PTE Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] mm/vmalloc: Extend vmap_small_pages_range_noflush() to support larger page_shift sizes Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 11:08 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 21:29 ` Barry Song
2026-04-13 16:08 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 20:16 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] mm/vmalloc: Eliminate page table zigzag for huge vmalloc mappings Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-13 16:16 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 19:49 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` Barry Song (Xiaomi) [this message]
2026-04-08 4:19 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] mm/vmalloc: map contiguous pages in batches for vmap() if possible Dev Jain
2026-04-08 5:12 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 11:22 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 14:03 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 21:54 ` Barry Song
2026-04-09 10:10 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-09 10:20 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2026-04-10 1:02 ` Barry Song
2026-04-13 19:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-13 19:56 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] mm/vmalloc: Coalesce same page_shift mappings in vmap to avoid pgtable zigzag Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 11:36 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 21:58 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] mm/vmalloc: Stop scanning for compound pages after encountering small pages in vmap Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 9:14 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Dev Jain
2026-04-08 10:51 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 10:55 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-27 15:04 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-28 3:16 ` Barry Song
2026-04-28 4:14 ` Dev Jain
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