Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: page_ext: add an iteration API for page extensions

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On 2025-02-20 15:45, David Hildenbrand wrote:
+    for (__iter.index = 0;                                 \
+        __page_ext && __iter.index < __pgcount;        \
+        __page_ext = page_ext_iter_next(&__iter),      \
+        __iter.index++)

Hm, if we now have an index, why not turn iter.pfn -> iter.start_pfn, and only adjust the index in page_ext_iter_next?

Then you can set the index to 0 in page_ext_iter_begin() and have here

for (__page_ext = page_ext_iter_begin(&__iter, __page),
       __page_ext && __iter.index < __pgcount,
       __page_ext = page_ext_iter_next(&__iter);)

I can do this if you feel strong about it, but I prefer explicitly over
implicitly. I moved the index into the iter object just to avoid having
to define it in the macro's body. Also, the way I did it allows for
using page_ext_iter_begin()/page_ext_iter_next() own their if the need
arises.

Ah, I see what you mean.

for (__page_ext = page_ext_iter_begin(&__iter, __page, __pgcount);
      __page_ext;
      __page_ext = page_ext_iter_next(&__iter))

Could do that I guess by moving the count in there as well and performing the check+increment in page_ext_iter_next.

That looks very clean to me, but no strong opinion. Having the index in there just to make a macro happy is rather weird.

OK, I'll give this a try.

A page_ext_iter_reset() could then simply reset the index=0 and
lookup the page_ext(start_pfn + index) == page_ext(start_pfn)

Just note we don't have page_ext_iter_reset() today (and I guess it's
not needed).

Right, was writing this before reviewing the other patch.


+
+/**
+ * for_each_page_ext_order(): iterate through page_ext objects
+ *                            for a given page order
+ * @__page: the page we're interested in
+ * @__order: page order to iterate through
+ * @__page_ext: struct page_ext pointer where the current page_ext
+ *              object is returned
+ * @__iter: struct page_ext_iter object (defined in the stack)
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: must be called with RCU read lock taken.
+ */
+#define for_each_page_ext_order(__page, __order, __page_ext, __iter) \
+    for_each_page_ext(__page, (1UL << __order), __page_ext, __iter)
+
   #else /* !CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION */
   struct page_ext;
diff --git a/mm/page_ext.c b/mm/page_ext.c
index 641d93f6af4c1..508deb04d5ead 100644
--- a/mm/page_ext.c
+++ b/mm/page_ext.c
@@ -549,3 +549,44 @@ void page_ext_put(struct page_ext *page_ext)
       rcu_read_unlock();
   }
+
+/**
+ * page_ext_iter_begin() - Prepare for iterating through page extensions.
+ * @iter: page extension iterator.
+ * @page: The page we're interested in.
+ *
+ * Must be called with RCU read lock taken.
+ *
+ * Return: NULL if no page_ext exists for this page.
+ */
+struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_begin(struct page_ext_iter *iter, struct page *page)
+{
+    iter->pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+    iter->page_ext = lookup_page_ext(page);
+
+    return iter->page_ext;
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_ext_iter_next() - Get next page extension
+ * @iter: page extension iterator.
+ *
+ * Must be called with RCU read lock taken.
+ *
+ * Return: NULL if no next page_ext exists.
+ */
+struct page_ext *page_ext_iter_next(struct page_ext_iter *iter)
+{
+    if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!iter->page_ext))
+        return NULL;
+
+    iter->pfn++;
  > +> +    if (page_ext_iter_next_fast_possible(iter->pfn)) {
+        iter->page_ext = page_ext_next(iter->page_ext);
+    } else {
+        iter->page_ext = lookup_page_ext(pfn_to_page(iter->pfn));
+    }
+
+    return iter->page_ext;
+}

We now always have a function call when calling into page_ext_iter_next(). Could we move that to the header and rather expose lookup_page_ext() ?

I personally don't like over-using inline functions, also I don't think this
code needs optimization since the current clients make the affected code paths
slow anyways (and this also applies to the likely/unlikely use in page_owner
and page_table_check, I'd drop all of them if you ask me). But again, I can
change if this would prevent you from giving your ACK :)

Well, 512^512 function calls for a 1 GiB page just to traverse the page ext? :)

Page_owner may allocate memory, do hash lookup and what not from that code path.
But you have a point that other clients (such as page_table_check) may benefit.





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