[PATCH v2 3/3] feat: grow vrealloc vm_area mappings in place
From: deepakroag
Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 07:58:04 EST
Allocate and map additional pages at the end of an existing vm_area when
vrealloc() grows past mapped pages, falling back to the memcpy path
otherwise.
Use flags (not gfp) in the in-place grow path for kvmalloc_array and
vm_area_alloc_pages.
Signed-off-by: deepakroag <gaikwad.dcg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 1afca3568..1eff71240 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -4426,8 +4426,56 @@ void *vrealloc_node_align_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, unsigned long align
return (void *)p;
}
+ {
+ unsigned int new_nr_pages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ unsigned int old_nr_pages = vm->nr_pages;
+
+ if (new_nr_pages > old_nr_pages && !vm_area_page_order(vm) &&
+ !(vm->flags & (VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS | VM_USERMAP)) &&
+ gfp_has_io_fs(flags)) {
+ unsigned int extra = new_nr_pages - old_nr_pages;
+ unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)kasan_reset_tag(p);
+ struct vmap_node *vn = addr_to_node(addr);
+ struct page **pages;
+ int ret;
+
+ pages = kvmalloc_array(extra, sizeof(struct page *), flags);
+ if (!pages)
+ goto need_realloc;
+
+ if (vm_area_alloc_pages(vmalloc_gfp_adjust(flags, 0), nid,
+ 0, extra, pages) != extra) {
+ kvfree(pages);
+ goto need_realloc;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock);
+ ret = vmap_pages_range(addr + ((unsigned long)old_nr_pages
+ << PAGE_SHIFT),
+ addr + ((unsigned long)new_nr_pages
+ << PAGE_SHIFT),
+ PAGE_KERNEL, pages, PAGE_SHIFT);
+ spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ free_pages_bulk(pages, extra);
+ kvfree(pages);
+ goto need_realloc;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(&vm->pages[old_nr_pages], pages,
+ extra * sizeof(struct page *));
+ kvfree(pages);
+ vm->nr_pages = new_nr_pages;
+ vm->requested_size = size;
+ kasan_vrealloc(p, old_size, size);
+ if (want_init_on_alloc(flags))
+ memset((void *)p + old_size, 0, size - old_size);
+ return (void *)p;
+ }
+ }
+
need_realloc:
- /* TODO: Grow the vm_area, i.e. allocate and map additional pages. */
+ /* Fall back to a fresh vm_area when in-place grow is not possible. */
n = __vmalloc_node_noprof(size, align, flags, nid, __builtin_return_address(0));
if (!n)
--
Deepak Rao Gaikwad