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From: Wen Jiang <jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, urezki@gmail.com, will@kernel.org
Cc: Xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com, ajd@linux.ibm.com,
	anshuman.khandual@arm.com, baohua@kernel.org, chleroy@kernel.org,
	david@kernel.org, dev.jain@arm.com, jiangwen6@xiaomi.com,
	leo.yan@arm.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
	rppt@kernel.org, ryan.roberts@arm.com,
	Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 07/10] mm/vmalloc: extend page table walk to support larger page_shift sizes and eliminate page table rewalk
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:29:30 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917052933.188679-8-jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917052933.188679-1-jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com>

From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>

vmap_pages_range_noflush_walk() (formerly vmap_small_pages_range_noflush())
provides a clean interface by taking struct page **pages and mapping them
via direct PTE iteration. This avoids the page table rewalk seen when
using vmap_range_noflush() for page_shift values other than PAGE_SHIFT.

Extend it to support larger page_shift values, and add PMD- and
contiguous-PTE mappings as well.

Rename it to vmap_pages_range_noflush_walk() since it now handles
more than just small pages.

For vmalloc() allocations with VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP, we no longer need to
iterate over pages one by one via vmap_range_noflush(), which would
otherwise lead to page table rewalk. The code is now unified with the
PAGE_SHIFT case by simply calling vmap_pages_range_noflush_walk().

Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index a0508bdb7d36f..cf1daf931a6f6 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -535,8 +535,10 @@ void vunmap_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
 
 static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
-		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
 {
+	unsigned long pfn, size;
+	unsigned int steps;
 	int err = 0;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
@@ -567,9 +569,10 @@ static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, mk_pte(page, prot));
-		(*nr)++;
-	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
+		pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+		size = vmap_set_ptes(pte, addr, end, pfn, prot, shift);
+		steps = PFN_DOWN(size);
+	} while (pte += steps, *nr += steps, addr += size, addr != end);
 
 	lazy_mmu_mode_disable();
 	*mask |= PGTBL_PTE_MODIFIED;
@@ -579,60 +582,88 @@ static int vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 
 static int vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
-		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
+	int err;
 
 	pmd = pmd_alloc_track(&init_mm, pud, addr, mask);
 	if (!pmd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	do {
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		if (shift >= PMD_SHIFT) {
+			struct page *page = pages[*nr];
+			phys_addr_t phys_addr;
+
+			if (WARN_ON(!page))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (WARN_ON(!pfn_valid(page_to_pfn(page))))
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			phys_addr = page_to_phys(page);
+
+			if (vmap_try_huge_pmd(pmd, addr, next, phys_addr, prot, shift)) {
+				*mask |= PGTBL_PMD_MODIFIED;
+				*nr += 1 << (PMD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		err = vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
-		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
 {
 	pud_t *pud;
 	unsigned long next;
+	int err;
 
 	pud = pud_alloc_track(&init_mm, p4d, addr, mask);
 	if (!pud)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	do {
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, int *nr,
-		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
+		pgtbl_mod_mask *mask, unsigned int shift)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 	unsigned long next;
+	int err;
 
 	p4d = p4d_alloc_track(&init_mm, pgd, addr, mask);
 	if (!p4d)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	do {
 		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask, shift);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	} while (p4d++, addr = next, addr != end);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-		pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages)
+/*
+ * It can take an array of pages which are not all contiguous, but it
+ * may have contiguous chunks, as hinted by @shift.
+ */
+static int vmap_pages_range_noflush_walk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
+		pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, unsigned int shift)
 {
 	unsigned long start = addr;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -647,7 +678,7 @@ static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (pgd_bad(*pgd))
 			mask |= PGTBL_PGD_MODIFIED;
-		err = vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr, &mask);
+		err = vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr, &mask, shift);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -670,27 +701,12 @@ static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 int __vmap_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, unsigned int page_shift)
 {
-	unsigned int i, nr = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
 	WARN_ON(page_shift < PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC) ||
-			page_shift == PAGE_SHIFT)
-		return vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(addr, end, prot, pages);
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC))
+		page_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i += 1U << (page_shift - PAGE_SHIFT)) {
-		int err;
-
-		err = vmap_range_noflush(addr, addr + (1UL << page_shift),
-					page_to_phys(pages[i]), prot,
-					page_shift);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-
-		addr += 1UL << page_shift;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return vmap_pages_range_noflush_walk(addr, end, prot, pages, page_shift);
 }
 
 int vmap_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17  5:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-17  5:29 [PATCH v8 00/10] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 01/10] arm64/mm: add pte_set_huge() and pte_clear_huge() Wen Jiang
2026-09-17 23:22   ` Barry Song
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 02/10] powerpc/8xx: add pte_set_huge() Wen Jiang
2026-09-17 23:28   ` Barry Song
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 03/10] mm/vmalloc: use pte_set_huge()/pte_clear_huge() for PTE-level block mappings Wen Jiang
2026-09-17 14:00   ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-09-17 14:40     ` Wen Jiang
2026-09-17 21:44       ` Barry Song
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 04/10] arm64/hugetlb: drop the init_mm special case in clear_flush() Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 05/10] arm64/vmalloc: allow arch_vmap_pte_range_map_size() to batch multiple CONT_PTE Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 06/10] mm/vmalloc: extract vmap_set_ptes() to consolidate PTE mapping logic Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` Wen Jiang [this message]
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 08/10] mm/vmalloc: extract vm_shift() to consolidate mapping shift selection Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 09/10] mm/vmalloc: map contiguous pages in batches for vmap() if possible Wen Jiang
2026-09-17  5:29 ` [PATCH v8 10/10] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings Wen Jiang
2026-09-17 12:17 ` [PATCH v8 00/10] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-09-17 13:55   ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-09-17 14:30     ` Wen Jiang

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