linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] alpha: mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE

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Message-ID: <66cd5b21aecc3281318b66a3a4aae078c4b9d37b.1763117269.git.zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:11:15 +0800
From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@...ux.dev>
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	Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>,
	Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] alpha: mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE

From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>

On a 64-bit system, madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) may cause a large number of
empty PTE page table pages (such as 100GB+). To resolve this problem,
first enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE to prepare for enabling the
PT_RECLAIM feature, which resolves this problem.

Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
---
 arch/alpha/Kconfig           | 1 +
 arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 80367f2cf821c..681ed894d9e72 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config ALPHA
 	select MMU_GATHER_NO_RANGE
 	select SPARSEMEM_EXTREME if SPARSEMEM
 	select ZONE_DMA
+	select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	help
 	  The Alpha is a 64-bit general-purpose processor designed and
 	  marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation of blessed memory,
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
index 4f79e331af5ea..4fe5a901720f0 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/tlb.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/tlb.h>
 
-#define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, address)		pte_free((tlb)->mm, pte)
-#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, address)		pmd_free((tlb)->mm, pmd)
- 
+#define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, address)	\
+	tlb_remove_ptdesc((tlb), page_ptdesc(pte))
+#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, address)	\
+	tlb_remove_ptdesc((tlb), virt_to_ptdesc(pmd))
+
 #endif
-- 
2.20.1