From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
scott@os.amperecomputing.com, cl@gentwo.org
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 6/6] arm64: mm: Optimize linear_map_split_to_ptes()
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:52:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829115250.2395585-7-ryan.roberts@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829115250.2395585-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com>
When splitting kernel leaf mappings, either via
split_kernel_leaf_mapping_locked() or linear_map_split_to_ptes(),
previously a leaf mapping was always split to the next size down. e.g.
pud -> contpmd -> pmd -> contpte -> pte. But for
linear_map_split_to_ptes() we can avoid the contpmd and contpte states
because we know we want to split all the way down to ptes.
This avoids visiting all the ptes in a table if it was created by
splitting a pmd, which is noticible on systems with a lot of memory.
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 6bd0b065bd97..8e45cd08bf3a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void split_contpte(pte_t *ptep)
__set_pte(ptep, pte_mknoncont(__ptep_get(ptep)));
}
-static int split_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, gfp_t gfp)
+static int split_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, gfp_t gfp, bool to_cont)
{
pmdval_t tableprot = PMD_TYPE_TABLE | PMD_TABLE_UXN | PMD_TABLE_AF;
unsigned long pfn = pmd_pfn(pmd);
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ static int split_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd, gfp_t gfp)
tableprot |= PMD_TABLE_PXN;
prot = __pgprot((pgprot_val(prot) & ~PTE_TYPE_MASK) | PTE_TYPE_PAGE);
- prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
+ prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) & ~PTE_CONT);
+ if (to_cont)
+ prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, ptep++, pfn++)
__set_pte(ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
@@ -592,7 +594,7 @@ static void split_contpmd(pmd_t *pmdp)
set_pmd(pmdp, pmd_mknoncont(pmdp_get(pmdp)));
}
-static int split_pud(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, gfp_t gfp)
+static int split_pud(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, gfp_t gfp, bool to_cont)
{
pudval_t tableprot = PUD_TYPE_TABLE | PUD_TABLE_UXN | PUD_TABLE_AF;
unsigned int step = PMD_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -611,7 +613,9 @@ static int split_pud(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, gfp_t gfp)
tableprot |= PUD_TABLE_PXN;
prot = __pgprot((pgprot_val(prot) & ~PMD_TYPE_MASK) | PMD_TYPE_SECT);
- prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
+ prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) & ~PTE_CONT);
+ if (to_cont)
+ prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++, pmdp++, pfn += step)
set_pmd(pmdp, pfn_pmd(pfn, prot));
@@ -669,7 +673,7 @@ static int split_kernel_leaf_mapping_locked(unsigned long addr)
if (!pud_present(pud))
goto out;
if (pud_leaf(pud)) {
- ret = split_pud(pudp, pud, GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL);
+ ret = split_pud(pudp, pud, GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL, true);
if (ret)
goto out;
}
@@ -694,7 +698,7 @@ static int split_kernel_leaf_mapping_locked(unsigned long addr)
*/
if (ALIGN_DOWN(addr, PMD_SIZE) == addr)
goto out;
- ret = split_pmd(pmdp, pmd, GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL);
+ ret = split_pmd(pmdp, pmd, GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL, true);
if (ret)
goto out;
}
@@ -771,7 +775,7 @@ static int __init split_to_ptes_pud_entry(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr,
int ret = 0;
if (pud_leaf(pud))
- ret = split_pud(pudp, pud, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ ret = split_pud(pudp, pud, GFP_ATOMIC, false);
return ret;
}
@@ -786,7 +790,13 @@ static int __init split_to_ptes_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
if (pmd_leaf(pmd)) {
if (pmd_cont(pmd))
split_contpmd(pmdp);
- ret = split_pmd(pmdp, pmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ ret = split_pmd(pmdp, pmd, GFP_ATOMIC, false);
+
+ /*
+ * We have split the pmd directly to ptes so there is no need to
+ * visit each pte to check if they are contpte.
+ */
+ walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
}
return ret;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-29 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 11:52 [PATCH v7 0/6] arm64: support FEAT_BBM level 2 and large block mapping when rodata=full Ryan Roberts
2025-08-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] arm64: Enable permission change on arm64 kernel block mappings Ryan Roberts
2025-08-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] arm64: cpufeature: add AmpereOne to BBML2 allow list Ryan Roberts
2025-08-29 22:08 ` Yang Shi
2025-09-03 17:24 ` Catalin Marinas
2025-09-04 0:49 ` Yang Shi
2025-08-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] arm64: mm: support large block mapping when rodata=full Ryan Roberts
2025-09-03 19:15 ` Catalin Marinas
2025-09-04 0:52 ` Yang Shi
2025-08-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] arm64: mm: Optimize split_kernel_leaf_mapping() Ryan Roberts
2025-08-29 22:11 ` Yang Shi
2025-09-03 19:20 ` Catalin Marinas
2025-08-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] arm64: mm: split linear mapping if BBML2 unsupported on secondary CPUs Ryan Roberts
2025-08-29 11:52 ` Ryan Roberts [this message]
2025-08-29 22:27 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] arm64: mm: Optimize linear_map_split_to_ptes() Yang Shi
2025-09-01 5:04 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] arm64: support FEAT_BBM level 2 and large block mapping when rodata=full Dev Jain
2025-09-01 8:03 ` Ryan Roberts
2025-09-03 0:21 ` Yang Shi
2025-09-03 0:50 ` Yang Shi
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