Re: [PATCH] vmcore: convert mmap_vmcore_fault() to use folios

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 05:45:07 EST


(cc s390 folks)

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 07:42:15PM -0400, Tal Zussman wrote:
> Use a folio for the page cache page the s390 fault handler reads the

I tiny bit of context why is this only relevant for s390 would have been
nice :)

> old kernel's memory into. This removes four compound_head() calls and
> one of the last callers of find_or_create_page().
>
> The vmcore mapping only has order-0 folios, so the logic is unchanged.
>
> Compile tested for s390.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is based on the kexec-next branch of the liveupdate tree.
> ---
> fs/proc/vmcore.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> index 44d15436439f..2dc3803aa11d 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> @@ -474,29 +474,30 @@ static vm_fault_t mmap_vmcore_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> pgoff_t index = vmf->pgoff;
> struct iov_iter iter;
> struct kvec kvec;
> - struct page *page;
> + struct folio *folio;
> loff_t offset;
> int rc;
>
> - page = find_or_create_page(mapping, index, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!page)
> + folio = __filemap_get_folio(mapping, index,
> + FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (IS_ERR(folio))
> return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> - if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
> - offset = (loff_t) index << PAGE_SHIFT;
> - kvec.iov_base = page_address(page);
> - kvec.iov_len = PAGE_SIZE;
> - iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, &kvec, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
> + offset = folio_pos(folio);
> + kvec.iov_base = folio_address(folio);
> + kvec.iov_len = folio_size(folio);
> + iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, &kvec, 1, folio_size(folio));
>
> rc = __read_vmcore(&iter, &offset);
> if (rc < 0) {
> - unlock_page(page);
> - put_page(page);
> + folio_unlock(folio);
> + folio_put(folio);
> return vmf_error(rc);
> }
> - SetPageUptodate(page);
> + folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
> }
> - unlock_page(page);
> - vmf->page = page;
> + folio_unlock(folio);
> + vmf->page = folio_file_page(folio, index);
> return 0;
> #else
> return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>
> ---
> base-commit: 4d17a004cfd5489f88ad0a7a151dea11a533338b
> change-id: 20260907-vmcore-fault-folio-4b382eeff262
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.