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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20250829_045731_274171_EBA22E62 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 21.10 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On 28.08.25 17:10, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 12:01:15AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> Let's limit the maximum folio size in problematic kernel config where >> the memmap is allocated per memory section (SPARSEMEM without >> SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) to a single memory section. >> >> Currently, only a single architectures supports ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE >> but not SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP: sh. >> >> Fortunately, the biggest hugetlb size sh supports is 64 MiB >> (HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_64MB) and the section size is at least 64 MiB >> (SECTION_SIZE_BITS == 26), so their use case is not degraded. >> >> As folios and memory sections are naturally aligned to their order-2 size >> in memory, consequently a single folio can no longer span multiple memory >> sections on these problematic kernel configs. >> >> nth_page() is no longer required when operating within a single compound >> page / folio. >> >> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan >> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand > > Realy great comments, like this! > > I wonder if we could have this be part of the first patch where you fiddle > with MAX_FOLIO_ORDER etc. but not a big deal. I think it belongs into this patch where we actually impose the restrictions. [...] >> +/* >> + * Only pages within a single memory section are guaranteed to be >> + * contiguous. By limiting folios to a single memory section, all folio >> + * pages are guaranteed to be contiguous. >> + */ >> +#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER PFN_SECTION_SHIFT > > Hmmm, was this implicit before somehow? I mean surely by the fact as you say > that physical contiguity would not otherwise be guaranteed :)) Well, my patches until this point made sure that any attempt to use a larger folio would fail in a way that we could spot now if there is any offender. That is why before this change, nth_page() was required within a folio. Hope that clarifies it, thanks! -- Cheers David / dhildenb