Re: [PATCH v2] mm: add thp_utilization metrics to debugfs

["Alex Zhu (Kernel)" <alexlzhu@fb.com>]

> On Aug 9, 2022, at 6:33 AM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 06:49:50PM -0700, alexlzhu@fb.com wrote:
>> +int thp_number_utilized_pages(struct page *page)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long page_index, page_offset, value;
>> +	int thp_nr_utilized_pages = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
>> +	int step_size = sizeof(unsigned long);
>> +	bool is_all_zeroes;
>> +	void *kaddr;
>> +
>> +	if (!page || !is_anon_transparent_hugepage(page))
>> +		return -1;
>> +
>> +	kaddr = kmap_local_page(compound_head(page));
>> +	for (page_index = 0; page_index < HPAGE_PMD_NR; page_index++) {
>> +		is_all_zeroes = true;
>> +		for (page_offset = 0; page_offset < PAGE_SIZE; page_offset += step_size) {
>> +			value = *(unsigned long *)(kaddr + page_index * PAGE_SIZE + page_offset);
>> +			if (value != 0) {
>> +				is_all_zeroes = false;
>> +				break;
>> +			}
>> +		}
>> +		if (is_all_zeroes)
>> +			thp_nr_utilized_pages--;
>> +	}
>> +	kunmap_local(kaddr);
> 
> You haven't tested this on 32-bit maachines with HIGHMEM, have you?
> kmap_local_page() only maps PAGE_SIZE bytes, so you need to map it and
> unmap each page.  Also, why are you calling compound_head()?  Surely
> you're already assuming that page is a head page here?
> 
> (this is why I introduced the struct folio type, so you know whether
> a pointer is already to a head page and you don't need to call
> compound_head() again).
> 

I see. Thanks for catching this! I have reimplemented with folio in a way that will work on 32 bit
architectures with HIGHMEM. Will send out v3.