From: "Li Zhe" <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
To: <apopple@nvidia.com>, <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
<arnd@arndb.de>, <bp@alien8.de>, <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
<david@kernel.org>, <mingo@redhat.com>, <rppt@kernel.org>,
<tglx@kernel.org>, <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-mm@kvack.org>, <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>, <x86@kernel.org>,
<linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] mm: use memcpy_streaming() in zone-device template copies
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 12:01:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260521040124.10608-8-lizhe.67@bytedance.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260521040124.10608-1-lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
The template fast path still leaves the actual copy sequence up to the
compiler. Use the streaming-copy helpers introduced in the previous
patches for the ZONE_DEVICE template-copy path so common mm code can
request a write-once copy primitive without embedding arch-specific
store layout in the generic layer.
ZONE_DEVICE memmap initialization is a write-once path: each struct page
is populated once and is not expected to be reused from cache
immediately afterwards. A regular cached copy can therefore incur
write-allocate traffic and pollute the cache without much benefit.
Using memcpy_streaming() lets this path use an architecture-optimized
streaming copy where available, while still degrading to memcpy() on
architectures that do not provide a specialized implementation.
Update the PFN-dependent section bits and page->virtual state in the
reusable template before each copy instead of patching the destination
page afterwards. This keeps the hot path as a single streaming copy for
the common case and avoids post-copy normal stores to cachelines that
were just written through the streaming path. Keep pageblock-aligned PFNs
on memcpy() so pageblock initialization can immediately read back page
metadata without introducing a read-after-streaming dependency.
When the streaming backend uses non-temporal stores, order them before
entering memmap_init_compound(), before prep_compound_head() updates the
overlapping compound metadata, and before returning from
memmap_init_zone_device().
Keep sanitized builds on the slow path so KASAN/KMSAN retain their
instrumented stores.
Tested in a VM with a 100 GB fsdax namespace device configured with
map=dev and a 100 GB devdax namespace (align=2097152) on Intel Ice Lake
server.
Test procedure:
Rebind the nd_pmem and dax_pmem driver 30 times and collect the memmap
initialization time from the pr_debug() output of
memmap_init_zone_device().
Base(v7.1-rc3):
First binding for nd_pmem driver: 1486 ms
Average of subsequent rebinds: 273.52 ms
First binding for dax_pmem driver: 1515 ms
Average of subsequent rebinds: 313.45 ms
With this series:
First binding for nd_pmem driver: 1389 ms
Average of subsequent rebinds: 111.08 ms
First binding for dax_pmem driver: 1294 ms
Average of subsequent rebinds: 110.24 ms
This reduces the average rebind time by about 59.4% for nd_pmem and
64.8% for dax_pmem.
Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
---
mm/mm_init.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 17a84d4cda01..08feb24795b8 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1075,13 +1075,15 @@ static void __ref zone_device_page_init_slow(struct page *page,
static inline bool zone_device_page_init_optimization_enabled(void)
{
/*
- * The template fast path copies a preinitialized struct page as an
- * array of u64 words. Skip it when the page_ref_set tracepoint is
- * enabled, and fall back to the slow path if struct page is not an
- * integral number of u64 words.
+ * The template fast path copies a preinitialized struct page from
+ * a reusable template. Keep sanitized builds on the slow path so
+ * their instrumented stores remain intact, skip the fast path when
+ * the page_ref_set tracepoint is enabled, and fall back if
+ * struct page is not an integral number of u64 words.
*/
- return !page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_set) &&
- IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct page), sizeof(u64));
+ return !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KMSAN) &&
+ !page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_set) &&
+ IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct page), sizeof(u64));
}
static inline void zone_device_template_head_page_init(struct page *template,
@@ -1104,30 +1106,42 @@ static inline void zone_device_template_tail_page_init(struct page *template,
}
/*
- * The copied template already provides the PFN-invariant portion of a
- * ZONE_DEVICE struct page. Fix up the fields that still depend on @pfn
- * after the copy, namely the section bits and page->virtual when present.
+ * 'template' is a reusable page prototype rather than a strictly immutable
+ * object. Most ZONE_DEVICE fields stay constant across the pages covered by
+ * the current template, but section bits and page->virtual may still depend
+ * on the PFN. Refresh those PFN-dependent fields in the template before
+ * copying it into @page.
*/
-static inline void zone_device_page_init_finish(struct page *page,
- unsigned long pfn)
+static inline void zone_device_page_update_template(struct page *template,
+ unsigned long pfn)
{
- set_page_section_from_pfn(page, pfn);
+ set_page_section_from_pfn(template, pfn);
#ifdef WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL
if (!is_highmem_idx(ZONE_DEVICE))
- set_page_address(page, __va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT));
+ set_page_address(template, __va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT));
#endif
}
static void zone_device_page_init_from_template(struct page *page,
- unsigned long pfn, const struct page *template)
+ unsigned long pfn, struct page *template)
{
- const u64 *src = (const u64 *)template;
- u64 *dst = (u64 *)page;
- unsigned int i;
+ /*
+ * 'template' carries the invariant portion of a ZONE_DEVICE struct
+ * page. Update the PFN-dependent fields in place before copying it
+ * to the destination page.
+ *
+ * pageblock-aligned pages immediately feed
+ * init_pageblock_migratetype(), which reads back page metadata via
+ * helpers like page_zone(page). Avoid a read-after-streaming
+ * dependency for these rare pages by using regular cached stores
+ * instead of non-temporal ones.
+ */
+ zone_device_page_update_template(template, pfn);
+ if (unlikely(pageblock_aligned(pfn)))
+ memcpy(page, template, sizeof(*page));
+ else
+ memcpy_streaming(page, template, sizeof(*page));
- for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct page) / sizeof(u64); i++)
- dst[i] = src[i];
- zone_device_page_init_finish(page, pfn);
zone_device_page_init_pageblock(page, pfn);
}
@@ -1168,9 +1182,10 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
__SetPageHead(head);
/*
- * A tail template can be reused for all tail pages in the same compound page
- * because shared state for compound tails is pre-set by prep_compound_tail().
- * The per-page page->virtual and section in flags are fixed up after copying.
+ * All tails of the same compound page share the state established by
+ * prep_compound_tail(). Reuse one tail template for the whole range
+ * and refresh only the PFN-dependent fields in that template before
+ * each copy.
*/
if (use_template)
zone_device_template_tail_page_init(&template, head_pfn + 1,
@@ -1189,6 +1204,15 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
set_page_count(page, 0);
}
}
+
+ /*
+ * prep_compound_head() updates compound metadata in struct folio fields
+ * that alias the first tail-page descriptors. When the tail pages above
+ * were populated with non-temporal stores, order those writes before the
+ * overlapping metadata updates below.
+ */
+ if (use_template)
+ memcpy_streaming_drain();
prep_compound_head(head, order);
}
@@ -1237,10 +1261,23 @@ void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone *zone,
if (pfns_per_compound == 1)
continue;
+ /*
+ * Compound-head setup immediately updates head->flags, so make
+ * the streaming template copy visible before entering
+ * memmap_init_compound().
+ */
+ if (use_template)
+ memcpy_streaming_drain();
+
memmap_init_compound(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap,
compound_nr_pages(altmap, pgmap),
use_template);
}
+ /*
+ * Drain any remaining non-temporal stores before returning.
+ */
+ if (use_template)
+ memcpy_streaming_drain();
pr_debug("%s initialised %lu pages in %ums\n", __func__,
nr_pages, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start));
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-21 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-21 4:01 [PATCH v2 0/7] mm: speed up ZONE_DEVICE memmap initialization Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] mm: factor zone-device page init helpers out of __init_zone_device_page Li Zhe
2026-05-23 12:10 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-25 3:51 ` Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] mm: add a set_page_section_from_pfn() helper Li Zhe
2026-05-23 12:10 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] mm: add a template-based fast path for zone-device page init Li Zhe
2026-05-23 12:10 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-25 4:02 ` Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] mm: extend the template fast path to zone-device compound tails Li Zhe
2026-05-23 12:10 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-25 4:11 ` Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] string: introduce memcpy_streaming() helpers Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] x86/string: extend memcpy_flushcache() fixed-size fastpaths Li Zhe
2026-05-21 4:01 ` Li Zhe [this message]
2026-05-23 12:10 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] mm: use memcpy_streaming() in zone-device template copies Mike Rapoport
2026-05-25 4:59 ` Li Zhe
2026-05-21 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] mm: speed up ZONE_DEVICE memmap initialization Andrew Morton
2026-05-22 7:49 ` Li Zhe
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