linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/11] zsmalloc: switch from alloc_vm_area to get_vm

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Date:   Fri,  2 Oct 2020 14:21:58 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@...el.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] zsmalloc: switch from alloc_vm_area to get_vm_area

Just manually pre-fault the PTEs using apply_to_page_range.

Co-developed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 mm/zsmalloc.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index c36fdff9a37131..918c7b019b3d78 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,16 @@ static inline int __zs_cpu_up(struct mapping_area *area)
 	 */
 	if (area->vm)
 		return 0;
-	area->vm = alloc_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * 2, NULL);
+	area->vm = get_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * 2, 0);
 	if (!area->vm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Populate ptes in advance to avoid pte allocation with GFP_KERNEL
+	 * in non-preemtible context of zs_map_object.
+	 */
+	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, (unsigned long)area->vm->addr,
+			PAGE_SIZE * 2, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline void __zs_cpu_down(struct mapping_area *area)
-- 
2.28.0