Re: [PATCH v1 07/11] mm/huge_memory: convert split_huge_pages_pid() from follow_page() to folio_walk

["Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)" <kernel@pankajraghav.com>]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:20:04PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 15.08.24 12:04, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 05:55:20PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > >   			continue;
> > >   		}
> > > -		/* FOLL_DUMP to ignore special (like zero) pages */
> > > -		page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET | FOLL_DUMP);
> > > -
> > > -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
> > > +		folio = folio_walk_start(&fw, vma, addr, 0);
> > > +		if (!folio)
> > >   			continue;
> > > -		folio = page_folio(page);
> > >   		if (!is_transparent_hugepage(folio))
> > >   			goto next;
> > > @@ -3544,13 +3542,19 @@ static int split_huge_pages_pid(int pid, unsigned long vaddr_start,
> > >   		if (!folio_trylock(folio))
> > >   			goto next;
> > > +		folio_get(folio);
> > 
> > Shouldn't we lock the folio after we increase the refcount on the folio?
> > i.e we do folio_get() first and then folio_trylock()?
> > 
> > That is how it was done before (through follow_page) and this patch changes
> > that. Maybe it doesn't matter? To me increasing the refcount and then
> > locking sounds more logical but I do see this ordering getting mixed all
> > over the kernel.
> 
> There is no need to grab a folio reference if we hold an implicit reference
> through the mapping that cannot go away (not that we hold the page table
> lock). Locking the folio is not special in that regard: we just have to make
> sure that the folio cannot get freed concurrently, which is the case here.
> 
> So here, we really only grab a reference if we have to -- when we are about
> to drop the page table lock and will continue using the folio afterwards.
Got it. Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> David / dhildenb
>