On 5/5/21 11:20 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 12:50 PM Joao Martins <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> On 5/5/21 7:44 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 4:10 PM Joao Martins <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Add a new align property for struct dev_pagemap which specifies that a
>>>> pagemap is composed of a set of compound pages of size @align, instead
>>>> of base pages. When these pages are initialised, most are initialised as
>>>> tail pages instead of order-0 pages.
>>>>
>>>> For certain ZONE_DEVICE users like device-dax which have a fixed page
>>>> size, this creates an opportunity to optimize GUP and GUP-fast walkers,
>>>> treating it the same way as THP or hugetlb pages.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>> include/linux/memremap.h | 13 +++++++++++++
>>>> mm/memremap.c | 8 ++++++--
>>>> mm/page_alloc.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>> 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
>>>> index b46f63dcaed3..bb28d82dda5e 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/memremap.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
>>>> @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct dev_pagemap {
>>>> struct completion done;
>>>> enum memory_type type;
>>>> unsigned int flags;
>>>> + unsigned long align;
>>>
>>> I think this wants some kernel-doc above to indicate that non-zero
>>> means "use compound pages with tail-page dedup" and zero / PAGE_SIZE
>>> means "use non-compound base pages".
>>
>> Got it. Are you thinking a kernel_doc on top of the variable above, or
>> preferably on top
>> of pgmap_align()?
>
> I was thinking in dev_pagemap because this value is more than just a
> plain alignment its restructuring the layout and construction of the
> memmap(), but when I say it that way it seems much less like a vanilla
> align value compared to a construction / geometry mode setting.
>
/me nods
>>
>>> The non-zero value must be
>>> PAGE_SIZE, PMD_PAGE_SIZE or PUD_PAGE_SIZE.
>>> Hmm, maybe it should be an
>>> enum:
>>>
>>> enum devmap_geometry {
>>> DEVMAP_PTE,
>>> DEVMAP_PMD,
>>> DEVMAP_PUD,
>>> }
>>>
>> I suppose a converter between devmap_geometry and page_size would be needed
>> too? And maybe
>> the whole dax/nvdimm align values change meanwhile (as a followup
>> improvement)?
>
> I think it is ok for dax/nvdimm to continue to maintain their align
> value because it should be ok to have 4MB align if the device really
> wanted. However, when it goes to map that alignment with
> memremap_pages() it can pick a mode. For example, it's already the
> case that dax->align == 1GB is mapped with DEVMAP_PTE today, so
> they're already separate concepts that can stay separate.
>
Gotcha.
>>
>> Although to be fair we only ever care about compound page size in this
>> series (and
>> similarly dax/nvdimm @align properties).
>>
>>> ...because it's more than just an alignment it's a structural
>>> definition of how the memmap is laid out.
>>>
Somehow I missed this other part of your response.
>>>> const struct dev_pagemap_ops *ops;
>>>> void *owner;
>>>> int nr_range;
>>>> @@ -130,6 +131,18 @@ static inline struct vmem_altmap *pgmap_altmap(struct
>>>> dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>>>> return NULL;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> +static inline unsigned long pgmap_align(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>>>> +{
>>>> + if (!pgmap || !pgmap->align)
>>>> + return PAGE_SIZE;
>>>> + return pgmap->align;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline unsigned long pgmap_pfn_align(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>>>> +{
>>>> + return PHYS_PFN(pgmap_align(pgmap));
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
>>>> bool pfn_zone_device_reserved(unsigned long pfn);
>>>> void *memremap_pages(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, int nid);
>>>> diff --git a/mm/memremap.c b/mm/memremap.c
>>>> index 805d761740c4..d160853670c4 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/memremap.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/memremap.c
>>>> @@ -318,8 +318,12 @@ static int pagemap_range(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap,
>>>> struct mhp_params *params,
>>>> memmap_init_zone_device(&NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[ZONE_DEVICE],
>>>> PHYS_PFN(range->start),
>>>> PHYS_PFN(range_len(range)), pgmap);
>>>> - percpu_ref_get_many(pgmap->ref, pfn_end(pgmap, range_id)
>>>> - - pfn_first(pgmap, range_id));
>>>> + if (pgmap_align(pgmap) > PAGE_SIZE)
>>>> + percpu_ref_get_many(pgmap->ref, (pfn_end(pgmap, range_id)
>>>> + - pfn_first(pgmap, range_id)) /
>>>> pgmap_pfn_align(pgmap));
>>>> + else
>>>> + percpu_ref_get_many(pgmap->ref, pfn_end(pgmap, range_id)
>>>> + - pfn_first(pgmap, range_id));
>>>> return 0;
>>>>
>>>> err_add_memory:
>>>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>> index 58974067bbd4..3a77f9e43f3a 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>> @@ -6285,6 +6285,8 @@ void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone *zone,
>>>> unsigned long pfn, end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
>>>> struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
>>>> struct vmem_altmap *altmap = pgmap_altmap(pgmap);
>>>> + unsigned int pfn_align = pgmap_pfn_align(pgmap);
>>>> + unsigned int order_align = order_base_2(pfn_align);
>>>> unsigned long zone_idx = zone_idx(zone);
>>>> unsigned long start = jiffies;
>>>> int nid = pgdat->node_id;
>>>> @@ -6302,10 +6304,30 @@ void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone
>>>> *zone,
>>>> nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
>>>> + for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pfn_align) {
>>>
>>> pfn_align is in bytes and pfn is in pages... is there a "pfn_align >>=
>>> PAGE_SHIFT" I missed somewhere?
>>>
>> @pfn_align is in pages too. It's pgmap_align() which is in bytes:
>>
>> +static inline unsigned long pgmap_pfn_align(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>> +{
>> + return PHYS_PFN(pgmap_align(pgmap));
>> +}
>
> Ah yup, my eyes glazed over that. I think this is another place that
> benefits from a more specific name than "align". "pfns_per_compound"
> "compound_pfns"?
>
We are still describing a page, just not a base page. So perhaps
@pfns_per_hpage ?
I am fine with @pfns_per_compound or @compound_pfns as well.
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