linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] /dev/zero: try to align PMD

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Message-ID: <20250730022206.1349706-1-zhangqilong3@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:06 +0800
From: Zhang Qilong <zhangqilong3@...wei.com>
To: <arnd@...db.de>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
	<zhangqilong3@...wei.com>, <sunnanyong@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] /dev/zero: try to align PMD_SIZE for private mapping

If THP is enable, mapping /dev/zero with a size larger than 2MB could
achieve performance gains by allocating aligned address. The mprot_tw4m
in libMicro average execution time on arm64:
  - Test case:        mprot_tw4m
  - Before the patch:   22 us
  - After the patch:    17 us

Signed-off-by: Zhang Qilong <zhangqilong3@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/char/mem.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 48839958b0b1..3699e716b84e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -525,12 +525,20 @@ static unsigned long get_unmapped_area_zero(struct file *file,
 		 * so as not to confuse shmem with our handle on "/dev/zero".
 		 */
 		return shmem_get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+	/*
+	 * Attempt to map aligned to huge page size if possible, otherwise we
+	 * fall back to system page size mappings in thp_get_unmapped_area.
+	 */
+	return thp_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+#else
 	/* Otherwise flags & MAP_PRIVATE: with no shmem object beneath it */
 	return mm_get_unmapped_area(current->mm, file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+#endif
 #else
 	return -ENOSYS;
 #endif
 }
 
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