From: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
To: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, ziy@nvidia.com, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com,
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usama.arif@linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 10/14] mips: move has_transparent_hugepage() out of THP guard
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 15:53:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00eb76eb-c330-4662-9ca9-1e89fbc1e4ce@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f4c568ad-a17a-4982-b8d2-d5852a789a4d@linux.dev>
On 2026-09-01 07:42, Lance Yang wrote:
>
>
> On 2026/9/1 11:12, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>> A future commit will introduce a kernel API to allow for checking if the
>> CPU supports PMD-sized pages. This API will be based on the
>> has_transparent_hugepage() implementation but will be orthogonal to THP
>> and therefore must work when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=n.
>>
>> Move its definition out of the THP guard.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h | 6 +++---
>> arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c | 4 ----
>> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> index fa7b935f947c..b038da872ec6 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> @@ -615,9 +615,6 @@ unsigned long io_remap_pfn_range_pfn(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size);
>> /* We don't have hardware dirty/accessed bits, generic_pmdp_establish is fine.*/
>> #define pmdp_establish generic_pmdp_establish
>> -#define has_transparent_hugepage has_transparent_hugepage
>> -extern int has_transparent_hugepage(void);
>
> Assume a decstation_defconfig build. CPU_R3000 selects CPU_R3K_TLB, so the
> Makefile builds tlb-r3k.o but not tlb-r4k.o IIUC ...
>
> The only MIPS definition is in tlb-r4k.c, so R3000 would fail to link with
> an undefined reference ... no?
Yes, you're right. I can reproduce this. Would the solution below be
acceptable?
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index fa7b935f947c..b038da872ec6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -615,9 +615,6 @@ unsigned long io_remap_pfn_range_pfn(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size);
/* We don't have hardware dirty/accessed bits, generic_pmdp_establish is fine.*/
#define pmdp_establish generic_pmdp_establish
-#define has_transparent_hugepage has_transparent_hugepage
-extern int has_transparent_hugepage(void);
-
static inline int pmd_trans_huge(pmd_t pmd)
{
return !!(pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_HUGE);
@@ -743,6 +740,9 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
+#define has_transparent_hugepage has_transparent_hugepage
+extern int has_transparent_hugepage(void);
+
#ifdef _PAGE_HUGE
#define pmd_leaf(pmd) ((pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_HUGE) != 0)
#define pud_leaf(pud) ((pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_HUGE) != 0)
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/mips/mm/pgtable.c
index 10835414819f..3a5b411493d9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -23,3 +23,30 @@ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pgd_alloc);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_R4K_CACHE_TLB) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_CPU_SB1) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON)
+int has_transparent_hugepage(void)
+{
+ static unsigned int mask = -1;
+
+ if (mask == -1) { /* first call comes during __init */
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ write_c0_pagemask(PM_HUGE_MASK);
+ back_to_back_c0_hazard();
+ mask = read_c0_pagemask();
+ write_c0_pagemask(PM_DEFAULT_MASK);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ }
+ return mask == PM_HUGE_MASK;
+}
+#else
+int has_transparent_hugepage(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(has_transparent_hugepage);
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
index 24fe85fa169d..625f1c0dd71e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
@@ -432,28 +432,6 @@ void add_wired_entry(unsigned long entrylo0, unsigned long entrylo1,
#endif
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-
-int has_transparent_hugepage(void)
-{
- static unsigned int mask = -1;
-
- if (mask == -1) { /* first call comes during __init */
- unsigned long flags;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
- write_c0_pagemask(PM_HUGE_MASK);
- back_to_back_c0_hazard();
- mask = read_c0_pagemask();
- write_c0_pagemask(PM_DEFAULT_MASK);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- }
- return mask == PM_HUGE_MASK;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(has_transparent_hugepage);
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
-
/*
* Used for loading TLB entries before trap_init() has started, when we
* don't actually want to add a wired entry which remains throughout the
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-01 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 3:12 [PATCH v7 00/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 01/14] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 02/14] mm: shmem: shmem_getattr(): set blksize to highest supported THP order Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 03/14] mm: introduce pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 04/14] drivers: dax: use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 05/14] drivers: nvdimm: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 06/14] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 07/14] mm: shmem: allow THP support determination at folio allocation time Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 08/14] s390: move has_transparent_hugepage() out of THP guard Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 09/14] powerpc: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 10/14] mips: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 11:42 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-01 19:53 ` Luiz Capitulino [this message]
2026-09-01 22:25 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2026-09-02 15:12 ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 11/14] x86: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 12/14] treewide: introduce arch_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 13/14] mm: replace thp_disabled_by_hw() with pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-01 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 14/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
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