Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 04:00:38 EST


Hi,

> The section-based vmemmap optimization infrastructure is still guarded by
> CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP, but it also can be used by device
> DAX. Introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION as a common config

CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION is a bit mouthful :)

I think that dropping _SPARSEMEM won't hurt readability.

> for the shared infrastructure.
>
> Select the new option from HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP and from
> DEV_DAX when the architecture opts in to DAX vmemmap optimization, and
> use it to guard the generic sparse-vmemmap state and helpers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
> index bc3e549795c3f..5f8424eade2bd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
> #undef CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS
> #undef CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
> #undef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> -#undef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> +#undef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
> #undef CONFIG_NR_CPUS
> #undef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/Kconfig b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
> index 602f9a0839a91..6250954b0fa7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ if DAX
> config DEV_DAX
> tristate "Device DAX: direct access mapping device"
> depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> + depends on ZONE_DEVICE
> + select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION if ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP
> help
> Support raw access to differentiated (persistence, bandwidth,
> latency...) memory via an mmap(2) capable character
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index d1c210c6508f0..9b32ce79cc805 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ config HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> def_bool HUGETLB_PAGE
> depends on ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP
> depends on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> + select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
>
> config HUGETLB_PMD_PAGE_TABLE_SHARING
> def_bool HUGETLB_PAGE
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index c49ef99b4413b..a2ebe87e76546 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -5175,6 +5175,9 @@ static inline bool __vmemmap_can_optimize(struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
> unsigned long nr_pages;
> unsigned long nr_vmemmap_pages;
>
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION))
> + return false;
> +
> if (!pgmap || !is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)))
> return false;
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index acd94cecc0d39..97511f651ebc0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
> *
> * HVO which is only active if the size of struct page is a power of 2.
> */
> -#define MAX_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_ALIGN \
> - (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP) && \
> - is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ? \
> +#define MAX_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_ALIGN \
> + (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION) && \
> + is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ? \
> MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES * sizeof(struct page) : 0)
>
> /* The number of retained vmemmap pages with HVO enabled. */
> @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@
> #define __VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS \
> (MAX_FOLIO_ORDER - VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_MIN_ORDER + 1)
> #define VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS \
> - (__VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS > 0 ? __VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS : 0)
> + ((__VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS > 0 && \
> + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION)) ? __VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS : 0)
>
> enum migratetype {
> MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE,
> @@ -1155,7 +1156,7 @@ 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_OPTIMIZATION
> struct page *vmemmap_tails[VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS];
> #endif
> } ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
> @@ -2019,7 +2020,7 @@ struct mem_section {
> unsigned long section_mem_map;
>
> struct mem_section_usage *usage;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
> /*
> * Normally, sections hold regular (order-0) pages. However, for
> * sections with HVO enabled, this tracks the compound page order
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> index 86dd0470da117..462e89e055485 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -208,14 +208,13 @@ enum pageflags {
> static __always_inline bool compound_info_has_mask(void)
> {
> /*
> - * Limit mask usage to HugeTLB vmemmap optimization (HVO) where it
> - * makes a difference.
> + * Limit mask usage to HVO where it makes a difference.
> *
> * The approach with mask would work in the wider set of conditions,
> * but it requires validating that struct pages are naturally aligned
> * for all orders up to the MAX_FOLIO_ORDER, which can be tricky.
> */
> - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP))
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION))
> return false;
>
> return is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page));
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index bc7befafb47b5..c180d40cd6712 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ config SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> pfn_to_page and page_to_pfn operations. This is the most
> efficient option when sufficient kernel resources are available.
>
> +config SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
> + bool
> + depends on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> +
> #
> # Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it is preferred
> # to enable the feature of HugeTLB/dev_dax vmemmap optimization.
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
> index d3a71ef4fad0f..3151d4db75753 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.h
> +++ b/mm/sparse.h
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/mmzone.h>
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
> static inline unsigned int section_compound_order(const struct mem_section *section)
> {
> return section->compound_page_order;
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static inline bool vmemmap_optimizable_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
>
> static inline bool vmemmap_optimizable_order(unsigned int order)
> {
> - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP))
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION))
> return false;
>
> if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)))

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.