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From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@redhat.com, ziy@nvidia.com,
	baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,
	Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, npache@redhat.com, ryan.roberts@arm.com,
	dev.jain@arm.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, usamaarif642@gmail.com,
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	ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	ameryhung@gmail.com, rientjes@google.com, corbet@lwn.net
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 mm-new 09/10] Documentation: add BPF-based THP adjustment documentation
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:19:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250826071948.2618-10-laoar.shao@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250826071948.2618-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com>

Add the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
index a16a04841b96..1725b89426a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -734,3 +734,50 @@ support enabled just fine as always. No difference can be noted in
 hugetlbfs other than there will be less overall fragmentation. All
 usual features belonging to hugetlbfs are preserved and
 unaffected. libhugetlbfs will also work fine as usual.
+
+BPF-based THP adjustment
+========================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+When the system is configured with "always" or "madvise" THP mode, a BPF program
+can be used to adjust THP allocation policies dynamically. This enables
+fine-grained control over THP decisions based on various factors including
+workload identity, allocation context, and system memory pressure.
+
+Program Interface
+-----------------
+
+This feature implements a struct_ops BPF program with the following interface::
+
+  int (*get_suggested_order)(struct mm_struct *mm,
+                             struct vm_area_struct *vma__nullable,
+                             u64 vma_flags, enum tva_type tva_flags, int orders)
+
+Parameters::
+
+  @mm:  mm_struct associated with the THP allocation
+  @vma__nullable: vm_area_struct associated with the THP allocation (may be NULL)
+                  When NULL, the decision should be based on @mm (i.e., when
+                  triggered from an mm-scope hook rather than a VMA-specific
+                  context)
+                  Must belong to @mm (guaranteed by the caller).
+  @vma_flags: use these vm_flags instead of @vma->vm_flags (0 if @vma is NULL)
+  @tva_flags: TVA flags for current @vma (-1 if @vma is NULL)
+  @orders: Bitmask of requested THP orders for this allocation
+           - PMD-mapped allocation if PMD_ORDER is set
+           - mTHP allocation otherwise
+
+Return value::
+
+  Bitmask of suggested THP orders for allocation. The highest suggested order
+  will not exceed the highest requested order in @orders.
+
+Implementation Notes
+--------------------
+
+This is currently an experimental feature.
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL_BPF_ORDER_SELECTION must be enabled to use it.
+Only one BPF program can be attached at a time, but the program can be updated
+dynamically to adjust policies without requiring affected tasks to be restarted.
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-26  7:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-26  7:19 [PATCH v6 mm-new 00/10] mm, bpf: BPF based THP order selection Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 01/10] mm: thp: add support for " Yafang Shao
2025-08-27  2:57   ` kernel test robot
2025-08-27 11:39     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 15:04       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-27 15:03   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  5:54     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-28 10:50       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-29  3:01         ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-29 10:42           ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-31  3:11             ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-01 11:39               ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-02  2:48                 ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-02  7:50                   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-03  2:10                     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-29  4:56   ` Barry Song
2025-08-29  5:36     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 02/10] mm: thp: add a new kfunc bpf_mm_get_mem_cgroup() Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 15:34   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-27 20:50     ` Shakeel Butt
2025-08-28 10:40       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28 16:00         ` Shakeel Butt
2025-08-29 10:45           ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  6:57     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-28 10:42       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-29  3:09         ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 20:45   ` Shakeel Butt
2025-08-28  6:58     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 03/10] mm: thp: add a new kfunc bpf_mm_get_task() Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 15:42   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-27 21:50     ` Andrii Nakryiko
2025-08-28  6:50       ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-28 10:51       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-29  3:15         ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-29 10:42           ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  6:47     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-29 10:43       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 04/10] bpf: mark vma->vm_mm as trusted Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 15:45   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  6:12     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-28 11:11       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-29  3:05         ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-29 10:49           ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-31  3:16             ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-01 10:36               ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 05/10] selftests/bpf: add a simple BPF based THP policy Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 06/10] selftests/bpf: add test case for khugepaged fork Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 07/10] selftests/bpf: add test case to update thp policy Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 08/10] selftests/bpf: add test cases for invalid thp_adjust usage Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:19 ` Yafang Shao [this message]
2025-08-26  7:19 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 10/10] MAINTAINERS: add entry for BPF-based THP adjustment Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 15:47   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  6:08     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  7:42 ` [PATCH v6 mm-new 00/10] mm, bpf: BPF based THP order selection David Hildenbrand
2025-08-26  8:33   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-26 12:06     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-26  9:52   ` Usama Arif
2025-08-26 12:10     ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-26 12:03   ` Yafang Shao
2025-08-27 13:14 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-28  2:58   ` Yafang Shao

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