On 10/28/20 11:13 PM, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:42 AM Mike Kravetz <mike.krav...@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/26/20 7:51 AM, Muchun Song wrote:
>>> +
>>> +static inline spinlock_t *vmemmap_pmd_lockptr(pmd_t *pmd)
>>> +{
>>> + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgtable_lock);
>>> +
>>> + return &pgtable_lock;
>>> +}
>>
>> This is just a global lock. Correct? And hugetlb specific?
>
> Yes, it is a global lock. Originally, I wanted to use the pmd lock(e.g.
> pmd_lockptr()). But we need to allocate memory for the spinlock and
> initialize it when ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS. It may increase the
> complexity.
>
> And I think that here alloc/free hugetlb pages is not a frequent operation.
> So I finally use a global lock. Maybe it is enough.
>
>>
>> It should be OK as the page table entries for huegtlb pages will not
>> overlap with other entries.
>
> Does "hugetlb specific" mean the pmd lock? or per hugetlb lock?
> If it is pmd lock, this is fine to me. If not, it may not be enough.
> Because the lock also guards the splitting of pmd pgtable.
By "hugetlb specific", I was trying to say that only hugetlb code would
use this lock. It is not a concern now. However, there has been talk
about other code doing something similar to remove struct pages. If that
ever happens then we will need a different locking scheme.
Disregard my statement about there being no overlap. I was confusing
page tables for huge pages with page tables for mappings mmap entries
of huge pages.
--
Mike Kravetz
