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X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN0PR10MB5288 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.254,Aquarius:18.0.957,Hydra:6.0.573,FMLib:17.11.170.22 definitions=2023-05-15_15,2023-05-05_01,2023-02-09_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 mlxscore=0 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 bulkscore=0 suspectscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 malwarescore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2304280000 definitions=main-2305150143 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: fyGno4xvYyZ4ILaCv2jdastJaHIl7e2L X-Proofpoint-GUID: fyGno4xvYyZ4ILaCv2jdastJaHIl7e2L Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 05/12/23 16:29, Mike Kravetz wrote: > On 05/12/23 14:26, James Houghton wrote: > > On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 12:20 AM Junxiao Chang wrote: > > > > This alone doesn't fix mapcounting for PTE-mapped HugeTLB pages. You > > need something like [1]. I can resend it if that's what we should be > > doing, but this mapcounting scheme doesn't work when the page structs > > have been freed. > > > > It seems like it was a mistake to include support for hugetlb memfds in udmabuf. > > IIUC, it was added with commit 16c243e99d33 udmabuf: Add support for mapping > hugepages (v4). Looks like it was never sent to linux-mm? That is unfortunate > as hugetlb vmemmap freeing went in at about the same time. And, as you have > noted udmabuf will not work if hugetlb vmemmap freeing is enabled. > > Sigh! > > Trying to think of a way forward. > -- > Mike Kravetz > > > > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20230306230004.1387007-2-jthoughton@google.com/ > > > > - James Adding people and list on Cc: involved with commit 16c243e99d33. There are several issues with trying to map tail pages of hugetllb pages not taken into account with udmabuf. James spent quite a bit of time trying to understand and address all the issues with the HGM code. While using the scheme proposed by James, may be an approach to the mapcount issue there are also other issues that need attention. For example, I do not see how the fault code checks the state of the hugetlb page (such as poison) as none of that state is carried in tail pages. The more I think about it, the more I think udmabuf should treat hugetlb pages as hugetlb pages. They should be mapped at the appropriate level in the page table. Of course, this would impose new restrictions on the API (mmap and ioctl) that may break existing users. I have no idea how extensively udmabuf is being used with hugetlb mappings. -- Mike Kravetz