Re: [PATCH] mm: export folio_pte_batch as a couple of modules might need it

Ryan Roberts
2024-02-27T09:20:24Z

On 27/02/2024 09:14, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 27.02.24 10:07, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>> On 27/02/2024 02:40, Barry Song wrote:
>>> From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
>>>
>>> madvise and some others might need folio_pte_batch to check if a range
>>> of PTEs are completely mapped to a large folio with contiguous physcial
>>> addresses. Let's export it for others to use.
>>>
>>> Cc: Lance Yang <ioworker0@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
>>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>>> Cc: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
>>> ---
>>>   -v1:
>>>   at least two jobs madv_free and madv_pageout depend on it. To avoid
>>>   conflicts and dependencies, after discussing with Lance, we prefer
>>>   this one can land earlier.
>>
>> I think this will also ultimately be useful for mprotect too, though I haven't
>> looked at it properly yet.
>>
>
> Yes, I think we briefly discussed that.
>
>>>
>>>   mm/internal.h | 13 +++++++++++++
>>>   mm/memory.c   | 11 +----------
>>>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
>>> index 13b59d384845..8e2bc304f671 100644
>>> --- a/mm/internal.h
>>> +++ b/mm/internal.h
>>> @@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ static inline void *folio_raw_mapping(struct folio *folio)
>>>       return (void *)(mapping & ~PAGE_MAPPING_FLAGS);
>>>   }
>>>   +/* Flags for folio_pte_batch(). */
>>> +typedef int __bitwise fpb_t;
>>> +
>>> +/* Compare PTEs after pte_mkclean(), ignoring the dirty bit. */
>>> +#define FPB_IGNORE_DIRTY        ((__force fpb_t)BIT(0))
>>> +
>>> +/* Compare PTEs after pte_clear_soft_dirty(), ignoring the soft-dirty bit. */
>>> +#define FPB_IGNORE_SOFT_DIRTY        ((__force fpb_t)BIT(1))
>>> +
>>> +extern int folio_pte_batch(struct folio *folio, unsigned long addr,
>>> +        pte_t *start_ptep, pte_t pte, int max_nr, fpb_t flags,
>>> +        bool *any_writable);
>>> +
>>>   void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct folio *folio,
>>>                           int nr_throttled);
>>>   static inline void acct_reclaim_writeback(struct folio *folio)
>>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
>>> index 1c45b6a42a1b..319b3be05e75 100644
>>> --- a/mm/memory.c
>>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
>>> @@ -953,15 +953,6 @@ static __always_inline void __copy_present_ptes(struct
>>> vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
>>>       set_ptes(dst_vma->vm_mm, addr, dst_pte, pte, nr);
>>>   }
>>>   -/* Flags for folio_pte_batch(). */
>>> -typedef int __bitwise fpb_t;
>>> -
>>> -/* Compare PTEs after pte_mkclean(), ignoring the dirty bit. */
>>> -#define FPB_IGNORE_DIRTY        ((__force fpb_t)BIT(0))
>>> -
>>> -/* Compare PTEs after pte_clear_soft_dirty(), ignoring the soft-dirty bit. */
>>> -#define FPB_IGNORE_SOFT_DIRTY        ((__force fpb_t)BIT(1))
>>> -
>>>   static inline pte_t __pte_batch_clear_ignored(pte_t pte, fpb_t flags)
>>>   {
>>>       if (flags & FPB_IGNORE_DIRTY)
>>> @@ -982,7 +973,7 @@ static inline pte_t __pte_batch_clear_ignored(pte_t pte,
>>> fpb_t flags)
>>>    * If "any_writable" is set, it will indicate if any other PTE besides the
>>>    * first (given) PTE is writable.
>>>    */
>>
>> David was talking in Lance's patch thread, about improving the docs for this
>> function now that its exported. Might be worth syncing on that.
>
> Here is my take:
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index d0b855a1837a8..098356b8805ae 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -971,16 +971,28 @@ static inline pte_t __pte_batch_clear_ignored(pte_t pte,
> fpb_t flags)
>      return pte_wrprotect(pte_mkold(pte));
>  }
>
> -/*
> +/**
> + * folio_pte_batch - detect a PTE batch for a large folio
> + * @folio: The large folio to detect a PTE batch for.
> + * @addr: The user virtual address the first page is mapped at.
> + * @start_ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry.
> + * @pte: Page table entry for the first page.
> + * @max_nr: The maximum number of table entries to consider.
> + * @flags: Flags to modify the PTE batch semantics.
> + * @any_writable: Optional pointer to indicate whether any entry except the
> + *          first one is writable.
> + *
>   * Detect a PTE batch: consecutive (present) PTEs that map consecutive
> - * pages of the same folio.
> + * pages of the same large folio.
>   *
>   * All PTEs inside a PTE batch have the same PTE bits set, excluding the PFN,
>   * the accessed bit, writable bit, dirty bit (with FPB_IGNORE_DIRTY) and
>   * soft-dirty bit (with FPB_IGNORE_SOFT_DIRTY).
>   *
> - * If "any_writable" is set, it will indicate if any other PTE besides the
> - * first (given) PTE is writable.
> + * start_ptep must map any page of the folio. max_nr must be at least one and
> + * must be limited by the caller so scanning cannot exceed a single page table.
> + *
> + * Return: the number of table entries in the batch.
>   */

LGTM!

>  static inline int folio_pte_batch(struct folio *folio, unsigned long addr,
>          pte_t *start_ptep, pte_t pte, int max_nr, fpb_t flags,
> @@ -996,6 +1008,8 @@ static inline int folio_pte_batch(struct folio *folio,
> unsigned long addr,
>          *any_writable = false;
>
>      VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!pte_present(pte), folio);
> +    VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_large(folio) || max_nr < 1, folio);
> +    VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(page_folio(pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(pte))) != folio, folio);
>
>      nr = pte_batch_hint(start_ptep, pte);
>      expected_pte = __pte_batch_clear_ignored(pte_advance_pfn(pte, nr), flags);