The patch titled
Subject: mm: call free_huge_page() directly
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-call-free_huge_page-directly.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-call-free_huge_page-directly.patch
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: call free_huge_page() directly
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:11:50 +0100
Indirect calls are expensive, thanks to Spectre. Call free_huge_page()
directly if the folio belongs to hugetlb.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230816151201.3655946-3-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yanteng Si <siyanteng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 ++-
mm/page_alloc.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~mm-call-free_huge_page-directly
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long pd; } hug
#define __hugepd(x) ((hugepd_t) { (x) })
#endif
+void free_huge_page(struct page *page);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
@@ -165,7 +167,6 @@ int get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(unsigned
bool *migratable_cleared);
void folio_putback_active_hugetlb(struct folio *folio);
void move_hugetlb_state(struct folio *old_folio, struct folio *new_folio, int reason);
-void free_huge_page(struct page *page);
void hugetlb_fix_reserve_counts(struct inode *inode);
extern struct mutex *hugetlb_fault_mutex_table;
u32 hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t idx);
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-call-free_huge_page-directly
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ const char * const migratetype_names[MIG
static compound_page_dtor * const compound_page_dtors[NR_COMPOUND_DTORS] = {
[NULL_COMPOUND_DTOR] = NULL,
[COMPOUND_PAGE_DTOR] = free_compound_page,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
- [HUGETLB_PAGE_DTOR] = free_huge_page,
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
[TRANSHUGE_PAGE_DTOR] = free_transhuge_page,
#endif
@@ -612,6 +609,11 @@ void destroy_large_folio(struct folio *f
{
enum compound_dtor_id dtor = folio->_folio_dtor;
+ if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
+ free_huge_page(&folio->page);
+ return;
+ }
+
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(dtor >= NR_COMPOUND_DTORS, folio);
compound_page_dtors[dtor](&folio->page);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-memoryc-fix-mismerge.patch
mm-drop-per-vma-lock-when-returning-vm_fault_retry-or-vm_fault_completed-fix.patch
zswap-make-zswap_store-take-a-folio.patch
memcg-convert-get_obj_cgroup_from_page-to-get_obj_cgroup_from_folio.patch
swap-remove-some-calls-to-compound_head-in-swap_readpage.patch
zswap-make-zswap_load-take-a-folio.patch
mm-improve-the-comment-in-isolate_migratepages_block.patch
minmax-add-in_range-macro.patch
mm-convert-page_table_check_pte_set-to-page_table_check_ptes_set.patch
mm-add-generic-flush_icache_pages-and-documentation.patch
mm-add-folio_flush_mapping.patch
mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio.patch
mm-add-default-definition-of-set_ptes.patch
alpha-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
csky-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
hexagon-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
ia64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
ia64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api-fix.patch
loongarch-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
m68k-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
microblaze-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mips-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
nios2-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
openrisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
parisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
powerpc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
powerpc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api-fix.patch
riscv-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
s390-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sh-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc32-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
um-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
x86-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
xtensa-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mm-remove-page_mapping_file.patch
mm-rationalise-flush_icache_pages-and-flush_icache_page.patch
mm-tidy-up-set_ptes-definition.patch
mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd.patch
mm-call-update_mmu_cache_range-in-more-page-fault-handling-paths.patch
mm-allow-fault_dirty_shared_page-to-be-called-under-the-vma-lock.patch
io_uring-stop-calling-free_compound_page.patch
mm-call-free_huge_page-directly.patch
mm-convert-free_huge_page-to-free_huge_folio.patch
mm-convert-free_transhuge_folio-to-folio_undo_large_rmappable.patch
mm-convert-prep_transhuge_page-to-folio_prep_large_rmappable.patch
mm-remove-free_compound_page-and-the-compound_page_dtors-array.patch
mm-remove-hugetlb_page_dtor.patch
mm-add-large_rmappable-page-flag.patch
mm-rearrange-page-flags.patch
mm-free-up-a-word-in-the-first-tail-page.patch
mm-remove-folio_test_transhuge.patch
mm-add-tail-private-fields-to-struct-folio.patch
mm-convert-split_huge_pages_pid-to-use-a-folio.patch
