From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
To: songmuchun@bytedance.com
Cc: osalvador@suse.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org, rppt@kernel.org,
qi.zheng@linux.dev, lance.yang@linux.dev, jthoughton@google.com,
david@kernel.org, muchun.song@linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: make vmemmap optimization folio-oriented
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:39:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023033927.35704-1-lance.yang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020115824.823278-8-songmuchun@bytedance.com>
On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 07:58:21PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
>Vmemmap optimization operates on one folio at a time, but the current
>interface exposes a raw address range and requires the HugeTLB caller to
>prepare part of the operation. This splits the common mechanism across
>layers and obscures its natural unit of work.
>
>Make the folio the unit of vmemmap optimization and move the common
>mechanics behind a folio-oriented interface. This keeps HugeTLB-specific
>eligibility and state in the caller while making the remapping code
>applicable to any eligible folio.
>
>No functional change intended.
>
>Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
>---
Cool, I like having the helper work out the range itself. One less thing
for callers to get wrong :)
Nothing jumped out at me, so:
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 3:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 11:52 [PATCH 00/12] mm: Decouple folio-based vmemmap optimization from HugeTLB Muchun Song
2026-10-20 11:52 ` [PATCH 01/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: remove HugeTLB-specific vmemmap optimization macros Muchun Song
2026-10-22 3:43 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 02/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: unify VMEMMAP_{SPLIT,REMAP}_NO_TLB_FLUSH Muchun Song
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 03/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: simplify vmemmap head page handling Muchun Song
2026-10-22 6:24 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-22 6:27 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-22 7:23 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 04/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: generalize vmemmap page allocation Muchun Song
2026-10-22 13:54 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 05/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: unify writable vmemmap page preparation Muchun Song
2026-10-22 14:13 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 06/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: rename vmemmap_remap_pte() to vmemmap_optimize_pte() Muchun Song
2026-10-23 0:55 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 07/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: simplify shared tail page handling Muchun Song
2026-10-23 2:20 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-23 2:32 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 08/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: move alloc_vmemmap_page_list() next to its free helper Muchun Song
2026-10-23 2:47 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 09/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: make vmemmap optimization folio-oriented Muchun Song
2026-10-23 3:39 ` Lance Yang [this message]
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 10/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: make vmemmap restoration folio-oriented Muchun Song
2026-10-23 3:46 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-23 3:58 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 11/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: unify vmemmap range restoration Muchun Song
2026-10-23 3:53 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-20 11:58 ` [PATCH 12/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: make vmemmap PTE conversion folio-oriented Muchun Song
2026-10-23 7:33 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-22 3:52 ` [PATCH 02/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: unify VMEMMAP_{SPLIT,REMAP}_NO_TLB_FLUSH Lance Yang
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