* [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory
@ 2020-06-18 1:27 Anshuman Khandual
2020-06-18 1:27 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 1/3] mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages() Anshuman Khandual
2020-06-18 8:56 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory Mike Rapoport
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Anshuman Khandual @ 2020-06-18 1:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mm
Cc: Anshuman Khandual, Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Mark Rutland,
Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Tony Luck, Fenghua Yu, Dave Hansen,
Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
David Hildenbrand, Mike Rapoport, Michal Hocko,
Matthew Wilcox (Oracle), Kirill A. Shutemov, Andrew Morton,
Dan Williams, Pavel Tatashin, Benjamin Herrenschmidt,
Paul Mackerras, Michael Ellerman, linux-arm-kernel, linux-ia64,
linux-riscv, x86, linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel
This series enables vmemmap backing memory allocation from device memory
ranges on arm64. But before that, it enables vmemmap_populate_basepages()
and vmemmap_alloc_block_buf() to accommodate struct vmem_altmap based
alocation requests.
This series applies on 5.8-rc1.
Pending Question:
altmap_alloc_block_buf() does not have any other remaining users in the
tree after this change. Should it be converted into a static function and
it's declaration be dropped from the header (include/linux/mm.h). Avoided
doing so because I was not sure if there are any off-tree users or not.
Changes in V3:
- Dropped comment from free_hotplug_page_range() per Robin
- Modified comment in unmap_hotplug_range() per Robin
- Enabled altmap support in vmemmap_alloc_block_buf() per Robin
Changes in V2: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/4/475)
- Rebased on latest hot-remove series (v14) adding P4D page table support
Changes in V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/23/12)
- Added an WARN_ON() in unmap_hotplug_range() when altmap is
provided without the page table backing memory being freed
Changes in RFC V2: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/21/11)
- Changed the commit message on 1/2 patch per Will
- Changed the commit message on 2/2 patch as well
- Rebased on arm64 memory hot remove series (v10)
RFC V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/28/32)
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Anshuman Khandual (3):
mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages()
mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_alloc_block_buf()
arm64/mm: Enable vmem_altmap support for vmemmap mappings
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c | 10 +++----
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 12 ++++----
include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++--
mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
7 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
--
2.20.1
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* [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 1/3] mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages()
2020-06-18 1:27 [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory Anshuman Khandual
@ 2020-06-18 1:27 ` Anshuman Khandual
2020-07-02 14:03 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-06-18 8:56 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory Mike Rapoport
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Anshuman Khandual @ 2020-06-18 1:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mm
Cc: Anshuman Khandual, Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Mark Rutland,
Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Tony Luck, Fenghua Yu, Dave Hansen,
Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
David Hildenbrand, Mike Rapoport, Michal Hocko,
Matthew Wilcox (Oracle), Kirill A. Shutemov, Andrew Morton,
Dan Williams, Pavel Tatashin, linux-arm-kernel, linux-ia64,
linux-riscv, x86, linux-kernel
vmemmap_populate_basepages() is used across platforms to allocate backing
memory for vmemmap mapping. This is used as a standard default choice or
as a fallback when intended huge pages allocation fails. This just creates
entire vmemmap mapping with base pages (PAGE_SIZE).
On arm64 platforms, vmemmap_populate_basepages() is called instead of the
platform specific vmemmap_populate() when ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS
is not enabled as in case for ARM64_16K_PAGES and ARM64_64K_PAGES configs.
At present vmemmap_populate_basepages() does not support allocating from
driver defined struct vmem_altmap while trying to create vmemmap mapping
for a device memory range. It prevents ARM64_16K_PAGES and ARM64_64K_PAGES
configs on arm64 from supporting device memory with vmemap_altmap request.
This enables vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages() unlocking
device memory allocation for vmemap mapping on arm64 platforms with 16K or
64K base page configs.
Each architecture should evaluate and decide on subscribing device memory
based base page allocation through vmemmap_populate_basepages(). Hence lets
keep it disabled on all archs in order to preserve the existing semantics.
A subsequent patch enables it on arm64.
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Jia He <justin.he@arm.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 +-
arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c | 2 +-
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 6 +++---
include/linux/mm.h | 5 +++--
mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 990929c8837e..0adad8859393 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ static void free_empty_tables(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
{
- return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
+ return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
}
#else /* !ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS */
int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index dd8284bcbf16..4d23c81f96d8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void arch_refresh_nodedata(int update_node, pg_data_t *update_pgdat)
int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
{
- return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
+ return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
}
void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index f4adb3684f3d..8101170f54ac 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -530,6 +530,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
{
- return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
+ return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
}
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index dbae185511cd..19c0ed3271a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start,
vmemmap_verify((pte_t *)pmd, node, addr, next);
continue;
}
- if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node))
+ if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, NULL))
return -ENOMEM;
}
return 0;
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
int err;
if (end - start < PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page))
- err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
+ err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PSE))
err = vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap);
else if (altmap) {
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
__func__);
err = -ENOMEM;
} else
- err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node);
+ err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
if (!err)
sync_global_pgds(start, end - 1);
return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index dc7b87310c10..e40ac543d248 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3011,14 +3011,15 @@ pgd_t *vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node);
p4d_t *vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, int node);
pud_t *vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, int node);
pmd_t *vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, int node);
-pte_t *vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node);
+pte_t *vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
+ struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
void *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node);
struct vmem_altmap;
void *vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node);
void *altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
void vmemmap_verify(pte_t *, int, unsigned long, unsigned long);
int vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
- int node);
+ int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
int vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void);
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 0db7738d76e9..ceed10dec31e 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -139,12 +139,18 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_verify(pte_t *pte, int node,
start, end - 1);
}
-pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node)
+pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
+ struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
{
pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
if (pte_none(*pte)) {
pte_t entry;
- void *p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node);
+ void *p;
+
+ if (altmap)
+ p = altmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, altmap);
+ else
+ p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node);
if (!p)
return NULL;
entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL);
@@ -212,8 +218,8 @@ pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
return pgd;
}
-int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start,
- unsigned long end, int node)
+int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+ int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
{
unsigned long addr = start;
pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start,
pmd = vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud, addr, node);
if (!pmd)
return -ENOMEM;
- pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node);
+ pte = vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd, addr, node, altmap);
if (!pte)
return -ENOMEM;
vmemmap_verify(pte, node, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
--
2.20.1
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* Re: [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory
2020-06-18 1:27 [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory Anshuman Khandual
2020-06-18 1:27 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 1/3] mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages() Anshuman Khandual
@ 2020-06-18 8:56 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-06-19 1:46 ` Anshuman Khandual
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Mike Rapoport @ 2020-06-18 8:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anshuman Khandual
Cc: linux-mm, Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Mark Rutland,
Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Tony Luck, Fenghua Yu, Dave Hansen,
Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
David Hildenbrand, Michal Hocko, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle),
Kirill A. Shutemov, Andrew Morton, Dan Williams, Pavel Tatashin,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Paul Mackerras, Michael Ellerman,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-ia64, linux-riscv, x86, linuxppc-dev,
linux-kernel
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:45:27AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This series enables vmemmap backing memory allocation from device memory
> ranges on arm64. But before that, it enables vmemmap_populate_basepages()
> and vmemmap_alloc_block_buf() to accommodate struct vmem_altmap based
> alocation requests.
>
> This series applies on 5.8-rc1.
>
> Pending Question:
>
> altmap_alloc_block_buf() does not have any other remaining users in
> the tree after this change. Should it be converted into a static
> function and it's declaration be dropped from the header
> (include/linux/mm.h). Avoided doing so because I was not sure if there
> are any off-tree users or not.
Well, off-tree users probably have an active fork anyway so they could
switch to vmemmap_alloc_block_buf()...
Regardless, can you please update Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst to
keep it in sync with the code?
> Changes in V3:
>
> - Dropped comment from free_hotplug_page_range() per Robin
> - Modified comment in unmap_hotplug_range() per Robin
> - Enabled altmap support in vmemmap_alloc_block_buf() per Robin
>
> Changes in V2: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/4/475)
>
> - Rebased on latest hot-remove series (v14) adding P4D page table support
>
> Changes in V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/23/12)
>
> - Added an WARN_ON() in unmap_hotplug_range() when altmap is
> provided without the page table backing memory being freed
>
> Changes in RFC V2: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/21/11)
>
> - Changed the commit message on 1/2 patch per Will
> - Changed the commit message on 2/2 patch as well
> - Rebased on arm64 memory hot remove series (v10)
>
> RFC V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/28/32)
>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>
> Anshuman Khandual (3):
> mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages()
> mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_alloc_block_buf()
> arm64/mm: Enable vmem_altmap support for vmemmap mappings
>
> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c | 10 +++----
> arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 12 ++++----
> include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++--
> mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 7 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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* Re: [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory
2020-06-18 8:56 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 0/3] arm64: Enable vmemmap mapping from device memory Mike Rapoport
@ 2020-06-19 1:46 ` Anshuman Khandual
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Anshuman Khandual @ 2020-06-19 1:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mike Rapoport
Cc: linux-mm, Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Mark Rutland,
Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Tony Luck, Fenghua Yu, Dave Hansen,
Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
David Hildenbrand, Michal Hocko, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle),
Kirill A. Shutemov, Andrew Morton, Dan Williams, Pavel Tatashin,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Paul Mackerras, Michael Ellerman,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-ia64, linux-riscv, x86, linuxppc-dev,
linux-kernel
On 06/18/2020 02:26 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:45:27AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This series enables vmemmap backing memory allocation from device memory
>> ranges on arm64. But before that, it enables vmemmap_populate_basepages()
>> and vmemmap_alloc_block_buf() to accommodate struct vmem_altmap based
>> alocation requests.
>>
>> This series applies on 5.8-rc1.
>>
>> Pending Question:
>>
>> altmap_alloc_block_buf() does not have any other remaining users in
>> the tree after this change. Should it be converted into a static
>> function and it's declaration be dropped from the header
>> (include/linux/mm.h). Avoided doing so because I was not sure if there
>> are any off-tree users or not.
>
> Well, off-tree users probably have an active fork anyway so they could
> switch to vmemmap_alloc_block_buf()...
Sure, will make the function a static and remove it's declaration
from the header.
>
> Regardless, can you please update Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst to
> keep it in sync with the code?
Sure, will do.
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* Re: [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 1/3] mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages()
2020-06-18 1:27 ` [PATCH V3 (RESEND) 1/3] mm/sparsemem: Enable vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages() Anshuman Khandual
@ 2020-07-02 14:03 ` Catalin Marinas
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Catalin Marinas @ 2020-07-02 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anshuman Khandual
Cc: linux-mm, Will Deacon, Mark Rutland, Paul Walmsley,
Palmer Dabbelt, Tony Luck, Fenghua Yu, Dave Hansen,
Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
David Hildenbrand, Mike Rapoport, Michal Hocko,
Matthew Wilcox (Oracle), Kirill A. Shutemov, Andrew Morton,
Dan Williams, Pavel Tatashin, linux-arm-kernel, linux-ia64,
linux-riscv, x86, linux-kernel
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:45:28AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> vmemmap_populate_basepages() is used across platforms to allocate backing
> memory for vmemmap mapping. This is used as a standard default choice or
> as a fallback when intended huge pages allocation fails. This just creates
> entire vmemmap mapping with base pages (PAGE_SIZE).
>
> On arm64 platforms, vmemmap_populate_basepages() is called instead of the
> platform specific vmemmap_populate() when ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS
> is not enabled as in case for ARM64_16K_PAGES and ARM64_64K_PAGES configs.
>
> At present vmemmap_populate_basepages() does not support allocating from
> driver defined struct vmem_altmap while trying to create vmemmap mapping
> for a device memory range. It prevents ARM64_16K_PAGES and ARM64_64K_PAGES
> configs on arm64 from supporting device memory with vmemap_altmap request.
>
> This enables vmem_altmap support in vmemmap_populate_basepages() unlocking
> device memory allocation for vmemap mapping on arm64 platforms with 16K or
> 64K base page configs.
>
> Each architecture should evaluate and decide on subscribing device memory
> based base page allocation through vmemmap_populate_basepages(). Hence lets
> keep it disabled on all archs in order to preserve the existing semantics.
> A subsequent patch enables it on arm64.
>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Tested-by: Jia He <justin.he@arm.com>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
For arm64:
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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