Re: [PATCH] mm: huge_memory: don't force huge page alignment on 32 bit

[Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 12:14 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 05:35:04AM -0800, Yang Shi wrote:
> > It doesn't make too much sense to force huge page alignment on 32 bit
> > system due to the constrained virtual address space.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAHbLzkqa1SCBA10yjWTtA2mKCsoK5+M1BthSDL8ROvUq2XxZMw@mail.gmail.com/T/#mf211643a0427f8d6495b5b53f8132f453d60ab95
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAHbLzkqa1SCBA10yjWTtA2mKCsoK5+M1BthSDL8ROvUq2XxZMw@mail.gmail.com/T/#me93dff2ccbd9902c3e395e1c022fb454e48ecb1d
>
> I feel sure there are shorter URLs for those messages ...

Oh, yeah, I just found.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/d0a136a0-4a31-46bc-adf4-2db109a61672@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAJuCfpHXLdQy1a2B6xN2d7quTYwg2OoZseYPZTRpU0eHHKD-sQ@mail.gmail.com/

>
> > @@ -811,6 +812,14 @@ static unsigned long __thp_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp,
> >       loff_t off_align = round_up(off, size);
> >       unsigned long len_pad, ret;
> >
> > +     /*
> > +      * It doesn't make too much sense to froce huge page alignment on
> > +      * 32 bit system or compat userspace due to the contrained virtual
> > +      * address space and address entropy.
> > +      */
>
> I honestly wouldn't even comment this.  But if you must,
>
>         /* Using THP alignment is not as important as address randomisation */

It is not only about address randomization. Removing the comment is fine too.

>
> > +     if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) || in_compat_syscall())
> > +             return 0;
> > +
> >       if (off_end <= off_align || (off_end - off_align) < size)
> >               return 0;
> >
> > --
> > 2.41.0
> >