From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E2283AB288 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789103762; cv=none; b=El5bTjsL+9wmOWv8lYD3biIkzsGme0iNFDcLvYOt4debLXmKfTbzIM6I3Ccxf/6NHF3koRF7/DrWFGj1Y6ztr2FVYWSBmhqU3eHVlHL3LGtz8PXc36dvOEbKz3lPsCoY48aDtqvYzgN32scn7ihOlEdhvMrLfH9LBZkfMCruStA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789103762; c=relaxed/simple; bh=KwhkRKCiL3mmuMnLkvxsFJ2v4mdflUVvy2cxtaGF0dg=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-Id; b=Z9OiiuIzRYmuGdCHPdjWsLCa7OFr3RejkHy2EO4XONMf1QoPLNGSjKN9EK3+otPcyRmHrEouDeNVsFn5uebNJFGv1kM3c1xZFujTdvkFtLFakeFHHBiN8uU1p7Fvh38a7WA5yoGuCHPV8kpaKAk4gfYCHqrWgH4LUeieuwIjha8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b=1JCpeXId; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="1JCpeXId" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7126E1F000FF; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:15:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1789103759; bh=YDQ9kz20KULqYTfch2+1iRiKn77SKclyJeLpOCc4KPY=; h=Date:To:From:Subject; b=1JCpeXIdGt7lzjlV3bOP0A7GzTWQHVLLxALL+qhu+gjzW67AJZP6c+uQkWbc5Q+9B bJbJCuz4WIOSxAYQ86tFcQimdcq+SfZPmlVftsh2yifhS3J7dfb+8uGONY80p6pc5K +h3AgeTs9EBPlmmGdSzGRF6F4ICGjuLExpSI2vDA= Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:15:59 -0700 To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,songmuchun@bytedance.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org From: Andrew Morton Subject: + powerpc-mm-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages.patch added to mm-new branch Message-Id: <20260911051559.7126E1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: The patch titled Subject: powerpc/mm: switch device DAX to shared tail vmemmap pages has been added to the -mm mm-new branch. Its filename is powerpc-mm-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/powerpc-mm-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Note, mm-new is a provisional staging ground for work-in-progress patches, and acceptance into mm-new is a notification for others take notice and to finish up reviews. Please do not hesitate to respond to review feedback and post updated versions to replace or incrementally fixup patches in mm-new. The mm-new branch of mm.git is not included in linux-next If a few days of testing in mm-new is successful, the patch will me moved into mm.git's mm-unstable branch, which is included in linux-next Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via various branches at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there most days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Muchun Song Subject: powerpc/mm: switch device DAX to shared tail vmemmap pages Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:02:25 +0800 The powerpc radix compound vmemmap population path still finds a reusable tail page by walking the vmemmap page tables. Switch it to the common vmemmap_shared_tail_page() helper instead, so it can use the shared vmemmap page directly to simplify the code. This removes the powerpc-specific tail-page lookup and its fallback path and aligns the device DAX vmemmap optimization path with HugeTLB. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260911050228.58884-9-songmuchun@bytedance.com Signed-off-by: Muchun Song Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Oscar Salvador Cc: Qi Zheng Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c | 80 ++------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c~powerpc-mm-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages +++ a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -1250,59 +1251,6 @@ static pte_t * __meminit radix__vmemmap_ return pte; } -static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_compound_tail_page(unsigned long addr, - unsigned long pfn_offset, int node) -{ - pgd_t *pgd; - p4d_t *p4d; - pud_t *pud; - pmd_t *pmd; - pte_t *pte; - unsigned long map_addr; - - /* the second vmemmap page which we use for duplication */ - map_addr = addr - pfn_offset * sizeof(struct page) + PAGE_SIZE; - pgd = pgd_offset_k(map_addr); - p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, map_addr); - pud = vmemmap_pud_alloc(p4d, node, map_addr); - if (!pud) - return NULL; - pmd = vmemmap_pmd_alloc(pud, node, map_addr); - if (!pmd) - return NULL; - if (pmd_leaf(*pmd)) - /* - * The second page is mapped as a hugepage due to a nearby request. - * Force our mapping to page size without deduplication - */ - return NULL; - pte = vmemmap_pte_alloc(pmd, node, map_addr); - if (!pte) - return NULL; - /* - * Check if there exist a mapping to the left - */ - if (pte_none(*pte)) { - /* - * Populate the head page vmemmap page. - * It can fall in different pmd, hence - * vmemmap_populate_address() - */ - pte = radix__vmemmap_populate_address(map_addr - PAGE_SIZE, node, NULL, NULL); - if (!pte) - return NULL; - /* - * Populate the tail pages vmemmap page - */ - pte = radix__vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, map_addr, node, NULL, NULL); - if (!pte) - return NULL; - vmemmap_verify(pte, node, map_addr, map_addr + PAGE_SIZE); - return pte; - } - return pte; -} - int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node, @@ -1320,6 +1268,12 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_ pud_t *pud; pmd_t *pmd; pte_t *pte; + struct page *tail_page; + unsigned int order = pfn_to_section_compound_order(start_pfn); + + tail_page = vmemmap_shared_tail_page(order, device_zone(node)); + if (!tail_page) + return -ENOMEM; for (addr = start; addr < end; addr = next) { @@ -1349,10 +1303,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_ next = addr + PAGE_SIZE; continue; } else { - unsigned long nr_pages = pgmap_vmemmap_nr(pgmap); + unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << order; unsigned long addr_pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr); unsigned long pfn_offset = addr_pfn - ALIGN_DOWN(addr_pfn, nr_pages); - pte_t *tail_page_pte; /* * if the address is aligned to huge page size it is the @@ -1377,23 +1330,8 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_compound_ next = addr + 2 * PAGE_SIZE; continue; } - /* - * get the 2nd mapping details - * Also create it if that doesn't exist - */ - tail_page_pte = vmemmap_compound_tail_page(addr, pfn_offset, node); - if (!tail_page_pte) { - - pte = radix__vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, NULL, NULL); - if (!pte) - return -ENOMEM; - vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE); - - next = addr + PAGE_SIZE; - continue; - } - pte = radix__vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, NULL, pte_page(*tail_page_pte)); + pte = radix__vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, NULL, tail_page); if (!pte) return -ENOMEM; vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from songmuchun@bytedance.com are mm-sparse-relax-struct-mem_section-size-constraints.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-rename-hvo-order-macros.patch mm-mm_init-skip-initializing-shared-vmemmap-tail-pages.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-initialize-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages-on-allocation.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-support-section-based-vmemmap-accounting.patch mm-mm_init-factor-out-pfn_to_zone.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-move-helpers-ahead-of-future-callers.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-support-section-based-vmemmap-optimization.patch mm-sparse-initialize-memory-sections-earlier.patch mm-hugetlb-switch-hugetlb-to-section-based-vmemmap-optimization.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-remove-sparsemem_vmemmap_preinit-support.patch mm-sparse-inline-usemap-allocation-into-sparse_init_nid.patch mm-sparse-remove-section_map_size.patch mm-hugetlb-remove-huge_bootmem_hvo.patch mm-hugetlb-remove-huge_bootmem_cma.patch mm-hugetlb-localize-struct-huge_bootmem_page.patch mm-hugetlb-localize-huge_bootmem_zones_valid.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-introduce-config_sparsemem_vmemmap_optimization.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-factor-out-shared-vmemmap-tail-page-allocation.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-open-code-init_compound_tail.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-prepare-dax-vmemmap-population-for-compound-page-orders.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-set-compound-page-order-for-device-dax.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-move-vmemmap-optimization-helpers-to-a-public-header.patch powerpc-mm-switch-device-dax-to-shared-tail-vmemmap-pages.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-drop-the-extra-tail-page-from-device-dax-reservation.patch mm-sparse-vmemmap-drop-unused-section_nr_vmemmap_pages-arguments.patch documentation-mm-update-dax-vmemmap-deduplication-docs.patch