[PATCH v2 08/17] mm/sparse-vmemmap: support section-based vmemmap optimization
From: Muchun Song
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 05:34:46 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-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>
---
v2:
- Keep vmemmap accounting and population logic in sparse-vmemmap.c
(suggested by Mike Rapoport)
- Move vmemmap_get_tail() before its first use instead of adding only a
forward declaration in the previous patch (suggested by Mike Rapoport)
- Simplify the PMD path handling for HVO-covered sections
---
mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
mm/sparse.c | 4 ++--
mm/sparse.h | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index b770fe2428fd..e818b4109777 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *
return tail;
}
+#else
+static inline struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
#endif
static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
@@ -193,12 +198,24 @@ static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, in
unsigned long ptpfn, unsigned long flags)
{
pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
+ unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn((struct page *)addr);
+
if (pte_none(ptep_get(pte))) {
pte_t entry;
- void *p;
+
+ if (pfn_vmemmap_optimizable(pfn) && ptpfn == (unsigned long)-1) {
+ unsigned int order = section_order(__pfn_to_section(pfn));
+ struct zone *zone = pfn_to_zone(pfn, node);
+ struct page *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));
@@ -217,7 +234,8 @@ 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(pfn_vmemmap_optimizable(pfn)))
+ return NULL;
return pte;
}
@@ -406,6 +424,9 @@ 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);
+ const struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
+
next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
pgd = vmemmap_pgd_populate(addr, node);
@@ -421,7 +442,7 @@ 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);
@@ -439,8 +460,11 @@ 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)) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms)))
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
continue;
+ }
if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, altmap))
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -648,7 +672,7 @@ 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,
+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);
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index ca9875f568d3..24555a32a5d9 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
nid, NULL, NULL);
if (!map)
panic("Failed to allocate memmap for section %lu\n", pnum);
- memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page),
- PAGE_SIZE));
+ memmap_boot_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION,
+ NULL, NULL));
sparse_init_early_section(nid, map, pnum, 0);
}
}
diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
index 1e9fcea10181..4377b097dc8d 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.h
+++ b/mm/sparse.h
@@ -87,8 +87,15 @@ static inline bool section_vmemmap_optimizable(const struct mem_section *section
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
void sparse_init_subsection_map(void);
+int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
#else
static inline void sparse_init_subsection_map(void) {}
+static inline int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
+{
+ return DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page), PAGE_SIZE);
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
#endif /* __MM_SPARSE_H */
--
2.54.0