Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] mm/vmalloc: add vmalloc_no_huge

[David Rientjes]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2021, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:

> Commit 121e6f3258fe3 ("mm/vmalloc: hugepage vmalloc mappings") added
> support for hugepage vmalloc mappings, it also added the flag
> VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP for __vmalloc_node_range to request the allocation to
> be performed with 0-order non-huge pages.  This flag is not accessible
> when calling vmalloc, the only option is to call directly
> __vmalloc_node_range, which is not exported.
> 
> This means that a module can't vmalloc memory with small pages.
> 
> Case in point: KVM on s390x needs to vmalloc a large area, and it needs
> to be mapped with non-huge pages, because of a hardware limitation.
> 
> This patch adds the function vmalloc_no_huge, which works like vmalloc,
> but it is guaranteed to always back the mapping using small pages. This
> new function is exported, therefore it is usable by modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>