Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: kill set_huge_swap_pte_at()

[Qi Zheng]

On 2022/6/27 22:41, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 10:57:17PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> > The commit e5251fd43007 ("mm/hugetlb: introduce set_huge_swap_pte_at()
> > helper") add set_huge_swap_pte_at() to handle swap entries on
> > architectures that support hugepages consisting of contiguous ptes.
> > And currently the set_huge_swap_pte_at() is only overridden by arm64.
>
> Bleh.  I hate the way we handle these currently.
>
> > +static inline struct folio *hugetlb_swap_entry_to_folio(swp_entry_t entry)
> > +{
> > +	VM_BUG_ON(!is_migration_entry(entry) && !is_hwpoison_entry(entry));
> > +
> > +	return page_folio(pfn_to_page(swp_offset(entry)));
> > +}
>
> We haven't needed a pfn_to_folio() yet, but perhaps we should have one?

Hi,

IMO, it would be better to have a pfn_to_folio(), which can save the
redundant page_folio() call in the current case.

But this is not related to the current patch, maybe it can be a
separate optimization patch.

> Related, how should we store migration entries for multi-order folios
> in the page tables?  We can either encode the individual page in
> question, or we can encode the folio.  Do we need to support folios
> being mapped askew (ie unaligned), or will folios always be mapped
> aligned?

Do we currently have a scenario where we need to use skew mapped folios?
Maybe it can be used in pte-mapped THP? Hmm, I have no idea.

> > +	if (!pte_present(pte)) {
> > +		struct folio *folio;
> > +
> > +		folio = hugetlb_swap_entry_to_folio(pte_to_swp_entry(pte));
> > +		ncontig = num_contig_ptes(folio_size(folio), &pgsize);
> > +
> > +		for (i = 0; i < ncontig; i++, ptep++)
> > +			set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
> > +		return;
> > +	}
>
> It seems like a shame to calculate folio_size() only to turn it into a
> number of pages.  Don't you want to just use:
>
> 		ncontig = folio_nr_pages(folio);

We can't use folio_nr_pages() here, because for PMD_SIZE we only need
one entry instead of the PTRS_PER_PTE entries returned by
folio_nr_pages().

Thanks,
Qi

>

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Thanks,
Qi