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mm: implement split page table lock for PMD level

The basic idea is the same as with PTE level: the lock is embedded into struct page of table's page. We can't use mm->pmd_huge_pte to store pgtables for THP, since we don't take mm->page_table_lock anymore. Let's reuse page->lru of table's page for that. pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() returns true, if initialization is successful and false otherwise. Current implementation never fails, but assumption that constructor can fail will help to port it to -rt where spinlock_t is rather huge and cannot be embedded into struct page -- dynamic allocation is required.

Kirill A. Shutemov committed 13 years ago

Commit e009bb31 parent c4088eb4 files · +43 −3Browse files

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4 files
  1. include/linux/mm.h +32 −0
  2. include/linux/mm_types.h +6 −1
  3. kernel/fork.c +2 −2
  4. mm/Kconfig +3 −0
include/linux/mm.h+32−0
@@ -1378,13 +1378,45 @@ static inline void pgtable_page_dtor(struct page *page) · 1377 unmodified lines
1378 ((unlikely(pmd_none(*(pmd))) && __pte_alloc_kernel(pmd, address))? \1378 ((unlikely(pmd_none(*(pmd))) && __pte_alloc_kernel(pmd, address))? \
1379 NULL: pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address))1379 NULL: pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address))
1380 1380
1381#if USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
1382
1383static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
1384{
1385 return &virt_to_page(pmd)->ptl;
1386}
1387
1388static inline bool pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(struct page *page)
1389{
1390 spin_lock_init(&page->ptl);
1391#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
1392 page->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
1393#endif
1394 return true;
1395}
1396
1397static inline void pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(struct page *page)
1398{
1399#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
1400 VM_BUG_ON(page->pmd_huge_pte);
1401#endif
1402}
1403
1404#define pmd_huge_pte(mm, pmd) (virt_to_page(pmd)->pmd_huge_pte)
1405
1406#else
1407
1381static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)1408static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
1382{1409{
1383 return &mm->page_table_lock;1410 return &mm->page_table_lock;
1384}1411}
1385 1412
1413static inline bool pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(struct page *page) { return true; }
1414static inline void pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(struct page *page) {}
1415
1386#define pmd_huge_pte(mm, pmd) ((mm)->pmd_huge_pte)1416#define pmd_huge_pte(mm, pmd) ((mm)->pmd_huge_pte)
1387 1417
1418#endif
1419
1388static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lock(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)1420static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lock(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
1389{1421{
1390 spinlock_t *ptl = pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd);1422 spinlock_t *ptl = pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd);
include/linux/mm_types.h+6−1
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ · 23 unmodified lines
24struct address_space;24struct address_space;
25 25
26#define USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS (NR_CPUS >= CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS)26#define USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS (NR_CPUS >= CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS)
27#define USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS (USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS && \
28 IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK))
27 29
28/*30/*
29 * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with31 * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ struct page { · 33 unmodified lines
63 * this page is only used to65 * this page is only used to
64 * free other pages.66 * free other pages.
65 */67 */
68#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
69 pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page->ptl */
70#endif
66 };71 };
67 72
68 union {73 union {
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@ struct mm_struct { · 337 unmodified lines
406#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER411#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
407 struct mmu_notifier_mm *mmu_notifier_mm;412 struct mmu_notifier_mm *mmu_notifier_mm;
408#endif413#endif
409#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE414#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
410 pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page_table_lock */415 pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page_table_lock */
411#endif416#endif
412#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK417#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
kernel/fork.c+2−2
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void check_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) · 559 unmodified lines
560 "mm:%p idx:%d val:%ld\n", mm, i, x);560 "mm:%p idx:%d val:%ld\n", mm, i, x);
561 }561 }
562 562
563#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE563#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
564 VM_BUG_ON(mm->pmd_huge_pte);564 VM_BUG_ON(mm->pmd_huge_pte);
565#endif565#endif
566}566}
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk) · 247 unmodified lines
814 memcpy(mm, oldmm, sizeof(*mm));814 memcpy(mm, oldmm, sizeof(*mm));
815 mm_init_cpumask(mm);815 mm_init_cpumask(mm);
816 816
817#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE817#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
818 mm->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;818 mm->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
819#endif819#endif
820 if (!mm_init(mm, tsk))820 if (!mm_init(mm, tsk))
mm/Kconfig+3−0
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ config SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS · 221 unmodified lines
222 default "999999" if !64BIT && GENERIC_LOCKBREAK222 default "999999" if !64BIT && GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
223 default "4"223 default "4"
224 224
225config ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK
226 boolean
227
225#228#
226# support for memory balloon compaction229# support for memory balloon compaction
227config BALLOON_COMPACTION230config BALLOON_COMPACTION