Re: [PATCH v2 17/20] fs/proc/task_mmu: remove per-page mapcount dependency for PM_MMAP_EXCLUSIVE (CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT)
From: David Hildenbrand <hidden>
Date: 2025-02-25 10:56:58
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On 24.02.25 17:55, David Hildenbrand wrote:
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Let's implement an alternative when per-page mapcounts in large folios are no longer maintained -- soon with CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT. PM_MMAP_EXCLUSIVE will now be set if folio_likely_mapped_shared() is true -- when the folio is considered "mapped shared", including when it once was "mapped shared" but no longer is, as documented. This might result in and under-indication of "exclusively mapped", which is considered better than over-indicating it: under-estimating the USS (Unique Set Size) is better than over-estimating it. As an alternative, we could simply remove that flag with CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT completely, but there might be value to it. So, let's keep it like that and document the behavior. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <redacted> --- Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst | 9 +++++++++ fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst index 49590306c61a0..131c86574c39a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ There are four components to pagemap: precisely which pages are mapped (or in swap) and comparing mapped pages between processes. + Note that in some kernel configurations, all pages part of a larger + allocation (e.g., THP) might be considered "mapped shared" if the large + allocation is considered "mapped shared": if not all pages are exclusive to + the same process. Further, some kernel configurations might consider larger + allocations "mapped shared", if they were at one point considered + "mapped shared", even if they would now be considered "exclusively mapped". + Consequently, in these kernel configurations, bit 56 might be set although + the page is actually "exclusively mapped"
I rewrote this yet another time to maybe make it clearer ... + Traditionally, bit 56 indicates that a page is mapped exactly once and bit + 56 is clear when a page is mapped multiple times, even when mapped in the + same process multiple times. In some kernel configurations, the semantics + for pages part of a larger allocation (e.g., THP) differ: bit 56 is set if + all pages part of the corresponding large allocation are *certainly* mapped + in the same process, even if the page is mapped multiple times in that + process. Bit 56 is clear when any page page of the larger allocation + is *maybe* mapped in a different process. In some cases, a large allocation + might be treated as "maybe mapped by multiple processes" even though this + is no longer the case. (talking about "process" is not completely correct, it's actually "MMs"; but that might add more confusion here) -- Cheers, David / dhildenb