From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,baohua@kernel.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [to-be-updated] mm-vmalloc-align-vm_area-so-vmap-can-batch-mappings.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:36:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260705203633.0EE171F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-vmalloc-align-vm_area-so-vmap-can-batch-mappings.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued
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From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:47:26 +0800
Try to align the vmap virtual address to PMD_SHIFT or a larger PTE mapping
size hinted by the architecture, so contiguous pages can be batch-mapped
when setting PMD or PTE entries.
Add __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller() as a wrapper over
__get_vm_area_node() to simplify repeated calls with fixed arguments.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260618084726.1070022-7-jiangwen6@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Wen Jiang <jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-align-vm_area-so-vmap-can-batch-mappings
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3634,6 +3634,41 @@ out:
return err;
}
+static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, const void *caller)
+{
+ return __get_vm_area_node(size, align, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+ VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+ NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
+}
+
+static struct vm_struct *vmap_get_aligned_vm_area(unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long flags, const void *caller)
+{
+ struct vm_struct *vm_area;
+ unsigned int shift;
+
+ /* Try PMD alignment for large sizes */
+ if (size >= PMD_SIZE) {
+ vm_area = __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, PMD_SIZE,
+ flags, caller);
+ if (vm_area)
+ return vm_area;
+ }
+
+ /* Try CONT_PTE alignment */
+ shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+ if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
+ vm_area = __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, 1UL << shift,
+ flags, caller);
+ if (vm_area)
+ return vm_area;
+ }
+
+ /* Fall back to page alignment */
+ return __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, PAGE_SIZE, flags, caller);
+}
+
/**
* vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
* @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -3672,7 +3707,7 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned
return NULL;
size = (unsigned long)count << PAGE_SHIFT;
- area = get_vm_area_caller(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ area = vmap_get_aligned_vm_area(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
if (!area)
return NULL;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from baohua@kernel.org are
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