On Thu 23-08-18 10:56:30, Mike Kravetz wrote: > On 08/23/2018 10:01 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > On 08/23/2018 05:48 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > >> On Tue 21-08-18 18:10:42, Mike Kravetz wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> OK, after burning myself when trying to be clever here it seems like > >> your proposed solution is indeed simpler. > >> > >>> +bool huge_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > >>> + unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) > >>> +{ > >>> + unsigned long check_addr = *start; > >>> + bool ret = false; > >>> + > >>> + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)) > >>> + return ret; > >>> + > >>> + for (check_addr = *start; check_addr < *end; check_addr += PUD_SIZE) { > >>> + unsigned long a_start = check_addr & PUD_MASK; > >>> + unsigned long a_end = a_start + PUD_SIZE; > >> > >> I guess this should be rather in HPAGE_SIZE * PTRS_PER_PTE units as > >> huge_pmd_unshare does. > > > > Sure, I can do that. > > On second thought, this is more similar to vma_shareable() which uses > PUD_MASK and PUD_SIZE. In fact Kirill asked me to put in a common helper > for this and vma_shareable. So, I would prefer to leave it as PUD* unless > you feel strongly. I don't > IMO, it would make more sense to change this in huge_pmd_unshare as PMD > sharing is pretty explicitly tied to PUD_SIZE. But, that is a future cleanup. Fair enough. I didn't realize we are PUD explicit elsewhere. So if you plan to update huge_pmd_unshare to be in sync then no objections from me at all. I merely wanted to be in sync with this because it is a central point to look at wrt pmd sharing. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs