Re: [PATCH 3/4] drm/panthor: Consolidate the is-huge-page-mapping test

[Liviu Dudau]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 02:33:45PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> Right now the logic to determine whether a given VA in the drm_gpuva
> being unmapped is a huge page mapping or not is scattered
> in two functions: unmap_hugepage_align() and
> iova_mapped_as_huge_page(). This makes it harder to reason about the
> logic being implemented for very little gain (some simple checks being
> done twice), so let's consolidate all the checks related to huge page
> mapping testing in iova_mapped_as_huge_page() and leave
> unmap_hugepage_align() as a simple user of this helper that aligns the
> area to unmap based on the return of iova_mapped_as_huge_page().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Liviu

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
> index 6cef954e2cba..d2897099763e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
> @@ -2301,10 +2301,11 @@ iova_mapped_as_huge_page(struct drm_gpuva *mapping, u64 va)
>  	u64 aligned_va = ALIGN_DOWN(va, SZ_2M);
>  	pgoff_t bo_offset;
>  
> -	/* If the 2M-aligned VA is outside the mapping being tested, we know
> -	 * it's not a huge map.
> +	/* If the 2M section being tested is crossing the mapping boundary
> +	 * we know it's not a huge map.
>  	 */
> -	if (aligned_va < mapping->va.addr)
> +	if (aligned_va < mapping->va.addr ||
> +	    aligned_va + SZ_2M > mapping->va.addr + mapping->va.range)
>  		return false;
>  
>  	bo_offset = aligned_va - mapping->va.addr + mapping->gem.offset;
> @@ -2337,10 +2338,21 @@ iova_mapped_as_huge_page(struct drm_gpuva *mapping, u64 va)
>  		return false;
>  	} else {
>  		const struct page *pg = bo->backing.pages[bo_offset >> PAGE_SHIFT];
> +		struct panthor_vma *vma = container_of(mapping, struct panthor_vma, base);
> +		bool is_sparse = vma->flags & DRM_PANTHOR_VM_BIND_OP_MAP_SPARSE;
>  
> -		/* In case of shmem backing, we know we can only have a huge mapping
> -		 * if the bo_offset is 2M aligned, meaning we can skip the folio size
> -		 * check if it's not the case.
> +		/* If the unmapped VMA stands for a sparse mapping, always
> +		 * assume the backing storage is a THP, since the overhead of
> +		 * unmapping 2MiB worth of 4KiB pages and remapping some of
> +		 * them is offset by the logic of working out whether it's
> +		 * the opposite case right below.
> +		 */
> +		if (is_sparse)
> +			return true;
> +
> +		/* In case of shmem backing, we know we can only have a huge
> +		 * mapping if the bo_offset is 2M aligned, meaning we can skip
> +		 * the folio size check if it's not the case.
>  		 */
>  		if (!IS_ALIGNED(bo_offset, SZ_2M))
>  			return false;
> @@ -2353,36 +2365,23 @@ static void
>  unmap_hugepage_align(const struct drm_gpuva_op_remap *op,
>  		     u64 *unmap_start, u64 *unmap_range)
>  {
> -	struct panthor_vma *unmap_vma = container_of(op->unmap->va, struct panthor_vma, base);
> -	bool is_sparse = unmap_vma->flags & DRM_PANTHOR_VM_BIND_OP_MAP_SPARSE;
> -	u64 aligned_unmap_start, aligned_unmap_end, unmap_end;
> -
> -	unmap_end = *unmap_start + *unmap_range;
> -	aligned_unmap_start = ALIGN_DOWN(*unmap_start, SZ_2M);
> -	aligned_unmap_end = ALIGN(unmap_end, SZ_2M);
> +	u64 unmap_end = *unmap_start + *unmap_range;
>  
>  	/* If we're dealing with a huge page, make sure the unmap region is
> -	 * aligned on the start of the page. If the unmapped VMA stands for
> -	 * a sparse mapping, always assume the backing storage is a THP, since
> -	 * the overhead of unmapping 2MiB worth of 4KiB pages and remapping
> -	 * some of them is offset by the logic of working out whether it's
> -	 * the opposite case right below. This also holds true for op->next.
> +	 * aligned on the start of the page.
>  	 */
> -	if (op->prev && aligned_unmap_start < *unmap_start &&
> -	    op->prev->va.addr <= aligned_unmap_start &&
> -	    (is_sparse || iova_mapped_as_huge_page(op->unmap->va, *unmap_start))) {
> -		*unmap_range += *unmap_start - aligned_unmap_start;
> -		*unmap_start = aligned_unmap_start;
> -	}
> +	if (op->prev && !IS_ALIGNED(*unmap_start, SZ_2M) &&
> +	    iova_mapped_as_huge_page(op->unmap->va, *unmap_start))
> +		*unmap_start = ALIGN_DOWN(*unmap_start, SZ_2M);
>  
>  	/* If we're dealing with a huge page, make sure the unmap region is
>  	 * aligned on the end of the page.
>  	 */
> -	if (op->next && aligned_unmap_end > unmap_end &&
> -	    op->next->va.addr + op->next->va.range >= aligned_unmap_end &&
> -	    (is_sparse || iova_mapped_as_huge_page(op->unmap->va, unmap_end - 1))) {
> -		*unmap_range += aligned_unmap_end - unmap_end;
> -	}
> +	if (op->next && !IS_ALIGNED(unmap_end, SZ_2M) &&
> +	    iova_mapped_as_huge_page(op->unmap->va, unmap_end - 1))
> +		unmap_end = ALIGN(unmap_end, SZ_2M);
> +
> +	*unmap_range = unmap_end - *unmap_start;
>  }
>  
>  static int panthor_gpuva_sm_step_remap(struct drm_gpuva_op *op,
> 
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 

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