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[3/7] struct page: add field for vm_struct

Message ID 20180223144807.1180-4-igor.stoppa@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Igor Stoppa Feb. 23, 2018, 2:48 p.m. UTC
When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain
a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually
continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc.

The struct page has a "mapping" field, which can be re-used, to store a
pointer to the parent area.

This will avoid more expensive searches, later on.

Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com>
---
 include/linux/mm_types.h | 1 +
 mm/vmalloc.c             | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Feb. 25, 2018, 3:38 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 04:48:03PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> @@ -1769,6 +1771,9 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
>  
>  	kmemleak_vmalloc(area, size, gfp_mask);
>  
> +	for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++)
> +		area->pages[i]->area = area;
> +
>  	return addr;
>  
>  fail:

IMO, this is the wrong place to initialise the page->area.  It should be
done in __vmalloc_area_node() like so:

                        area->nr_pages = i;
                        goto fail;
                }
+		page->area = area;
                area->pages[i] = page;
                if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask))
                        cond_resched();

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Igor Stoppa Feb. 26, 2018, 4:37 p.m. UTC | #2
On 25/02/18 05:38, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 04:48:03PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
>> @@ -1769,6 +1771,9 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
>>  
>>  	kmemleak_vmalloc(area, size, gfp_mask);
>>  
>> +	for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++)
>> +		area->pages[i]->area = area;
>> +
>>  	return addr;
>>  
>>  fail:
> 
> IMO, this is the wrong place to initialise the page->area.  It should be
> done in __vmalloc_area_node() like so:
> 
>                         area->nr_pages = i;
>                         goto fail;
>                 }
> +		page->area = area;
>                 area->pages[i] = page;
>                 if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask))
>                         cond_resched();
> 


ok

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Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index fd1af6b9591d..c3a4825e10c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@  struct page {
 		void *s_mem;			/* slab first object */
 		atomic_t compound_mapcount;	/* first tail page */
 		/* page_deferred_list().next	 -- second tail page */
+		struct vm_struct *area;
 	};
 
 	/* Second double word */
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 673942094328..14d99ed22397 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@  static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
 			struct page *page = area->pages[i];
 
 			BUG_ON(!page);
+			page->area = NULL;
 			__free_pages(page, 0);
 		}
 
@@ -1744,6 +1745,7 @@  void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 			const void *caller)
 {
 	struct vm_struct *area;
+	unsigned int i;
 	void *addr;
 	unsigned long real_size = size;
 
@@ -1769,6 +1771,9 @@  void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 
 	kmemleak_vmalloc(area, size, gfp_mask);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++)
+		area->pages[i]->area = area;
+
 	return addr;
 
 fail: