linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] thp: implement splitting pmd for huge zero page

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:00:39 +0800
From:	Ni zhan Chen <nizhan.chen@...il.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
CC:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] thp: implement splitting pmd for huge zero page

On 10/12/2012 12:13 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:23:37AM +0800, Ni zhan Chen wrote:
>> On 10/02/2012 11:19 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>>>
>>> We can't split huge zero page itself, but we can split the pmd which
>>> points to it.
>>>
>>> On splitting the pmd we create a table with all ptes set to normal zero
>>> page.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
>>> ---
>>>   mm/huge_memory.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>>> index 95032d3..3f1c59c 100644
>>> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>>> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>>> @@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
>>>   	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
>>>   	int ret = 1;
>>> +	BUG_ON(is_huge_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(page)));
>>>   	BUG_ON(!PageAnon(page));
>>>   	anon_vma = page_lock_anon_vma(page);
>>>   	if (!anon_vma)
>>> @@ -2503,6 +2504,32 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none)
>>>   	return 0;
>>>   }
>>> +static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>> +		unsigned long haddr, pmd_t *pmd)
>>> +{
>>> +	pgtable_t pgtable;
>>> +	pmd_t _pmd;
>>> +	int i;
>>> +
>>> +	pmdp_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
>> why I can't find function pmdp_clear_flush_notify in kernel source
>> code? Do you mean pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify or something like
>> that?
> It was changed recently. See commit
> 2ec74c3 mm: move all mmu notifier invocations to be done outside the PT lock

Oh, thanks!


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