linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] hugetlb: perform vmemmap optimization on a list of pages

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Message-Id: <B97FCB21-8290-4FE5-B204-FCDA6687507B@linux.dev>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:24:39 +0800
From:   Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev>,
        Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Xiongchun Duan <duanxiongchun@...edance.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] hugetlb: perform vmemmap optimization on a list of
 pages



> On Sep 25, 2023, at 08:39, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> When adding hugetlb pages to the pool, we first create a list of the
> allocated pages before adding to the pool.  Pass this list of pages to a
> new routine hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios() for vmemmap optimization.
> 
> Due to significant differences in vmemmmap initialization for bootmem
> allocated hugetlb pages, a new routine prep_and_add_bootmem_folios
> is created.
> 
> We also modify the routine vmemmap_should_optimize() to check for pages
> that are already optimized.  There are code paths that might request
> vmemmap optimization twice and we want to make sure this is not
> attempted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>

Thanks.