[tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/cpa: Optimize same protection check
From: tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Sep 27 2018 - 14:50:58 EST
Commit-ID: 1c4b406ee89c2c4210f2e19b97d39215f445c316
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/1c4b406ee89c2c4210f2e19b97d39215f445c316
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:29:15 +0200
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:39:39 +0200
x86/mm/cpa: Optimize same protection check
When the existing mapping is correct and the new requested page protections
are the same as the existing ones, then further checks can be omitted and the
large page can be preserved. The slow path 4k wise check will not come up with
a different result.
Before:
1G pages checked: 2
1G pages sameprot: 0
1G pages preserved: 0
2M pages checked: 540
2M pages sameprot: 466
2M pages preserved: 47
4K pages checked: 800709
4K pages set-checked: 7668
After:
1G pages checked: 2
1G pages sameprot: 0
1G pages preserved: 0
2M pages checked: 538
2M pages sameprot: 466
2M pages preserved: 47
4K pages checked: 560642
4K pages set-checked: 7668
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bin Yang <bin.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Gross <mark.gross@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180917143546.424477581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 19781b0ab4b4..5160334f9095 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -839,6 +839,20 @@ static int __should_split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
return 1;
}
+ /*
+ * Optimization: If the requested pgprot is the same as the current
+ * pgprot, then the large page can be preserved and no updates are
+ * required independent of alignment and length of the requested
+ * range. The above already established that the current pgprot is
+ * correct, which in consequence makes the requested pgprot correct
+ * as well if it is the same. The static protection scan below will
+ * not come to a different conclusion.
+ */
+ if (pgprot_val(req_prot) == pgprot_val(old_prot)) {
+ cpa_inc_lp_sameprot(level);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/*
* Make sure that the requested pgprot does not violate the static
* protections. Check the full large page whether one of the pages