Re: [PATCH v4 8/8] hugetlb: batch TLB flushes when restoring vmemmap

[Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>]

On 2023/9/19 07:02, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Update the internal hugetlb restore vmemmap code path such that TLB
> flushing can be batched.  Use the existing mechanism of passing the
> VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH flag to indicate flushing should not be
> performed for individual pages.  The routine hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios
> is the only user of this new mechanism, and it will perform a global
> flush after all vmemmap is restored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> ---
>   mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index a6c356acb1fc..ae2229f19158 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -460,18 +460,19 @@ static int alloc_vmemmap_page_list(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>    * @end:	end address of the vmemmap virtual address range that we want to
>    *		remap.
>    * @reuse:	reuse address.
> + * @flags:	modify behavior for bulk operations

Please keep the comment consistent with vmemmap_remap_split(), which says:
"@flags:    modifications to vmemmap_remap_walk flags".

Thanks.

>    *
>    * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
>    */
>   static int vmemmap_remap_alloc(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> -			       unsigned long reuse)
> +			       unsigned long reuse, unsigned long flags)
>   {
>   	LIST_HEAD(vmemmap_pages);
>   	struct vmemmap_remap_walk walk = {
>   		.remap_pte	= vmemmap_restore_pte,
>   		.reuse_addr	= reuse,
>   		.vmemmap_pages	= &vmemmap_pages,
> -		.flags		= 0,
> +		.flags		= flags,
>   	};
>   
>   	/* See the comment in the vmemmap_remap_free(). */
> @@ -493,17 +494,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>   static bool vmemmap_optimize_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON);
>   core_param(hugetlb_free_vmemmap, vmemmap_optimize_enabled, bool, 0);
>   
> -/**
> - * hugetlb_vmemmap_restore - restore previously optimized (by
> - *			     hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize()) vmemmap pages which
> - *			     will be reallocated and remapped.
> - * @h:		struct hstate.
> - * @head:	the head page whose vmemmap pages will be restored.
> - *
> - * Return: %0 if @head's vmemmap pages have been reallocated and remapped,
> - * negative error code otherwise.
> - */
> -int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
> +static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head, unsigned long flags)
>   {
>   	int ret;
>   	unsigned long vmemmap_start = (unsigned long)head, vmemmap_end;
> @@ -524,7 +515,7 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>   	 * When a HugeTLB page is freed to the buddy allocator, previously
>   	 * discarded vmemmap pages must be allocated and remapping.
>   	 */
> -	ret = vmemmap_remap_alloc(vmemmap_start, vmemmap_end, vmemmap_reuse);
> +	ret = vmemmap_remap_alloc(vmemmap_start, vmemmap_end, vmemmap_reuse, flags);
>   	if (!ret) {
>   		ClearHPageVmemmapOptimized(head);
>   		static_branch_dec(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
> @@ -533,6 +524,21 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/**
> + * hugetlb_vmemmap_restore - restore previously optimized (by
> + *				hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize()) vmemmap pages which
> + *				will be reallocated and remapped.
> + * @h:		struct hstate.
> + * @head:	the head page whose vmemmap pages will be restored.
> + *
> + * Return: %0 if @head's vmemmap pages have been reallocated and remapped,
> + * negative error code otherwise.
> + */
> +int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
> +{
> +	return __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(h, head, 0);
> +}
> +
>   /**
>    * hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios - restore vmemmap for every folio on the list.
>    * @h:		struct hstate.
> @@ -557,7 +563,8 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
>   	num_restored = 0;
>   	list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru) {
>   		if (folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) {
> -			t_ret = hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(h, &folio->page);
> +			t_ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(h, &folio->page,
> +						VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH);
>   			if (t_ret)
>   				ret = t_ret;
>   			else
> @@ -565,6 +572,8 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> +	flush_tlb_all();
> +
>   	if (*restored)
>   		*restored = num_restored;
>   	return ret;