linux-kernel - [PATCH v9 12/12] powerpc/64s/radix: Enable huge vmalloc mappings

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Date:   Sat,  5 Dec 2020 16:57:25 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 12/12] powerpc/64s/radix: Enable huge vmalloc mappings

Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  2 ++
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig                            |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c                    | 13 +++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 44fde25bb221..3538c750c583 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3220,6 +3220,8 @@
 
 	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
 
+	nohugevmalloc	[PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
+
 	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
 			Equivalent to smt=1.
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index e9f13fe08492..ae10381dd324 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP		if PPC_BOOK3S_64 && PPC_RADIX_MMU
+	select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC		if HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN			if PPC32 && PPC_PAGE_SHIFT <= 14
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC		if PPC32 && PPC_PAGE_SHIFT <= 14
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
index a211b0253cdb..bc2695eeeb4c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
@@ -92,8 +92,17 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TASK_SIZE > MODULES_VADDR);
 
-	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, GFP_KERNEL,
-				    PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+	/*
+	 * Don't do huge page allocations for modules yet until more testing
+	 * is done. STRICT_MODULE_RWX may require extra work to support this
+	 * too.
+	 */
+
+	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END,
+				    GFP_KERNEL,
+				    PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
+				    VM_NOHUGE | VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS,
+				    NUMA_NO_NODE,
 				    __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.23.0