From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,pratmal@google.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [to-be-updated] mm-page_reporting-add-page_reporting_delay_ms-module-parameter.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:25:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731212534.7D3EE1F00AC4@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/page_reporting: add page_reporting_delay_ms module parameter
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-page_reporting-add-page_reporting_delay_ms-module-parameter.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued
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From: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@google.com>
Subject: mm/page_reporting: add page_reporting_delay_ms module parameter
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:05:45 +0000
Currently, the free page reporting uses a hardcoded delay of (2 HZ)
between reporting intervals. While this is a reasonable default, it lacks
the flexibility to adapt to varying guest workloads.
A low delay allows aggressive memory reclamation, returning unused pages
to the host as quickly as possible. However, during spiky allocation/free
churn, this immediate reporting can lead to a severe performance penalty
(nested page faults) as the guest re-allocates memory that the host has
just unmapped. In these scenarios, there is benefit from increasing the
delay to batch free pages over a longer window, absorbing the churn
without hypercall and re-fault overhead.
This patch exposes the delay as a module parameter:
/sys/module/page_reporting/parameters/page_reporting_delay_ms, measured in
milliseconds and defaults to 2000ms.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260727230545.262579-1-pratmal@google.com
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@google.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Link Lin <linkl@google.com>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++
mm/page_reporting.c | 19 ++++++++------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt~mm-page_reporting-add-page_reporting_delay_ms-module-parameter
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4810,6 +4810,12 @@ Kernel parameters
Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
+ page_reporting.page_reporting_delay_ms=
+ [KNL] Free page reporting delay in milliseconds
+ Format: <unsigned integer>
+ Adjust the delay in milliseconds between free page
+ reporting intervals. Default is 2000 (2 seconds).
+
panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
timeout = 0: wait forever
--- a/mm/page_reporting.c~mm-page_reporting-add-page_reporting_delay_ms-module-parameter
+++ a/mm/page_reporting.c
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(page_reporting_order, "
*/
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_reporting_order);
-#define PAGE_REPORTING_DELAY (2 * HZ)
+static unsigned int page_reporting_delay_ms = 2 * MSEC_PER_SEC;
+module_param(page_reporting_delay_ms, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(page_reporting_delay_ms,
+ "Set page reporting delay in milliseconds");
+
static struct page_reporting_dev_info __rcu *pr_dev_info __read_mostly;
enum {
@@ -77,12 +81,11 @@ __page_reporting_request(struct page_rep
return;
/*
- * Delay the start of work to allow a sizable queue to build. For
- * now we are limiting this to running no more than once every
- * couple of seconds.
+ * Delay the start of work to allow a sizable queue to build.
+ * We limit this based on page_reporting_delay_ms.
*/
queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &prdev->work,
- PAGE_REPORTING_DELAY);
+ msecs_to_jiffies(page_reporting_delay_ms));
}
/* notify prdev of free page reporting request */
@@ -337,13 +340,13 @@ static void page_reporting_process(struc
err_out:
/*
* If the state has reverted back to requested then there may be
- * additional pages to be processed. We will defer for 2s to allow
- * more pages to accumulate.
+ * additional pages to be processed. We will defer by
+ * page_reporting_delay_ms to allow more pages to accumulate.
*/
state = atomic_cmpxchg(&prdev->state, state, PAGE_REPORTING_IDLE);
if (state == PAGE_REPORTING_REQUESTED)
queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &prdev->work,
- PAGE_REPORTING_DELAY);
+ msecs_to_jiffies(page_reporting_delay_ms));
}
static DEFINE_MUTEX(page_reporting_mutex);
_
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