linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/rmap: recompute pgoff for huge page

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Date:	Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:01:41 +0900
From:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/rmap: recompute pgoff for huge page

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 02:44:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:48:38 +0900 Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> wrote:
> 
> > We have to recompute pgoff if the given page is huge, since result based
> > on HPAGE_SIZE is not approapriate for scanning the vma interval tree, as
> > shown by commit 36e4f20af833 ("hugetlb: do not use vma_hugecache_offset()
> > for vma_prio_tree_foreach") and commit 369a713e ("rmap: recompute pgoff
> > for unmapping huge page").
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -1714,6 +1714,10 @@ static int rmap_walk_file(struct page *page, int (*rmap_one)(struct page *,
> >  
> >  	if (!mapping)
> >  		return ret;
> > +
> > +	if (PageHuge(page))
> > +		pgoff = page->index << compound_order(page);
> > +
> >  	mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
> >  	vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, &mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, pgoff) {
> >  		unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma);
> 
> a)  Can't we just do this?
> 
> --- a/mm/rmap.c~mm-rmap-recompute-pgoff-for-huge-page-fix
> +++ a/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1708,16 +1708,13 @@ static int rmap_walk_file(struct page *p
>  		struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void *), void *arg)
>  {
>  	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
> -	pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << compound_order(page);
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>  	int ret = SWAP_AGAIN;
>  
>  	if (!mapping)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	if (PageHuge(page))
> -		pgoff = page->index << compound_order(page);
> -
>  	mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
>  	vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, &mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, pgoff) {
>  		unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma);
> 
> compound_order() does the right thing for all styles of page, yes?

Yes. I will change.

> 
> b) If that PageHuge() test you added the correct thing to use?
> 
> /*
>  * PageHuge() only returns true for hugetlbfs pages, but not for normal or
>  * transparent huge pages.  See the PageTransHuge() documentation for more
>  * details.
>  */
> 
>    Obviously we won't be encountering transparent huge pages here,
>    but what's the best future-safe approach?

compound_order() also works for transparent huge pages, so it may be safe way.

> I hate that PageHuge() oddity with a passion!  Maybe it would be better
> if it was called PageHugetlbfs.

I also think that PageHuge() is odd name.
It has only 50 call sites. Let's change it :)

Thanks.

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