Re: [PATCH V2] arm64/hugetlb: Consistently use pud_sect_supported()

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Tue Feb 18 2025 - 21:31:27 EST




On 2/18/25 19:31, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> On 18/02/2025 11:36, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> Let's be consistent in using pud_sect_supported() for PUD_SIZE sized pages.
>> Hence change hugetlb_mask_last_page() and arch_make_huge_pte() as required.
>>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> This patch applies on v6.14-rc3
>>
>> Changes in V2:
>>
>> - Added an warning when PUD_SIZE is requested but not supported per Ryan
>>
>> Changes in V1:
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250217065414.49489-1-anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx/
>>
>> arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 9 +++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
>> index 98a2a0e64e25..1d89599a20d7 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
>> @@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_mask_last_page(struct hstate *h)
>> switch (hp_size) {
>> #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
>> case PUD_SIZE:
>> - return PGDIR_SIZE - PUD_SIZE;
>> + if (pud_sect_supported())
>> + return PGDIR_SIZE - PUD_SIZE;
>> + break;
>> #endif
>> case CONT_PMD_SIZE:
>> return PUD_SIZE - CONT_PMD_SIZE;
>> @@ -364,7 +366,10 @@ pte_t arch_make_huge_pte(pte_t entry, unsigned int shift, vm_flags_t flags)
>> switch (pagesize) {
>> #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
>> case PUD_SIZE:
>> - entry = pud_pte(pud_mkhuge(pte_pud(entry)));
>> + if (pud_sect_supported())
>> + entry = pud_pte(pud_mkhuge(pte_pud(entry)));
>> + else
>> + pr_warn("%s: pud huge page not supported\n", __func__);
>> break;
>> #endif
>> case CONT_PMD_SIZE:
>
> Personally, I think something like this is cleaner than having 2 warnings:
>
> pte_t arch_make_huge_pte(pte_t entry, unsigned int shift, vm_flags_t flags)
> {
> size_t pagesize = 1UL << shift;
>
> switch (pagesize) {
> #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> case PUD_SIZE:
> if (pud_sect_supported())
> return pud_pte(pud_mkhuge(pte_pud(entry)));
> break;
> #endif
> case CONT_PMD_SIZE:
> return pmd_pte(pmd_mkhuge(pmd_mkcont(pte_pmd(entry))));
> case PMD_SIZE:
> return pmd_pte(pmd_mkhuge(pte_pmd(entry)));
> case CONT_PTE_SIZE:
> return pte_mkcont(entry);

A "default" entry is needed here for the switch statement above. But that
could be just a simple break statement.

> }
>
> pr_warn("%s: unrecognized huge page size 0x%lx\n",
> __func__, pagesize);


> return entry;
> }

Initially thought about that, but wondered if "unsupported" should be called
out as "unrecognized" instead. But that's a trivial detail. So I will do the
changes as suggested.