From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v5 2/2] mm: use mapping_max_folio_order() for force_thp_readahead order
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 09:23:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522162422.3856502-3-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522162422.3856502-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
The force_thp_readahead path in do_sync_mmap_readahead() was gated on
the compile-time check HPAGE_PMD_ORDER <= MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER and
always drove the readahead at HPAGE_PMD_ORDER / HPAGE_PMD_NR. On
configurations where HPAGE_PMD_ORDER exceeds MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER --
notably arm64 with a 64K base page size, where HPAGE_PMD_ORDER is 13
(512MB) -- VM_HUGEPAGE mappings could never reach this path and fell
back to base-page readahead, even when the mapping itself could serve
usefully large folios well below the cap.
Widen the gate to
min(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, mapping_max_folio_order(mapping))
<= MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER
so force_thp_readahead engages whenever either order fits, and pick
ra->order accordingly:
- HPAGE_PMD_ORDER when it fits (existing behaviour);
- otherwise min(mapping_max_folio_order(mapping), get_order(SZ_2M)),
capping the readahead folio at 2MB regardless of what the mapping
advertises.
Size and align the readahead window from (1UL << ra->order) instead
of the hardcoded HPAGE_PMD_NR / HPAGE_PMD_ORDER so the chosen order
is honoured end-to-end.
On arm64 with a 64K base page size this lets VM_HUGEPAGE mappings get
large-folio readahead at the mapping's supported order (capped at
2MB) rather than dropping back to base pages. 2MB is also the size of
an arm64 contiguous-PTE (contpte) block on a 64K base, so the
resulting folios coalesce into a single TLB entry and reduce TLB
pressure on the readahead path.
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
mm/filemap.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index f45a1b74870d..56fa715d66cd 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3317,9 +3317,16 @@ static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
ractl._max_index = vmf->vma->vm_pgoff + vma_pages(vmf->vma) - 1;
/* Use the readahead code, even if readahead is disabled */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
- (vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE) && HPAGE_PMD_ORDER <= MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER)
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && (vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE) &&
+ min(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, mapping_max_folio_order(mapping)) <= MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER) {
force_thp_readahead = true;
+ if (HPAGE_PMD_ORDER <= MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER)
+ ra->order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
+ else
+ ra->order = min_t(unsigned int,
+ mapping_max_folio_order(mapping),
+ get_order(SZ_2M));
+ }
if (!force_thp_readahead) {
/*
@@ -3354,17 +3361,18 @@ static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
}
if (force_thp_readahead) {
+ unsigned long folio_nr_pages = 1UL << ra->order;
+
fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
- ractl._index &= ~((unsigned long)HPAGE_PMD_NR - 1);
- ra->size = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+ ractl._index &= ~(folio_nr_pages - 1);
+ ra->size = folio_nr_pages;
/*
- * Fetch two PMD folios, so we get the chance to actually
+ * Fetch two folios so we get the chance to actually
* readahead, unless we've been told not to.
*/
if (!(vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ))
ra->size *= 2;
- ra->async_size = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
- ra->order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
+ ra->async_size = folio_nr_pages;
page_cache_ra_order(&ractl, ra);
return fpin;
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-22 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 16:23 [PATCH v5 0/2] mm: improve large folio readahead for exec memory Usama Arif
2026-05-22 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] mm: bypass mmap_miss heuristic for VM_EXEC readahead Usama Arif
2026-05-22 16:23 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2026-05-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] mm: improve large folio readahead for exec memory Andrew Morton
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