Re: [PATCH 07/17] mm/sparse-vmemmap: support section-based vmemmap optimization
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 01:10:24 EST
> Teach sparse-vmemmap population code to use the compound page order
> when deciding whether a vmemmap page can be optimized.
>
> With this information, the common sparse-vmemmap population path can
> allocate or reuse shared tail vmemmap pages directly instead of relying
> on HugeTLB/DAX-specific handling.
>
> This centralizes vmemmap optimization logic in the sparse-vmemmap code,
> based on section metadata, and prepares for sharing the same mechanism
> across different users of vmemmap optimization, including HugeTLB and
> DAX.
>
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index 41a1ebbe5e85..41f6a584a52a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ struct zone {
> /* Zone statistics */
> atomic_long_t vm_stat[NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS];
> atomic_long_t vm_numa_event[NR_VM_NUMA_EVENT_ITEMS];
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> struct page *vmemmap_tails[NR_OPTIMIZABLE_FOLIO_ORDERS];
> #endif
> } ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
> index ebbab7421633..8ec8b447d75e 100644
> --- a/mm/internal.h
> +++ b/mm/internal.h
> @@ -993,6 +993,9 @@ static inline void __section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms,
>
> ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT;
> }
> +
> +int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
What about !SPARSE_VMEMMAP case?
> #else
> static inline void sparse_init(void) {}
> #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
> diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> index 99f59394feab..232f2a08afad 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> @@ -146,17 +146,49 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_verify(pte_t *pte, int node,
> start, end - 1);
> }
>
> +static struct zone __meminit *pfn_to_zone(unsigned long pfn, int nid)
> +{
> + pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> +
> + for (enum zone_type zone_type = 0; zone_type < MAX_NR_ZONES; zone_type++) {
> + struct zone *zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zone_type];
> +
> + if (zone_spans_pfn(zone, pfn))
> + return zone;
> + }
> +
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone);
> +
Maybe just move the entire function here?
> static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
> struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
> unsigned long ptpfn, unsigned long flags)
> {
> pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
> + struct page *page = (struct page *)addr;
> + unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> + unsigned int order = section_order(__pfn_to_section(pfn));
> +
> if (pte_none(ptep_get(pte))) {
> pte_t entry;
> - void *p;
> +
> + if (page_vmemmap_optimizable(page, order) &&
> + ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) {
> + struct zone *zone = pfn_to_zone(pfn, node);
> +
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!zone))
> + return NULL;
> + page = vmemmap_get_tail(order, zone);
> + if (!page)
> + return NULL;
> + ptpfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> + }
>
> if (ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) {
> - p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap);
> + void *p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap);
> +
> if (!p)
> return NULL;
> ptpfn = PHYS_PFN(__pa(p));
> @@ -175,7 +207,8 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in
> }
> entry = pfn_pte(ptpfn, PAGE_KERNEL);
> set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, entry);
> - }
> + } else if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_vmemmap_optimizable(page, order)))
> + return NULL;
> return pte;
> }
>
> @@ -320,7 +353,6 @@ void vmemmap_wrprotect_hvo(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> }
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
> {
> struct page *p, *tail;
> @@ -348,6 +380,7 @@ static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *
> return tail;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hvo(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> unsigned int order, struct zone *zone,
> unsigned long headsize)
> @@ -402,6 +435,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> pmd_t *pmd;
>
> for (addr = start; addr < end; addr = next) {
> + unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr);
> + struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
> +
> next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
>
> pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node);
> @@ -417,7 +453,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> - if (pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd))) {
> + if (pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd)) && !section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms)) {
> void *p;
>
> p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node, altmap);
> @@ -435,8 +471,19 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> */
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> - } else if (vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd, node, addr, next))
> + } else if (vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd, node, addr, next)) {
> + const struct mem_section *start_ms;
> + unsigned long align = max(1UL << section_order(ms), PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> +
> + /* HVO-covered sections must not use PMD mappings. */
> + start_ms = __pfn_to_section(ALIGN_DOWN(pfn, align));
> + if (!IS_ALIGNED(pfn, align) && section_vmemmap_optimizable(start_ms))
> + return -ENOTSUPP;
> +
> + /* PMD mappings end HVO coverage for this section. */
> + section_set_order(ms, 0);
The whole pmd block here becomes really hairy.
I'd suggest splitting it out to a helper function and reducing the
amount of nested ifs with early returns where possible.
> continue;
> + }
> if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, altmap))
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> @@ -642,36 +689,6 @@ void offline_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> }
> }
>
> -static int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> - struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
> -{
> - const struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
> - const unsigned int order = pgmap ? pgmap->vmemmap_shift : section_order(ms);
> - const unsigned long pages_per_compound = 1UL << order;
> - unsigned int vmemmap_pages = OPTIMIZED_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_PAGES;
> -
> - VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SUBSECTION));
> - VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_pages > PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> -
> - if (vmemmap_can_optimize(altmap, pgmap))
> - vmemmap_pages = VMEMMAP_RESERVE_NR;
> -
> - if (!vmemmap_can_optimize(altmap, pgmap) && !section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms))
> - return DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page), PAGE_SIZE);
> -
> - if (order < PFN_SECTION_SHIFT) {
> - VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, pages_per_compound));
> - return vmemmap_pages * nr_pages / pages_per_compound;
> - }
> -
> - VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> -
> - if (IS_ALIGNED(pfn, pages_per_compound))
> - return vmemmap_pages;
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static struct page * __meminit populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
> unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
> struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 9457a4d6a6fc..3e96478a63e0 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -284,6 +284,36 @@ static void __init sparse_usage_fini(void)
> sparse_usagebuf = sparse_usagebuf_end = NULL;
> }
>
> +int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
> +{
I don't think moving this to sparse.c is a good idea, let's keep vmemmap
code in sparse-vmemmap.c
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.