Re: [PATCH v9 08/10] mm/vmalloc: extract vm_shift() to consolidate mapping shift selection

From: Uladzislau Rezki

Date: Wed Sep 30 2026 - 12:02:24 EST


On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 02:28:30PM +0800, Wen Jiang wrote:
> Extract the vmalloc mapping shift selection from
> __vmalloc_node_range_noprof() into vm_shift(), preparing for reuse by the
> vmap batching path.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Suggested-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 6e0dec73107a7..a43965016eb4d 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -3568,6 +3568,14 @@ void vunmap(const void *addr)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(vunmap);
>
> +static inline unsigned int vm_shift(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long size)
> +{
> + if (arch_vmap_pmd_supported(prot) && size >= PMD_SIZE)
> + return PMD_SHIFT;
> +
> + return arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
> * @pages: array of page pointers
> @@ -4079,11 +4087,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
> * supporting them.
> */
>
> - if (arch_vmap_pmd_supported(prot) && size >= PMD_SIZE)
> - shift = PMD_SHIFT;
> - else
> - shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
> -
> + shift = vm_shift(prot, size);
> align = max(original_align, 1UL << shift);
> }
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

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