From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, urezki@gmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, anshuman.khandual@arm.com,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, ajd@linux.ibm.com, rppt@kernel.org,
david@kernel.org, Xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com,
"Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/8] mm/vmalloc: Extend vmap_small_pages_range_noflush() to support larger page_shift sizes
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:51:10 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408025115.27368-4-baohua@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408025115.27368-1-baohua@kernel.org>
vmap_small_pages_range_noflush() provides a clean interface by taking
struct page **pages and mapping them via direct PTE iteration. This
avoids the page table zigzag seen when using
vmap_range_noflush() for page_shift values other than PAGE_SHIFT.
Extend it to support larger page_shift values, and add PMD- and
contiguous-PTE mappings as well.
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 57eae99d9909..5bf072297536 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -524,8 +524,9 @@ void vunmap_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
- pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+ pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
{
+ unsigned int steps = 1;
int err = 0;
pte_t *pte;
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
do {
struct page *page = pages[*nr];
+ steps = 1;
if (WARN_ON(!pte_none(ptep_get(pte)))) {
err = -EBUSY;
break;
@@ -556,9 +558,24 @@ static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
break;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+ if (shift != PAGE_SHIFT) {
+ unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page), size;
+
+ size = arch_vmap_pte_range_map_size(addr, end, pfn, shift);
+ if (size != PAGE_SIZE) {
+ steps = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ pte_t entry = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
+
+ entry = arch_make_huge_pte(entry, ilog2(size), 0);
+ set_huge_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, entry, size);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, mk_pte(page, prot));
- (*nr)++;
- } while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
+ } while (pte += steps, *nr += steps, addr += PAGE_SIZE * steps, addr != end);
lazy_mmu_mode_disable();
*mask |= PGTBL_PTE_MODIFIED;
@@ -568,7 +585,7 @@ static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
static int vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
- pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+ pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
{
pmd_t *pmd;
unsigned long next;
@@ -578,7 +595,20 @@ static int vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
+
+ if (shift == PMD_SHIFT) {
+ struct page *page = pages[*nr];
+ phys_addr_t phys_addr = page_to_phys(page);
+
+ if (vmap_try_huge_pmd(pmd, addr, next, phys_addr, prot,
+ shift)) {
+ *mask |= PGTBL_PMD_MODIFIED;
+ *nr += 1 << (shift - PAGE_SHIFT);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift))
return -ENOMEM;
} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
return 0;
@@ -586,7 +616,7 @@ static int vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
- pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+ pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
{
pud_t *pud;
unsigned long next;
@@ -596,7 +626,7 @@ static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
+ if (vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift))
return -ENOMEM;
} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
return 0;
@@ -604,7 +634,7 @@ static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
static int vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
- pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+ pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
{
p4d_t *p4d;
unsigned long next;
@@ -614,14 +644,14 @@ static int vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
+ if (vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift))
return -ENOMEM;
} while (p4d++, addr = next, addr != end);
return 0;
}
static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages)
+ pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, unsigned int shift)
{
unsigned long start = addr;
pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -636,7 +666,7 @@ static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pgd_bad(*pgd))
mask |= PGTBL_PGD_MODIFIED;
- err = vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr, &mask);
+ err = vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr, &mask, shift);
if (err)
break;
} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -665,7 +695,7 @@ int __vmap_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC) ||
page_shift == PAGE_SHIFT)
- return vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(addr, end, prot, pages);
+ return vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(addr, end, prot, pages, PAGE_SHIFT);
for (i = 0; i < nr; i += 1U << (page_shift - PAGE_SHIFT)) {
int err;
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 2:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 2:51 [RFC PATCH 0/8] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] arm64/hugetlb: Extend batching of multiple CONT_PTE in a single PTE setup Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] arm64/vmalloc: Allow arch_vmap_pte_range_map_size to batch multiple CONT_PTE Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` Barry Song (Xiaomi) [this message]
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] mm/vmalloc: Eliminate page table zigzag for huge vmalloc mappings Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] mm/vmalloc: map contiguous pages in batches for vmap() if possible Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 4:19 ` Dev Jain
2026-04-08 5:12 ` Barry Song
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] mm/vmalloc: Coalesce same page_shift mappings in vmap to avoid pgtable zigzag Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 2:51 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] mm/vmalloc: Stop scanning for compound pages after encountering small pages in vmap Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-04-08 9:14 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Dev Jain
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