Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap to disable the feature of
freeing unused vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page on boot.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst | 3 +++
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 5 +++--
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3ae25630a223..9e6854f21d55 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1551,6 +1551,15 @@
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
Format: size[KMG]
+ hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
+ [KNL] When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set,
+ this controls freeing unused vmemmap pages associated
+ with each HugeTLB page.
+ Format: { on | off (default) }
+
+ on: enable the feature
+ off: disable the feature
+
hung_task_panic=
[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
Format: 0 | 1
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
index f7b1c7462991..6a8b57f6d3b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ default_hugepagesz
will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated. Valid default
huge page size is architecture dependent.
+hugetlb_free_vmemmap
+ When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables freeing
+ unused vmemmap pages associated each HugeTLB page.
When multiple huge page sizes are supported, ``/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages``
indicates the current number of pre-allocated huge pages of the default size.
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 155cb06a6961..fcdc020904a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/kcore.h>
#include <linux/bootmem_info.h>
+#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/bios_ebda.h>
@@ -1557,7 +1558,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
{
int err;
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP))
+ if (is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled())
err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
else if (end - start < PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page))
err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
@@ -1613,7 +1614,7 @@ void register_page_bootmem_memmap(unsigned long section_nr,
get_page_bootmem(section_nr, pud_page(*pud), MIX_SECTION_INFO);
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PSE) ||
- IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP)) {
+ is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled()) {
next = (addr + PAGE_SIZE) & PAGE_MASK;
pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
if (pmd_none(*pmd))
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 4efeccb7192c..66d82ae7b712 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -773,6 +773,20 @@ static inline void huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
+extern bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled;
+
+static inline bool is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled(void)
+{
+ return hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+
#else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
struct hstate {};
@@ -926,6 +940,11 @@ static inline void set_huge_swap_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr
pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte, unsigned long sz)
{
}
+
+static inline bool is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lock(struct hstate *h,
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index a3714db7f400..ebc710d148e4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -131,6 +131,21 @@ typedef void (*vmemmap_remap_pte_func_t)(struct page *reuse, pte_t *pte,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
void *priv);
+bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled;
+
+static int __init early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param(char *buf)
+{
+ if (!buf)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
+ hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled = true;
+ else if (strcmp(buf, "off"))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("hugetlb_free_vmemmap", early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param);
static inline unsigned int vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
{
@@ -325,7 +340,8 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
unsigned int nr_pages = pages_per_huge_page(h);
unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
- if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page))) {
+ if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ||
+ !hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled) {
pr_info("disable freeing vmemmap pages for %s\n", h->name);
return;
}
--
2.11.0
