From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com (mail-wm0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8FE6B007E for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:38:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wm0-f44.google.com with SMTP id m9so948335wma.0 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wm0-x244.google.com (mail-wm0-x244.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c09::244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i69si29466594wmd.6.2016.03.31.04.38.24 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:38:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm0-x244.google.com with SMTP id i204so21120104wmd.0 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:38:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:38:20 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] x86/hugetlb: Attempt PUD_SIZE mapping alignment if PMD sharing enabled Message-ID: <20160331113820.GA2929@gmail.com> References: <1459213970-17957-1-git-send-email-mike.kravetz@oracle.com> <1459213970-17957-3-git-send-email-mike.kravetz@oracle.com> <20160329083510.GA27941@gmail.com> <56FAB5DB.8070003@oracle.com> <20160331022655.GA24293@hori1.linux.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160331022655.GA24293@hori1.linux.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Naoya Horiguchi Cc: Mike Kravetz , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" , Hugh Dickins , Hillf Danton , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , David Rientjes , Dave Hansen , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Steve Capper , Andrew Morton * Naoya Horiguchi wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:05:31AM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > On 03/29/2016 01:35 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Mike Kravetz wrote: > > > > > >> When creating a hugetlb mapping, attempt PUD_SIZE alignment if the > > >> following conditions are met: > > >> - Address passed to mmap or shmat is NULL > > >> - The mapping is flaged as shared > > >> - The mapping is at least PUD_SIZE in length > > >> If a PUD_SIZE aligned mapping can not be created, then fall back to a > > >> huge page size mapping. > > >> > > >> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz > > >> --- > > >> arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > > >> 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > >> > > >> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c > > >> index 42982b2..4f53af5 100644 > > >> --- a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c > > >> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c > > >> @@ -78,14 +78,39 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file, > > >> { > > >> struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file); > > >> struct vm_unmapped_area_info info; > > >> + bool pud_size_align = false; > > >> + unsigned long ret_addr; > > >> + > > >> + /* > > >> + * If PMD sharing is enabled, align to PUD_SIZE to facilitate > > >> + * sharing. Only attempt alignment if no address was passed in, > > >> + * flags indicate sharing and size is big enough. > > >> + */ > > >> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE) && > > >> + !addr && flags & MAP_SHARED && len >= PUD_SIZE) > > >> + pud_size_align = true; > > >> > > >> info.flags = 0; > > >> info.length = len; > > >> info.low_limit = current->mm->mmap_legacy_base; > > >> info.high_limit = TASK_SIZE; > > >> - info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); > > >> + if (pud_size_align) > > >> + info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & (PUD_SIZE - 1); > > >> + else > > >> + info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); > > >> info.align_offset = 0; > > >> - return vm_unmapped_area(&info); > > >> + ret_addr = vm_unmapped_area(&info); > > >> + > > >> + /* > > >> + * If failed with PUD_SIZE alignment, try again with huge page > > >> + * size alignment. > > >> + */ > > >> + if ((ret_addr & ~PAGE_MASK) && pud_size_align) { > > >> + info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); > > >> + ret_addr = vm_unmapped_area(&info); > > >> + } > > > > > > So AFAICS 'ret_addr' is either page aligned, or is an error code. Wouldn't it be a > > > lot easier to read to say: > > > > > > if ((long)ret_addr > 0 && pud_size_align) { > > > info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); > > > ret_addr = vm_unmapped_area(&info); > > > } > > > > > > return ret_addr; > > > > > > to make it clear that it's about error handling, not some alignment > > > requirement/restriction? > > > > Yes, I agree that is easier to read. However, it assumes that process > > virtual addresses can never evaluate to a negative long value. This may > > be the case for x86_64 today. But, there are other architectures where > > this is not the case. I know this is x86 specific code, but might it be > > possible that x86 virtual addresses could be negative longs in the future? > > > > It appears that all callers of vm_unmapped_area() are using the page aligned > > check to determine error. I would prefer to do the same, and can add > > comments to make that more clear. > > IS_ERR_VALUE() might be helpful? Yes, please use IS_ERR_VALUE(), using PAGE_MASK is way too obfuscated. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org