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But >>>>>>>> currently "THPeligible" indicates only whether the mapping is >>>>>>>> eligible for allocating THP-pages as well as the THP is PMD >>>>>>>> mappable or not for anonymous shmem, we need to support semantics >>>>>>>> for mTHP with anonymous shmem similar to those for mTHP with >>>>>>>> anonymous memory. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Bang Li >>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>     fs/proc/task_mmu.c      | 10 +++++++--- >>>>>>>>     include/linux/huge_mm.h | 11 +++++++++++ >>>>>>>>     mm/shmem.c              |  9 +-------- >>>>>>>>     3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c >>>>>>>> index 93fb2c61b154..09b5db356886 100644 >>>>>>>> --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c >>>>>>>> +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c >>>>>>>> @@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v) >>>>>>>>     { >>>>>>>>         struct vm_area_struct *vma = v; >>>>>>>>         struct mem_size_stats mss = {}; >>>>>>>> +    bool thp_eligible; >>>>>>>>           smap_gather_stats(vma, &mss, 0); >>>>>>>>     @@ -882,9 +883,12 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v) >>>>>>>>           __show_smap(m, &mss, false); >>>>>>>>     -    seq_printf(m, "THPeligible:    %8u\n", >>>>>>>> -           !!thp_vma_allowable_orders(vma, vma->vm_flags, >>>>>>>> -               TVA_SMAPS | TVA_ENFORCE_SYSFS, THP_ORDERS_ALL)); >>>>>>>> +    thp_eligible = !!thp_vma_allowable_orders(vma, vma->vm_flags, >>>>>>>> +                        TVA_SMAPS | TVA_ENFORCE_SYSFS, THP_ORDERS_ALL); >>>>>>>> +    if (vma_is_anon_shmem(vma)) >>>>>>>> +        thp_eligible = >>>>>>>> !!shmem_allowable_huge_orders(file_inode(vma->vm_file), >>>>>>>> +                            vma, vma->vm_pgoff, thp_eligible); >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Afraid I haven't been following the shmem mTHP support work as much as I >>>>>>> would >>>>>>> have liked, but is there a reason why we need a separate function for shmem? >>>>>> >>>>>> Since shmem_allowable_huge_orders() only uses shmem specific logic to >>>>>> determine >>>>>> if huge orders are allowable, there is no need to complicate the >>>>>> thp_vma_allowable_orders() function by adding more shmem related logic, making >>>>>> it more bloated. In my view, providing a dedicated helper >>>>>> shmem_allowable_huge_orders(), specifically for shmem, simplifies the logic. >>>>> >>>>> My point was really that a single interface (thp_vma_allowable_orders) >>>>> should be >>>>> used to get this information. I have no strong opinon on how the implementation >>>>> of that interface looks. What you suggest below seems perfectly reasonable >>>>> to me. >>>> >>>> Right. thp_vma_allowable_orders() might require some care as discussed in other >>>> context (cleanly separate dax and shmem handling/orders). But that would be >>>> follow-up cleanups. >>> >>> Are you planning to do that, or do you want me to send a patch? >> >> I'm planning on looking into some details, especially the interaction with large >> folios in the pagecache. I'll let you know once I have a better idea what >> actually should be done :) > > OK great - I'll scrub it from my todo list... really getting things done today :) Resolved the khugepaged thiny already? :P [khugepaged not active when only enabling the sub-size via the 2M folder IIRC] -- Cheers, David / dhildenb