Thread (20 messages) 20 messages, 3 authors, 2021-10-07

Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] hugetlb: add demote hugetlb page sysfs interfaces

From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Date: 2021-10-04 13:02:46
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On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 10:52:06AM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
-which function as described above for the default huge page-sized case.
+The demote interfaces provide the ability to split a huge page into
+smaller huge pages.  For example, the x86 architecture supports both
+1GB and 2MB huge pages sizes.  A 1GB huge page can be split into 512
+2MB huge pages.  Demote interfaces are not available for the smallest
+huge page size.  The demote interfaces are:
+
+demote_size
+        is the size of demoted pages.  When a page is demoted a corresponding
+        number of huge pages of demote_size will be created.  By default,
+        demote_size is set to the next smaller huge page size.  If there are
+        multiple smaller huge page sizes, demote_size can be set to any of
+        these smaller sizes.  Only huge page sizes less then the current huge
s/then/than ?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
 {
-	struct hstate *h;
+	struct hstate *h, *h2;
 
 	for_each_hstate(h) {
 		if (minimum_order > huge_page_order(h))
@@ -2995,6 +2995,23 @@ static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
 		/* oversize hugepages were init'ed in early boot */
 		if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h))
 			hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(h);
+
+		/*
+		 * Set demote order for each hstate.  Note that
+		 * h->demote_order is initially 0.
+		 * - We can not demote gigantic pages if runtime freeing
+		 *   is not supported.
+		 */
+		if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h) ||
+		    gigantic_page_runtime_supported()) {
Based on the comment, I think that making the condition explicit looks
better from my point of view.

if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && !gigantic_page_runtime_supported())
    continue;
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+			for_each_hstate(h2) {
+				if (h2 == h)
+					continue;
+				if (h2->order < h->order &&
+				    h2->order > h->demote_order)
+					h->demote_order = h2->order;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	VM_BUG_ON(minimum_order == UINT_MAX);
 }
@@ -3235,9 +3252,29 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3
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