From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAEEEC4361B for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571AE205CB for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 571AE205CB Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 72BA96B006C; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:03:47 -0500 (EST) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 7030C6B0070; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:03:47 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 618EC6B0071; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:03:47 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0149.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.149]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9246B006C for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:03:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpin24.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1DDB1EFD for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:46 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77599313652.24.dirt90_4d12e942742c Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin24.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30A21A4AA for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:46 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: dirt90_4d12e942742c X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2583 Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by imf24.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC352AC7F; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:03:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:03:40 +0100 From: Oscar Salvador To: Muchun Song Cc: corbet@lwn.net, mike.kravetz@oracle.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, paulmck@kernel.org, mchehab+huawei@kernel.org, pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, oneukum@suse.com, anshuman.khandual@arm.com, jroedel@suse.de, almasrymina@google.com, rientjes@google.com, willy@infradead.org, mhocko@suse.com, song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com, david@redhat.com, duanxiongchun@bytedance.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/11] mm/hugetlb: Gather discrete indexes of tail page Message-ID: <20201216140340.GE29394@linux> References: <20201213154534.54826-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com> <20201213154534.54826-11-songmuchun@bytedance.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201213154534.54826-11-songmuchun@bytedance.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 11:45:33PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote: > For HugeTLB page, there are more metadata to save in the struct page. > But the head struct page cannot meet our needs, so we have to abuse > other tail struct page to store the metadata. In order to avoid > conflicts caused by subsequent use of more tail struct pages, we can > gather these discrete indexes of tail struct page. In this case, it > will be easier to add a new tail page index later. > > There are only (RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page)) struct > page structs can be used when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP, so "that can be..." > add a BUILD_BUG_ON to catch invalid usage of the tail struct page. > > Signed-off-by: Muchun Song I think this makes the current situation with metadata usage in sub-pages easier to track. Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador -- Oscar Salvador SUSE L3