This is a resend of v2 because linux-mm seems to have swallowed patch #2. Excessive details on MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) can be found in patch #2. v1 -> v2: - "mm/madvise: introduce MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) to prefault page tables" -- Renamed patch/series to match what's happening -- prefault page tables -- Clarified MADV_POPULATE_READ semantics on file holes and that we might want fallocate(). -- Updated/clarified description -- Dropped -EINVAL and -EBUSY checks -- Added a comment regarding FOLL_TOUCH and why we don't care that pages will get set dirty when triggering write-faults for now. -- Reran and extended performance measurements by more fallocate() combinations RFCv2 -> v1 - "mm: fix variable name in declaration of populate_vma_page_range()" -- Added - "mm/madvise: introduce MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) to prefault ..." -- Fix detection of memory holes when we have to re-lookup the VMA -- Return -EHWPOISON to user space when we hit HW poisoned pages -- Make variable names in definition and declaration consistent - "MAINTAINERS: add tools/testing/selftests/vm/ to MEMORY MANAGEMENT" -- Added - "selftests/vm: add protection_keys_32 / protection_keys_64 to gitignore" -- Added - "selftests/vm: add test for MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE)" -- Added RFC -> RFCv2: - Fix re-locking (-> set "locked = 1;") - Don't mimic MAP_POPULATE semantics: --> Explicit READ/WRITE request instead of selecting it automatically, which makes it more generic and better suited for some use cases (e.g., we usually want to prefault shmem writable) --> Require proper access permissions - Introduce and use faultin_vma_page_range() --> Properly handle HWPOISON pages (FOLL_HWPOISON) --> Require proper access permissions (!FOLL_FORCE) - Let faultin_vma_page_range() check for compatible mappings/permissions - Extend patch description and add some performance numbers David Hildenbrand (5): mm: make variable names for populate_vma_page_range() consistent mm/madvise: introduce MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) to prefault page tables MAINTAINERS: add tools/testing/selftests/vm/ to MEMORY MANAGEMENT selftests/vm: add protection_keys_32 / protection_keys_64 to gitignore selftests/vm: add test for MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) MAINTAINERS | 1 + arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h | 3 + arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h | 3 + arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h | 3 + arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h | 3 + include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h | 3 + mm/gup.c | 58 ++++ mm/internal.h | 5 +- mm/madvise.c | 66 ++++ tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore | 3 + tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c | 342 +++++++++++++++++++++ tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh | 16 + 13 files changed, 506 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/vm/madv_populate.c base-commit: bf05bf16c76bb44ab5156223e1e58e26dfe30a88 -- 2.30.2