[PATCH 03/13] mm: Provide generic pmd_thp_or_huge()

Muchun Song muchun.song at linux.dev
Sun Dec 24 22:29:53 PST 2023



On 2023/12/19 15:55, peterx at redhat.com wrote:
> From: Peter Xu <peterx at redhat.com>
>
> ARM defines pmd_thp_or_huge(), detecting either a THP or a huge PMD.  It
> can be a helpful helper if we want to merge more THP and hugetlb code
> paths.  Make it a generic default implementation, only exist when
> CONFIG_MMU.  Arch can overwrite it by defining its own version.
>
> For example, ARM's pgtable-2level.h defines it to always return false.
>
> Keep the macro declared with all config, it should be optimized to a false
> anyway if !THP && !HUGETLB.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx at redhat.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/pgtable.h | 4 ++++
>   mm/gup.c                | 3 +--
>   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> index af7639c3b0a3..6f2fa1977b8a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> @@ -1355,6 +1355,10 @@ static inline int pmd_write(pmd_t pmd)
>   #endif /* pmd_write */
>   #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
>   
> +#ifndef pmd_thp_or_huge

I think it may be the time to rename to pmd_thp_or_hugetlb,
the "huge" is really confusing. thp is not huge? Actually,
it is huge. It is better to make it more specific from now on, like
"hugetlb".

BTW, please cc me via the new email (muchun.song at linux.dev) next edition.

Thanks.

> +#define pmd_thp_or_huge(pmd)	(pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(pmd))
> +#endif
> +
>   #ifndef pud_write
>   static inline int pud_write(pud_t pud)
>   {
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 0a5f0e91bfec..efc9847e58fb 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -3004,8 +3004,7 @@ static int gup_pmd_range(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned lo
>   		if (!pmd_present(pmd))
>   			return 0;
>   
> -		if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(pmd) || pmd_huge(pmd) ||
> -			     pmd_devmap(pmd))) {
> +		if (unlikely(pmd_thp_or_huge(pmd) || pmd_devmap(pmd))) {
>   			/* See gup_pte_range() */
>   			if (pmd_protnone(pmd))
>   				return 0;




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