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Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:30:45 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@....de, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add /proc/PID/{smaps, numa_maps} support for DAX

On Wed 25-10-17 08:27:35, Fan Du wrote:
> So user could check those interface for more detailed
> information about how much DAX mappings are currently
> created.
> 
> Here we use vma_is_dax method to find specific page
> struture with DAX {huge, normal}page mappings,
> vm_normal_page routine works as before without any
> impact on the existing logical where _vm_normal_page
> are called.
> 
> With this patch, user could check Device DAX usage at Ptes@ readings,
> fox example, statistics from a Device DAX algined by 2MB:
> 
> 7f6c17800000-7f6c17e00000 rw-s 00000000 00:06 20559  /dev/dax12.0
> Size:               6144 kB
> .
> .
> .
> Ptes@2MB:      		6144 kB

This says how but it doesn't tell why and who is going to use the
information and what for.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com>
> ---
> v3:
> * Elaborate more about the usage suggested by Michal Hocko
> 
> v2:
> * Using pte_devmap to check valid pfn page structure,
>   Pointed out by Dan. thx!
> 
> ---
>  fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> index 30dbf37..5c4535c 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> @@ -531,7 +531,10 @@ static void smaps_pte_entry(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
>  	struct page *page = NULL;
>  
>  	if (pte_present(*pte)) {
> -		page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, *pte);
> +		if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
> +			page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, *pte);
> +		else if (pte_devmap(*pte))
> +			page = pte_page(*pte);
>  		mss->rss_pte += PAGE_SIZE;
>  	} else if (is_swap_pte(*pte)) {
>  		swp_entry_t swpent = pte_to_swp_entry(*pte);
> @@ -583,7 +586,11 @@ static void smaps_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
>  	struct page *page;
>  
>  	/* FOLL_DUMP will return -EFAULT on huge zero page */
> -	page = follow_trans_huge_pmd(vma, addr, pmd, FOLL_DUMP);
> +	if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
> +		page = follow_trans_huge_pmd(vma, addr, pmd, FOLL_DUMP);
> +	else if (pmd_devmap(*pmd))
> +		page = pmd_page(*pmd);
> +
>  	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
>  		return;
>  	if (PageAnon(page))
> @@ -1770,13 +1777,15 @@ static int gather_pte_stats(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
>  	spinlock_t *ptl;
>  	pte_t *orig_pte;
>  	pte_t *pte;
> +	struct page *page;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>  	ptl = pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma);
>  	if (ptl) {
> -		struct page *page;
> -
> -		page = can_gather_numa_stats_pmd(*pmd, vma, addr);
> +		if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
> +			page = can_gather_numa_stats_pmd(*pmd, vma, addr);
> +		else if (pmd_devmap(*pmd))
> +			page = pmd_page(*pmd);
>  		if (page)
>  			gather_stats(page, md, pmd_dirty(*pmd),
>  				     HPAGE_PMD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -1789,7 +1798,10 @@ static int gather_pte_stats(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
>  #endif
>  	orig_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
>  	do {
> -		struct page *page = can_gather_numa_stats(*pte, vma, addr);
> +		if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
> +			page = can_gather_numa_stats(*pte, vma, addr);
> +		else if (pte_devmap(*pte))
> +			page = pte_page(*pte);
>  		if (!page)
>  			continue;
>  		gather_stats(page, md, pte_dirty(*pte), 1);
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs