linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: introduce num_pages

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Message-ID: <97d3993c-12aa-4917-9bbd-d9c94fbda788@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 09:56:23 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: lizhe.67@...edance.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
 akpm@...ux-foundation.org, peterx@...hat.com, jgg@...pe.ca
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: introduce num_pages_contiguous()

On 04.07.25 08:25, lizhe.67@...edance.com wrote:
> From: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@...edance.com>
> 
> Function num_pages_contiguous() determine the number of contiguous
> pages starting from the first page in the given array of page pointers.
> VFIO will utilize this interface to accelerate the VFIO DMA map process.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

I think Jason suggested having this as a helper as well.

> Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@...edance.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/mm.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 0ef2ba0c667a..1d26203d1ced 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ extern unsigned long sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes;
>   #define folio_page_idx(folio, p)	((p) - &(folio)->page)
>   #endif
>   
> +/*
> + * num_pages_contiguous() - determine the number of contiguous pages
> + * starting from the first page.


Maybe clarify here here:

"Pages are contiguous if they represent contiguous PFNs. Depending on 
the memory model, this can mean that the addresses of the "struct page"s 
are not contiguous."


> + *
> + * @pages: an array of page pointers
> + * @nr_pages: length of the array
> + */
> +static inline unsigned long num_pages_contiguous(struct page **pages,
> +						 unsigned long nr_pages)
> +{
> +	struct page *first_page = pages[0];
> +	unsigned long i;
> +
> +	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
> +		if (pages[i] != nth_page(first_page, i))

if (pages[i] != nth_page(pages[0], i))

Should be clear as well, so no need for the temporary "first_page" variable.

Apart from that LGTM.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb