From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, hughd@google.com,
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Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/9] mm/memory: Batch set uffd-wp markers during zapping
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:01:59 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410103204.120409-5-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260410103204.120409-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
In preparation for the next patch, enable batch setting of uffd-wp ptes.
The code paths passing nr > 1 to zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed() produce
that nr through either folio_pte_batch or swap_pte_batch, guaranteeing that
all ptes are the same w.r.t belonging to the same type of VMA (anonymous
or non-anonymous, wp-armed or non-wp-armed), and all being marked with
uffd-wp or all being not marked.
Note that we will have to use set_pte_at() in a loop instead of set_ptes()
since the latter cannot handle present->non-present conversion for
nr_pages > 1.
Convert documentation of install_uffd_wp_ptes_if_needed to kerneldoc
format.
No functional change is intended.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
include/linux/mm_inline.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
mm/memory.c | 20 +-------------------
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
index a171070e15f05..20c34d14ad539 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
@@ -566,9 +566,17 @@ static inline pte_marker copy_pte_marker(
return dstm;
}
-/*
- * If this pte is wr-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm the special pte to
- * replace a none pte. NOTE! This should only be called when *pte is already
+/**
+ * install_uffd_wp_ptes_if_needed - install uffd-wp marker on PTEs that map
+ * consecutive pages of the same large folio.
+ * @vma: The VMA the pages are mapped into.
+ * @addr: Address the first page of this batch is mapped at.
+ * @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry of this batch.
+ * @pteval: old value of the entry pointed to by ptep.
+ * @nr_ptes: Number of entries to clear (batch size).
+ *
+ * If the ptes were wr-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm special ptes to
+ * replace none ptes. NOTE! This should only be called when *pte is already
* cleared so we will never accidentally replace something valuable. Meanwhile
* none pte also means we are not demoting the pte so tlb flushed is not needed.
* E.g., when pte cleared the caller should have taken care of the tlb flush.
@@ -576,11 +584,11 @@ static inline pte_marker copy_pte_marker(
* Must be called with pgtable lock held so that no thread will see the none
* pte, and if they see it, they'll fault and serialize at the pgtable lock.
*
- * Returns true if an uffd-wp pte was installed, false otherwise.
+ * Returns true if uffd-wp ptes were installed, false otherwise.
*/
static inline bool
-pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- pte_t *pte, pte_t pteval)
+install_uffd_wp_ptes_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+ pte_t *pte, pte_t pteval, unsigned long nr_ptes)
{
bool arm_uffd_pte = false;
@@ -610,13 +618,13 @@ pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
if (unlikely(pte_swp_uffd_wp_any(pteval)))
arm_uffd_pte = true;
- if (unlikely(arm_uffd_pte)) {
- set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte,
- make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP));
- return true;
- }
+ if (likely(!arm_uffd_pte))
+ return false;
- return false;
+ for (int i = 0; i < nr_ptes; ++i, ++pte, addr += PAGE_SIZE)
+ set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte, make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP));
+
+ return true;
}
static inline bool vma_has_recency(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ea65685711311..eef144fa293d4 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1594,29 +1594,11 @@ zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pte_t *pte, int nr,
struct zap_details *details, pte_t pteval)
{
- bool was_installed = false;
-
- if (!uffd_supports_wp_marker())
- return false;
-
- /* Zap on anonymous always means dropping everything */
- if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
- return false;
-
if (zap_drop_markers(details))
return false;
- for (;;) {
- /* the PFN in the PTE is irrelevant. */
- if (pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, addr, pte, pteval))
- was_installed = true;
- if (--nr == 0)
- break;
- pte++;
- addr += PAGE_SIZE;
- }
+ return install_uffd_wp_ptes_if_needed(vma, addr, pte, pteval, nr);
- return was_installed;
}
static __always_inline void zap_present_folio_ptes(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index fa5d6599dedf0..20e1fb81c33fc 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* we may want to replace a none pte with a marker pte if
* it's file-backed, so we don't lose the tracking info.
*/
- pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
+ install_uffd_wp_ptes_if_needed(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval, 1);
/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
update_hiwater_rss(mm);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-10 10:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-10 10:31 [PATCH v2 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] mm/rmap: initialize nr_pages to 1 at loop start in try_to_unmap_one Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] mm/rmap: refactor hugetlb pte clearing " Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] mm/rmap: refactor some code around lazyfree folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] mm/rmap: batch unmap folios belonging to uffd-wp VMAs Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_dup_swap Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_put_swap Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] mm/rmap: Add batched version of folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pte Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] mm/rmap: enable batch unmapping of anonymous folios Dev Jain
2026-04-10 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Lorenzo Stoakes
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