On 21.08.25 22:46, Zi Yan wrote:
On 21 Aug 2025, at 16:06, David Hildenbrand wrote:Let's limit the maximum folio size in problematic kernel config where the memmap is allocated per memory section (SPARSEMEM without SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) to a single memory section. Currently, only a single architectures supports ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE but not SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP: sh. Fortunately, the biggest hugetlb size sh supports is 64 MiB (HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_64MB) and the section size is at least 64 MiB (SECTION_SIZE_BITS == 26), so their use case is not degraded. As folios and memory sections are naturally aligned to their order-2 size in memory, consequently a single folio can no longer span multiple memory sections on these problematic kernel configs. nth_page() is no longer required when operating within a single compound page / folio. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> --- include/linux/mm.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 77737cbf2216a..48a985e17ef4e 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2053,11 +2053,25 @@ static inline long folio_nr_pages(const struct folio *folio) return folio_large_nr_pages(folio); } -/* Only hugetlbfs can allocate folios larger than MAX_ORDER */ -#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE -#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER PUD_ORDER -#else +#if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE) +/* + * We don't expect any folios that exceed buddy sizes (and consequently + * memory sections). + */ #define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER MAX_PAGE_ORDER +#elif defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) +/* + * Only pages within a single memory section are guaranteed to be + * contiguous. By limiting folios to a single memory section, all folio + * pages are guaranteed to be contiguous. + */ +#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER PFN_SECTION_SHIFT +#else +/* + * There is no real limit on the folio size. We limit them to the maximum we + * currently expect.The comment about hugetlbfs is helpful here, since the other folios are still limited by buddy allocator’s MAX_ORDER.
Yeah, but the old comment was wrong (there is DAX). I can add here "currently expect (e.g., hugetlfs, dax)." -- Cheers David / dhildenb
