Re: [PATCH 04/10] mm/ksm: add identical_folio func

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On 04.06.24 06:24, alexs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: "Alex Shi (tencent)" <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx>

To replace pages_identical() func and further reduce the 'page' using in
try_to_merge_one_page function.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi (tencent) <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  include/linux/mm.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
  mm/ksm.c           |  2 +-
  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9849dfda44d4..2d1f16ffc6ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4164,6 +4164,23 @@ static inline void setup_nr_node_ids(void) {}
extern int memcmp_pages(struct page *page1, struct page *page2); +static inline int identical_folio(struct folio *folio1, struct folio *folio2)
+{
+	int i, nr1, nr2, ret = 0;
+
+	nr1 = folio_nr_pages(folio1);
+	nr2 = folio_nr_pages(folio2);
+	if (nr1 != nr2)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr1; i++) {
+		ret = memcmp_pages(folio_page(folio1, i), folio_page(folio2, i));
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return !ret;
+}

We never get there with large folios. So handling large folios is completely unnecessary.

Keep it simple: either VM_WARN_ON_ONCE when a large folio is passed, or simply return "false". Then, check only a single page.

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb





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