[RFC PATCH 11/16] mm/madvise: let madvise_free_single_vma() caller batches tlb flushes
From: SeongJae Park
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 13:20:22 EST
Update madvise_free_single_vma() function so that the caller can pass an
mmu_gather object that should be initialized and will be finished
outside, for batched tlb flushes. Also modify madvise_free_single_vma()
internal code to support such usage while keeping support of olde usage
that the mmu_gather object is not passed.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 22da6699613c..767c5d21ee75 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -794,12 +794,19 @@ static const struct mm_walk_ops madvise_free_walk_ops = {
.walk_lock = PGWALK_RDLOCK,
};
-static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long end_addr)
+static int madvise_free_single_vma(
+ struct mmu_gather *caller_tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long end_addr)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
struct mmu_notifier_range range;
- struct mmu_gather tlb;
+ struct mmu_gather self_tlb;
+ struct mmu_gather *tlb;
+
+ if (caller_tlb)
+ tlb = caller_tlb;
+ else
+ tlb = &self_tlb;
/* MADV_FREE works for only anon vma at the moment */
if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma))
@@ -815,16 +822,18 @@ static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
range.start, range.end);
lru_add_drain();
- tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
+ if (!caller_tlb)
+ tlb_gather_mmu(tlb, mm);
update_hiwater_rss(mm);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
- tlb_start_vma(&tlb, vma);
+ tlb_start_vma(tlb, vma);
walk_page_range(vma->vm_mm, range.start, range.end,
- &madvise_free_walk_ops, &tlb);
- tlb_end_vma(&tlb, vma);
+ &madvise_free_walk_ops, tlb);
+ tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
- tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
+ if (!caller_tlb)
+ tlb_finish_mmu(tlb);
return 0;
}
@@ -957,7 +966,7 @@ static long madvise_dontneed_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (behavior == MADV_DONTNEED || behavior == MADV_DONTNEED_LOCKED)
return madvise_dontneed_single_vma(NULL, vma, start, end);
else if (behavior == MADV_FREE)
- return madvise_free_single_vma(vma, start, end);
+ return madvise_free_single_vma(NULL, vma, start, end);
else
return -EINVAL;
}
--
2.39.5