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 6/8] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:51:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408025115.27368-7-baohua@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408025115.27368-1-baohua@kernel.org>
Try to align the vmap virtual address to PMD_SHIFT or a
larger PTE mapping size hinted by the architecture, so
contiguous pages can be batch-mapped when setting PMD or
PTE entries.
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e8dbfada42bc..6643ec0288cd 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3576,6 +3576,35 @@ static int vmap_contig_pages_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return err;
}
+static struct vm_struct *get_aligned_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ unsigned int shift = (size >= PMD_SIZE) ? PMD_SHIFT :
+ arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+ struct vm_struct *vm_area = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Try to allocate an aligned vm_area so contiguous pages can be
+ * mapped in batches.
+ */
+ while (1) {
+ unsigned long align = 1UL << shift;
+
+ vm_area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+ VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+ NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
+ if (vm_area || shift <= PAGE_SHIFT)
+ goto out;
+ if (shift == PMD_SHIFT)
+ shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+ else if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT)
+ shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
+ }
+
+out:
+ return vm_area;
+}
+
/**
* vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
* @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -3614,7 +3643,7 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
return NULL;
size = (unsigned long)count << PAGE_SHIFT;
- area = get_vm_area_caller(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ area = get_aligned_vm_area(size, flags);
if (!area)
return NULL;
--
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 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] mm/vmalloc: Extend vmap_small_pages_range_noflush() to support larger page_shift sizes Barry Song (Xiaomi)
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 ` Barry Song (Xiaomi) [this message]
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
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260408025115.27368-7-baohua@kernel.org \
--to=baohua@kernel.org \
--cc=Xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com \
--cc=ajd@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
--cc=anshuman.khandual@arm.com \
--cc=catalin.marinas@arm.com \
--cc=david@kernel.org \
--cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-mm@kvack.org \
--cc=rppt@kernel.org \
--cc=ryan.roberts@arm.com \
--cc=urezki@gmail.com \
--cc=will@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox