On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:25 AM Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Align larger anonymous memory mappings on THP boundaries by
> going through thp_get_unmapped_area if THPs are enabled for
> the current process.
>
> With this patch, larger anonymous mappings are now THP aligned.
> When a malloc library allocates a 2MB or larger arena, that
> arena can now be mapped with THPs right from the start, which
> can result in better TLB hit rates and execution time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: avoid the chicken & egg issue with MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE (Yang Shi)
Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> mm/mmap.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index c035020d0c89..1d859893436d 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2229,6 +2229,9 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
> */
> pgoff = 0;
> get_area = shmem_get_unmapped_area;
> + } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
> + /* Ensures that larger anonymous mappings are THP aligned. */
> + get_area = thp_get_unmapped_area;
> }
>
> addr = get_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
> --
> 2.37.1
>
>
