The patch titled Subject: mm: make zap_pte_range() handle full within-PMD range has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-make-zap_pte_range-handle-full-within-pmd-range.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-make-zap_pte_range-handle-full-within-pmd-range.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: make zap_pte_range() handle full within-PMD range Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 19:09:48 +0800 In preparation for reclaiming empty PTE pages, this commit first makes zap_pte_range() to handle the full within-PMD range, so that we can more easily detect and free PTE pages in this function in subsequent commits. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/76c95ee641da7808cd66d642ab95841df4048295.1733305182.git.zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-make-zap_pte_range-handle-full-within-pmd-range +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struc pte_t *pte; int nr; +retry: tlb_change_page_size(tlb, PAGE_SIZE); init_rss_vec(rss); start_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); @@ -1757,6 +1758,13 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struc if (force_flush) tlb_flush_mmu(tlb); + if (addr != end) { + cond_resched(); + force_flush = false; + force_break = false; + goto retry; + } + return addr; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-pgtable-make-ptep_clear-non-atomic.patch mm-khugepaged-recheck-pmd-state-in-retract_page_tables.patch mm-userfaultfd-recheck-dst_pmd-entry-in-move_pages_pte.patch mm-introduce-zap_nonpresent_ptes.patch mm-introduce-do_zap_pte_range.patch mm-skip-over-all-consecutive-none-ptes-in-do_zap_pte_range.patch mm-zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed-return-whether-uffd-wp-pte-has-been-re-installed.patch mm-do_zap_pte_range-return-any_skipped-information-to-the-caller.patch mm-make-zap_pte_range-handle-full-within-pmd-range.patch mm-pgtable-reclaim-empty-pte-page-in-madvisemadv_dontneed.patch x86-mm-free-page-table-pages-by-rcu-instead-of-semi-rcu.patch x86-select-arch_supports_pt_reclaim-if-x86_64.patch