linux-kernel - [PATCHv12 15/37] ksm: prepare to new THP semantics

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Message-Id: <1444145044-72349-16-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue,  6 Oct 2015 18:23:42 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Steve Capper <steve.capper@...aro.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCHv12 15/37] ksm: prepare to new THP semantics

We don't need special code to stabilize THP. If you've got reference to
any subpage of THP it will not be split under you.

New split_huge_page() also accepts tail pages: no need in special code
to get reference to head page.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Tested-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
---
 mm/ksm.c | 57 ++++++++++-----------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index fe09f3ddc912..fb333d8188fc 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -441,20 +441,6 @@ static void break_cow(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 }
 
-static struct page *page_trans_compound_anon(struct page *page)
-{
-	if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
-		struct page *head = compound_head(page);
-		/*
-		 * head may actually be splitted and freed from under
-		 * us but it's ok here.
-		 */
-		if (PageAnon(head))
-			return head;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
@@ -470,7 +456,7 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
 	page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
 		goto out;
-	if (PageAnon(page) || page_trans_compound_anon(page)) {
+	if (PageAnon(page)) {
 		flush_anon_page(vma, page, addr);
 		flush_dcache_page(page);
 	} else {
@@ -976,33 +962,6 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int page_trans_compound_anon_split(struct page *page)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-	struct page *transhuge_head = page_trans_compound_anon(page);
-	if (transhuge_head) {
-		/* Get the reference on the head to split it. */
-		if (get_page_unless_zero(transhuge_head)) {
-			/*
-			 * Recheck we got the reference while the head
-			 * was still anonymous.
-			 */
-			if (PageAnon(transhuge_head))
-				ret = split_huge_page(transhuge_head);
-			else
-				/*
-				 * Retry later if split_huge_page run
-				 * from under us.
-				 */
-				ret = 1;
-			put_page(transhuge_head);
-		} else
-			/* Retry later if split_huge_page run from under us. */
-			ret = 1;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * try_to_merge_one_page - take two pages and merge them into one
  * @vma: the vma that holds the pte pointing to page
@@ -1023,9 +982,6 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MERGEABLE))
 		goto out;
-	if (PageTransCompound(page) && page_trans_compound_anon_split(page))
-		goto out;
-	BUG_ON(PageTransCompound(page));
 	if (!PageAnon(page))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1038,6 +994,13 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 */
 	if (!trylock_page(page))
 		goto out;
+
+	if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
+		err = split_huge_page(page);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If this anonymous page is mapped only here, its pte may need
 	 * to be write-protected.  If it's mapped elsewhere, all of its
@@ -1068,6 +1031,7 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 	}
 
+out_unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -1620,8 +1584,7 @@ next_mm:
 				cond_resched();
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (PageAnon(*page) ||
-			    page_trans_compound_anon(*page)) {
+			if (PageAnon(*page)) {
 				flush_anon_page(vma, *page, ksm_scan.address);
 				flush_dcache_page(*page);
 				rmap_item = get_next_rmap_item(slot,
-- 
2.5.3

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