From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
To: ackerleytng@google.com
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
fvdl@google.com, jiaqiyan@google.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com,
jthoughton@google.com, mhocko@kernel.org, michael.roth@amd.com,
pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
peterx@redhat.com, pratyush@kernel.org,
rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, rientjes@google.com,
roman.gushchin@linux.dev, seanjc@google.com,
shakeel.butt@linux.dev, shivankg@amd.com, vannapurve@google.com,
yan.y.zhao@intel.com, Dan Williams <djbw@kernel.org>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Open HugeTLB allocation routine for more generic use
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 15:17:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <agMohIaXKLlBKM6A@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260506-hugetlb-open-up-v2-0-826a0c5f28fc@google.com>
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 08:54:36AM -0700, Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The motivation for this patch series is guest_memfd, which would like
> to use HugeTLB as a generic source of huge pages but not adopt
> HugeTLB's reservation at mmap() time.
>
> By refactoring alloc_hugetlb_folio() and some dependent functions,
> there is now an option to allocate HugeTLB folios without providing a
> VMA. Specifically, HugeTLB allocation used to be dependent on the VMA
> to
>
> 1. Look up reservations in the resv_map
> 2. Get mpol, stored at vma->vm_policy
>
> This refactoring provides hugetlb_alloc_folio(), which focuses on just
> the allocation itself, and associated memory and HugeTLB charging
> (cgroups). alloc_hugetlb_folio() still handles reservations in the
> resv_map and subpools.
>
> Regarding naming, I'm definitely open to alternative names :) I chose
> hugetlb_alloc_folio() because I'm seeing this function as a general
> allocation function that is provided by the HugeTLB subsystem (hence
> the hugetlb_ prefix). I'm intending for alloc_hugetlb_folio() to be
> later refactored as a static function for use just by HugeTLB, and
> HugeTLBfs should probably use hugetlb_alloc_folio() directly.
>
> To see how hugetlb_alloc_folio() is used by guest_memfd, the most
> recent patch series that uses this more generic HugeTLB allocation
> routine is at [1], and a newer revision of that patch series is at
> [2].
Would that be
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1747264138.git.ackerleytng@google.com/T/#me2152fa2cc79d651ecea7a2bce8b57725fb57465
?
--
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-12 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-06 15:54 [PATCH v2 0/6] Open HugeTLB allocation routine for more generic use Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] mm: hugetlb: Consolidate interpretation of gbl_chg within alloc_hugetlb_folio() Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-12 9:00 ` Oscar Salvador
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] mm: hugetlb: Move mpol interpretation out of alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol() Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-12 12:51 ` Oscar Salvador
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] mm: hugetlb: Move mpol interpretation out of dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma() Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-12 12:56 ` Oscar Salvador
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] mm: hugetlb: Use error variable in alloc_hugetlb_folio Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] mm: hugetlb: Move mem_cgroup_charge_hugetlb() earlier in allocation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-06 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] mm: hugetlb: Refactor out hugetlb_alloc_folio() Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-12 13:25 ` Oscar Salvador
2026-05-12 13:17 ` Oscar Salvador [this message]
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