From: Wen Jiang <jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, urezki@gmail.com, will@kernel.org
Cc: Xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com, ajd@linux.ibm.com,
anshuman.khandual@arm.com, david@kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com, baohua@kernel.org,
shanghaoqiang@xiaomi.com, Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>,
Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 16:42:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706084232.177786-7-jiangwen6@xiaomi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706084232.177786-1-jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>
From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <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. We do not expect any significant overhead for
this.
Add __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller() as a wrapper over
__get_vm_area_node() to simplify repeated calls with fixed
arguments.
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index db0492151ad08..2ac805cdf18ad 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3314,6 +3314,14 @@ struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
}
+static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, const void *caller)
+{
+ return __get_vm_area_node(size, align, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+ VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+ NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
+}
+
/**
* find_vm_area - find a continuous kernel virtual area
* @addr: base address
@@ -3626,6 +3634,30 @@ static int vmap_pages_range_batched(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return err;
}
+static struct vm_struct *vmap_get_aligned_vm_area(unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long flags, pgprot_t prot, const void *caller)
+{
+ struct vm_struct *vm_area;
+ unsigned int shift;
+
+ if (arch_vmap_pmd_supported(prot) && size >= PMD_SIZE) {
+ vm_area = __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, PMD_SIZE,
+ flags, caller);
+ if (vm_area)
+ return vm_area;
+ }
+
+ shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+ if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
+ vm_area = __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, 1UL << shift,
+ flags, caller);
+ if (vm_area)
+ return vm_area;
+ }
+
+ return __get_vm_area_node_aligned_caller(size, PAGE_SIZE, flags, caller);
+}
+
/**
* vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
* @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -3664,7 +3696,8 @@ 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 = vmap_get_aligned_vm_area(size, flags, prot,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
if (!area)
return NULL;
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 8:42 [PATCH v5 0/6] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] arm64/hugetlb: Extend batching of multiple CONT_PTE in a single PTE setup Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] arm64/vmalloc: Allow arch_vmap_pte_range_map_size to batch multiple CONT_PTE Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] mm/vmalloc: Extract vmap_set_ptes() to consolidate PTE mapping logic Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] mm/vmalloc: Extend page table walk to support larger page_shift sizes and eliminate page table rewalk Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] mm/vmalloc: map contiguous pages in batches for vmap() if possible Wen Jiang
2026-07-06 8:42 ` Wen Jiang [this message]
2026-07-06 9:27 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings Barry Song
2026-07-06 9:23 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Barry Song
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