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Howlett" , Nico Pache , Dev Jain , Barry Song , Lance Yang , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Usama Arif , Andi Kleen References: <20260304155636.77433-1-david@kernel.org> From: Vlastimil Babka In-Reply-To: <20260304155636.77433-1-david@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 69D08120006 X-Stat-Signature: dmaizte7wr57z7zxdkuf9s9wnthyrrnj X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1772701395-686232 X-HE-Meta: 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 HhyNvWto AOThC09ITSpzrk/pTIdyKEWekj90yzcpZGK9wn1DW4VpU0wgtk2hLkQ7VMWxK5IZr6HCZBLGw/RFMsN85OAcGpo9oK3APmWNOm1c88Yxmpmx6k+hDNVMq7AKmCN9DxS3RkW0mp6iGM0V5mOFyerXLyUQjdJIm6D+cDzweVJANxHKv2Ve9K5Wj/aguyMKJcOedUbR9EYvKx5JoE/up4oZwZGGn9JqijCO3X2zFW3/RGSVv/R1iyt7V4CyYVk4SflSJdg9JfiPa9gI9RZXMoEAfj3qent02BoyBoMhFamuf7r91RRnAv0TlY50bdZ/MUckn14m2qhLr+0zDK7X3p/rH7JpK1J3kMHTxP3cA4fhD1FAqSYWlniTVEFrfeCzFQMk+C9OJeZFNH8Ispr2j3ox0tP0M3Ee0kPHygXeomvhe5DDLL6MOoo/kTClSyAkyxAYSgrywR8yN0kfWhcXuXTUqcVkl5J8/RKJWkyG5QYWWn2a+vyR1ixEeKe6eWobKfBx/fdigR5ncJ1QIXE6HQYzwAYKi3uXls519LEzoRJKH/5I19QbY9WcLdy/D1gCnQda8jxsH8Jh/MNmvxUslCizrc91r2Vllbgyd2qL+eQQNzjvriUihdqeEoVgghVPHb1Q6joHEO72wD0M5a9xRm1tXEHA2IW7PY1IFxfbRv8C5gGqJLRNxpMN6IE98AAgDaWPuEEZsA4/t//RX6mRtE8Vt/CAJCF6CVP5hTt2OWzb8HNW1mJCkwWobAz+AOODQ+Ll45rXT Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 3/4/26 16:56, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > There was recently some confusion around THPs and the interaction with > KernelPageSize / MMUPageSize. Historically, these entries always > correspond to the smallest size we could encounter, not any current > usage of transparent huge pages or larger sizes used by the MMU. > > Ever since we added THP support many, many years ago, these entries > would keep reporting the smallest (fallback) granularity in a VMA. > > For this reason, they default to PAGE_SIZE for all VMAs except for > VMAs where we have the guarantee that the system and the MMU will > always use larger page sizes. hugetlb, for example, exposes a custom > vm_ops->pagesize callback to handle that. Similarly, dax/device > exposes a custom vm_ops->pagesize callback and provides similar > guarantees. > > Let's clarify the historical meaning of KernelPageSize / MMUPageSize, > and point at "AnonHugePages", "ShmemPmdMapped" and "FilePmdMapped" > regarding PMD entries. > > While at it, document "FilePmdMapped", clarify what the "AnonHugePages" > and "ShmemPmdMapped" entries really mean, and make it clear that there > are no other entries for other THP/folio sizes or mappings. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225232708.87833-1-ak@linux.intel.com/ > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes > Cc: Zi Yan > Cc: Baolin Wang > Cc: Liam R. Howlett > Cc: Nico Pache > Cc: Ryan Roberts Cc: Dev Jain > Cc: Barry Song > Cc: Lance Yang > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Shuah Khan > Cc: Usama Arif > Cc: Andi Kleen > Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) Thanks.