[patch V2 08/10] x86/mm/cpa: Optimize same protection check

Thomas Gleixner
2018-09-14T13:21:09Z

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When the existing mapping is correct and the new requested page protections
are the same as the existing ones, then further checks can be omitted and the
large page can be preserved. The slow path 4k wise check will not come up with
a different result.

Before:

1G pages checked: 2
1G pages sameprot: 0
1G pages preserved: 0
2M pages checked: 540
2M pages sameprot: 466
2M pages preserved: 47
4K pages checked: 800709
4K pages set-checked: 7668

After:

1G pages checked: 2
1G pages sameprot: 0
1G pages preserved: 0
2M pages checked: 538
2M pages sameprot: 466
2M pages preserved: 47
4K pages checked: 560642
4K pages set-checked: 7668

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -836,6 +836,20 @@ static int __should_split_large_page(pte
}

/*
+ * Optimization: If the requested pgprot is the same as the current
+ * pgprot, then the large page can be preserved and no updates are
+ * required independent of alignment and length of the requested
+ * range. The above already established that the current pgprot is
+ * correct, which in consequence makes the requested pgprot correct
+ * as well if it is the same. The static protection scan below will
+ * not come to a different conclusion.
+ */
+ if (pgprot_val(req_prot) == pgprot_val(old_prot)) {
+ cpa_inc_lp_sameprot(level);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Make sure that the requested pgprot does not violate the static
* protections. Check the full large page whether one of the pages
* in it results in a different pgprot than the first one of the