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Note that this series should also apply if without > > > the dax 1g fix series, but when without it, mprotect() will trigger similar > > > errors otherwise on PUD mappings. > > > > > > This series implements huge pfnmaps support for mm in general. Huge pfnmap > > > allows e.g. VM_PFNMAP vmas to map in either PMD or PUD levels, similar to > > > what we do with dax / thp / hugetlb so far to benefit from TLB hits. Now > > > we extend that idea to PFN mappings, e.g. PCI MMIO bars where it can grow > > > as large as 8GB or even bigger. > > > > FWIW, I've started to hear people talk about needing this in the VFIO > > context with VMs. > > > > vfio/iommufd will reassemble the contiguous range from the 4k PFNs to > > setup the IOMMU, but KVM is not able to do it so reliably. > > Heh, KVM should very reliably do the exact opposite, i.e. KVM should never create > a huge page unless the mapping is huge in the primary MMU. And that's very much > by design, as KVM has no knowledge of what actually resides at a given PFN, and > thus can't determine whether or not its safe to create a huge page if KVM happens > to realize the VM has access to a contiguous range of memory. Oh? Someone told me recently x86 kvm had code to reassemble contiguous ranges? I don't quite understand your safety argument, if the VMA has 1G of contiguous physical memory described with 4K it is definitely safe for KVM to reassemble that same memory and represent it as 1G. Jason