From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, david@kernel.org
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kernel-team@meta.com, Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] arm64: request contpte-sized folios for exec memory
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:51:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310145406.3073394-2-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310145406.3073394-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
exec_folio_order() was introduced [1] to request readahead of executable
file-backed pages at an arch-preferred folio order, so that the hardware
can coalesce contiguous PTEs into fewer iTLB entries (contpte).
The current implementation uses ilog2(SZ_64K >> PAGE_SHIFT), which
requests 64K folios. This is optimal for 4K base pages (where CONT_PTES
= 16, contpte size = 64K), but suboptimal for 16K and 64K base pages:
Page size | Before (order) | After (order) | contpte
----------|----------------|---------------|--------
4K | 4 (64K) | 4 (64K) | Yes (unchanged)
16K | 2 (64K) | 7 (2M) | Yes (new)
64K | 0 (64K) | 5 (2M) | Yes (new)
For 16K pages, CONT_PTES = 128 and the contpte size is 2M (order 7).
For 64K pages, CONT_PTES = 32 and the contpte size is 2M (order 5).
Use ilog2(CONT_PTES) instead, which directly evaluates to contpte-aligned
order for all page sizes.
The worst-case waste is bounded to one folio (up to 2MB - 64KB)
at the end of the file, since page_cache_ra_order() reduces the folio
order near EOF to avoid allocating past i_size.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430145920.3748738-6-ryan.roberts@arm.com/
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b3e58735c49bd..a1110a33acb35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1600,12 +1600,11 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache_range(struct vm_fault *vmf,
#define arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte cpu_has_hw_af
/*
- * Request exec memory is read into pagecache in at least 64K folios. This size
- * can be contpte-mapped when 4K base pages are in use (16 pages into 1 iTLB
- * entry), and HPA can coalesce it (4 pages into 1 TLB entry) when 16K base
- * pages are in use.
+ * Request exec memory is read into pagecache in contpte-sized folios. The
+ * contpte size is the number of contiguous PTEs that the hardware can coalesce
+ * into a single iTLB entry: 64K for 4K pages, 2M for 16K and 64K pages.
*/
-#define exec_folio_order() ilog2(SZ_64K >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define exec_folio_order() ilog2(CONT_PTES)
static inline bool pud_sect_supported(void)
{
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 14:51 [PATCH 0/4] arm64/mm: contpte-sized exec folios for 16K and 64K pages Usama Arif
2026-03-10 14:51 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2026-03-19 7:35 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm64: request contpte-sized folios for exec memory David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-10 14:51 ` [PATCH 2/4] mm: bypass mmap_miss heuristic for VM_EXEC readahead Usama Arif
2026-03-18 16:43 ` Jan Kara
2026-03-19 7:37 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-10 14:51 ` [PATCH 3/4] elf: align ET_DYN base to exec folio order for contpte mapping Usama Arif
2026-03-13 14:42 ` WANG Rui
2026-03-13 19:47 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-14 2:10 ` hev
2026-03-10 14:51 ` [PATCH 4/4] mm: align file-backed mmap to exec folio order in thp_get_unmapped_area Usama Arif
2026-03-14 3:47 ` WANG Rui
2026-03-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 0/4] arm64/mm: contpte-sized exec folios for 16K and 64K pages David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 19:59 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-16 16:06 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-18 10:41 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-18 12:41 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 16:33 ` Ryan Roberts
2026-03-13 20:55 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-18 10:52 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-19 7:40 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-14 13:20 ` WANG Rui
2026-03-13 16:35 ` hev
2026-03-14 9:50 ` WANG Rui
2026-03-18 10:57 ` Usama Arif
2026-03-18 11:46 ` WANG Rui
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