Re: [PATCH 10/12] hugetlb: batch PMD split for bulk vmemmap dedup

[Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>]

> On Aug 29, 2023, at 00:44, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 08/28/23 10:42, Joao Martins wrote:
>> On 26/08/2023 06:56, kernel test robot wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> 
>>> kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
>>> 
>>> [auto build test ERROR on next-20230825]
>>> [cannot apply to akpm-mm/mm-everything v6.5-rc7 v6.5-rc6 v6.5-rc5 linus/master v6.5-rc7]
>>> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
>>> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
>>> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
>>> 
>>> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Mike-Kravetz/hugetlb-clear-flags-in-tail-pages-that-will-be-freed-individually/20230826-030805
>>> base:   next-20230825
>>> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230825190436.55045-11-mike.kravetz%40oracle.com
>>> patch subject: [PATCH 10/12] hugetlb: batch PMD split for bulk vmemmap dedup
>>> config: s390-randconfig-001-20230826 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230826/202308261325.ipTttZHZ-lkp@intel.com/config)
>>> compiler: clang version 17.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git 4a5ac14ee968ff0ad5d2cc1ffa0299048db4c88a)
>>> reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230826/202308261325.ipTttZHZ-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
>>> 
>>> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
>>> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
>>> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>>> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202308261325.ipTttZHZ-lkp@intel.com/
>>> 
>>> All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>>> 
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>>>> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c:698:28: error: use of undeclared identifier 'TLB_FLUSH_ALL'
>>>     698 |         flush_tlb_kernel_range(0, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
>>>         |                                   ^
>>>   2 warnings and 1 error generated.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> TLB_FLUSH_ALL is x86 only so what I wrote above is wrong in what should be
>> architecture independent. The way I should have written the global TLB flush is
>> to use flush_tlb_all(), which is what is implemented by the arch.
>> 
>> The alternative is to compose a start/end tuple in the top-level optimize-folios
>> function as we iterate over folios to remap, and flush via
>> flush_tlb_kernel_range(). But this would likely only be relevant on x86 only,
>> that is to optimize the flushing of 3 contiguous 2M hugetlb pages (~24 vmemmap
>> pages) as that's where the TLB flush ceiling is put (31 pages) for per-page VA
>> flush, before falling back to a global TLB flush. Weren't sure of the added
>> complexity for dubious benefit thus kept it in global TLB flush.
> 
> Thanks Joao.
> 
> I added my share of build issues to this RFC as can be seen in the bot
> responses to other patches.
> 
> My assumption is that these build issues will not prevent people from
> looking into and commenting on the bigger performance issue that was the
> reason for this series.  The build issues would of course be resolved if
> there is some concensus that this is the way to move forward to address
> this issue.  If the build issues are a stumbling block for anyone to
> look at this bigger issue, let me know and I will fix them all ASAP.

No need to update. But I need some time to look.

Muchun,
Thanks.