linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/2] uprobe: collapse THP pmd after removing all uprobes

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Message-ID: <20190801184823.3184410-3-songliubraving@fb.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 11:48:23 -0700
From:   Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <matthew.wilcox@...cle.com>, <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        <oleg@...hat.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <william.kucharski@...cle.com>, <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] uprobe: collapse THP pmd after removing all uprobes

After all uprobes are removed from the huge page (with PTE pgtable), it
is possible to collapse the pmd and benefit from THP again. This patch
does the collapse by calling collapse_pte_mapped_thp().

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 27b596f14463..e5c30941ea04 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu-rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
+#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
 
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
 
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *old_page, *new_page;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int ret, is_register, ref_ctr_updated = 0;
+	bool orig_page_huge = false;
 
 	is_register = is_swbp_insn(&opcode);
 	uprobe = container_of(auprobe, struct uprobe, arch);
@@ -529,6 +531,9 @@ int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				/* let go new_page */
 				put_page(new_page);
 				new_page = NULL;
+
+				if (PageCompound(orig_page))
+					orig_page_huge = true;
 			}
 			put_page(orig_page);
 		}
@@ -547,6 +552,10 @@ int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (ret && is_register && ref_ctr_updated)
 		update_ref_ctr(uprobe, mm, -1);
 
+	/* try collapse pmd for compound page */
+	if (!ret && orig_page_huge)
+		collapse_pte_mapped_thp(mm, vaddr & HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1