From: <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn>
To: <david@kernel.org>, <shr@devkernel.io>, <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: <ljs@kernel.org>, <hughd@google.com>, <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
<chengming.zhou@linux.dev>, <wang.yaxin@zte.com.cn>,
<yang.yang29@zte.com.cn>, <michel@lespinasse.org>,
<linux-mm@kvack.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: 答复: [PATCH v3 2/2] ksm: Optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing a suitable address range
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 18:56:10 +0800 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260409185610930gKQqJsFs5KoTU4S8MrflI@zte.com.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5401c1d2-5f42-4288-9dad-2b9768b579c7@kernel.org>
> On 4/9/26 11:41, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> > On 4/9/26 11:37, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> >> On 4/9/26 11:18, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> >>>
> >>> anon_vma doesn't have a vma field :) it has anon_vma->rb_root which maps to all
> >>> 'related' VMAs.
> >>
> >> Right, anon_vma_chain has. Dammit.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> And we're already looking at what might be covered by the anon_vma by
> >>> invoking anon_vma_interval_tree_foreach() on anon_vma->rb_root in [0,
> >>> ULONG_MAX).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> One interesting thing here is in the anon_vma_interval_tree_foreach() loop
> >>> we check:
> >>>
> >>> if (addr < vma->vm_start || addr >= vma->vm_end)
> >>> continue;
> >>>
> >>> Which is the same as saying 'hey we are ignoring remaps'.
> >>>
> >>> But... if _we_ got remapped previously (the unsharing is only temporary),
> >>> then we'd _still_ have an anon_vma with an old index != addr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> >>> and would still not be able to figure out the correct pgoff after sharing.
> >>>
> >>> I wonder if we could just store the pgoff in the rmap_item though?
> >>
> >> That's what I said elsewhere and what I was trying to avoid here.
> >>
> >> It's 64bytes, and adding a new item will increase it to 96 bytes IIUC.
> >
> > As we're using a dedicate kmem cache it might "only" add 8 bytes, not
> > sure. Still an undesired increase given that we need that for each entry
> > in the stable/unstable tree.
> >
>
> Hmm, maybe we could do the following. I think the other members are only
> relevant for the unstable tree.
Well, I suspect that "SmartScan-Related" members might be also needed and used even when
it's a stable rmap_item. In should_skip_rmap_item(), if its page is KSM, it can't be skip.
What if the rmap_item is stable, but its page is not KSM?
Cc Stefan.
>
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index 7d5b76478f0b..0c6bfed280f7 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -191,12 +191,13 @@ struct ksm_stable_node {
> * @nid: NUMA node id of unstable tree in which linked (may not match page)
> * @mm: the memory structure this rmap_item is pointing into
> * @address: the virtual address this rmap_item tracks (+ flags in low bits)
> - * @oldchecksum: previous checksum of the page at that virtual address
> + * @oldchecksum: previous checksum of the page at that virtual address (unstable tree)
> * @node: rb node of this rmap_item in the unstable tree
> * @head: pointer to stable_node heading this list in the stable tree
> * @hlist: link into hlist of rmap_items hanging off that stable_node
> - * @age: number of scan iterations since creation
> - * @remaining_skips: how many scans to skip
> + * @age: number of scan iterations since creation (unstable tree)
> + * @remaining_skips: how many scans to skip (unstable tree)
> + * @pgoff: pgoff into @anon_vma where the page is mapped (stable tree)
> */
> struct ksm_rmap_item {
> struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_list;
> @@ -208,9 +209,14 @@ struct ksm_rmap_item {
> };
> struct mm_struct *mm;
> unsigned long address; /* + low bits used for flags below */
> - unsigned int oldchecksum; /* when unstable */
> - rmap_age_t age;
> - rmap_age_t remaining_skips;
> + union {
> + struct {
> + unsigned int oldchecksum;
> + rmap_age_t age;
> + rmap_age_t remaining_skips;
> + };
> + pgoff_t pgoff;
> + };
> union {
> struct rb_node node; /* when node of unstable tree */
> struct { /* when listed from stable tree */
> @@ -1600,6 +1606,7 @@ static int try_to_merge_with_ksm_page(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item,
>
> /* Must get reference to anon_vma while still holding mmap_lock */
> rmap_item->anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
> + rmap_item->pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, rmap_item->address);
> get_anon_vma(vma->anon_vma);
> out:
> mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-09 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-12 11:28 [PATCH v3 0/2] KSM: Optimizations for rmap_walk_ksm xu.xin16
2026-02-12 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ksm: Initialize the addr only once in rmap_walk_ksm xu.xin16
2026-02-12 11:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ksm: Optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing a suitable address range xu.xin16
2026-02-12 12:21 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-05 4:44 ` Hugh Dickins
2026-04-05 21:01 ` Andrew Morton
2026-04-07 9:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-07 21:21 ` Andrew Morton
2026-04-08 6:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-04-06 1:58 ` xu.xin16
2026-04-06 5:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2026-04-07 6:21 ` xu.xin16
2026-04-07 9:36 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-08 12:57 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-09 9:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-04-09 9:37 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-09 9:41 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-09 9:53 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-04-09 9:56 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-09 9:55 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-09 9:59 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-04-09 10:56 ` xu.xin16 [this message]
2026-04-09 10:06 ` xu.xin16
2026-04-09 10:09 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-04-06 9:21 ` David Hildenbrand (arm)
2026-04-06 9:23 ` David Hildenbrand (arm)
2026-04-07 9:39 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
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