From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com>
By default kernel tries to use huge zero page on read page fault.
It's possible to disable huge zero page by writing 0 or enable it
back by writing 1:
echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page
echo 1 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt | 7 +++++++
include/linux/huge_mm.h | 4 ++++
mm/huge_memory.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index 60aeedd..8785fb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ echo always >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo madvise >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo never >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
+By default kernel tries to use huge zero page on read page fault.
+It's possible to disable huge zero page by writing 0 or enable it
+back by writing 1:
+
+echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page
+echo 1 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page
+
khugepaged will be automatically started when
transparent_hugepage/enabled is set to "always" or "madvise, and it'll
be automatically shutdown if it's set to "never".
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 856f080..a9f5bd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum transparent_hugepage_flag {
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KHUGEPAGED_FLAG,
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG,
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEBUG_COW_FLAG,
#endif
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ extern bool is_vma_temporary_stack(struct vm_area_struct
*vma);
(transparent_hugepage_flags & \
(1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG) && \
(__vma)->vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE))
+#define transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page() \
+ (transparent_hugepage_flags & \
+ (1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG))
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
#define transparent_hugepage_debug_cow() \
(transparent_hugepage_flags & \
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index b104718..1f6c6de 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ unsigned long transparent_hugepage_flags __read_mostly =
(1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG)|
#endif
(1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_FLAG)|
- (1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KHUGEPAGED_FLAG);
+ (1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KHUGEPAGED_FLAG)|
+ (1<<TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG);
/* default scan 8*512 pte (or vmas) every 30 second */
static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_to_scan __read_mostly = HPAGE_PMD_NR*8;
@@ -356,6 +357,20 @@ static ssize_t defrag_store(struct kobject *kobj,
static struct kobj_attribute defrag_attr =
__ATTR(defrag, 0644, defrag_show, defrag_store);
+static ssize_t use_zero_page_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return single_flag_show(kobj, attr, buf,
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+static ssize_t use_zero_page_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ return single_flag_store(kobj, attr, buf, count,
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+static struct kobj_attribute use_zero_page_attr =
+ __ATTR(use_zero_page, 0644, use_zero_page_show, use_zero_page_store);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
static ssize_t debug_cow_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -377,6 +392,7 @@ static struct kobj_attribute debug_cow_attr =
static struct attribute *hugepage_attr[] = {
&enabled_attr.attr,
&defrag_attr.attr,
+ &use_zero_page_attr.attr,
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
&debug_cow_attr.attr,
#endif
@@ -771,7 +787,8 @@ int do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct
vm_area_struct *vma,
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
if (unlikely(khugepaged_enter(vma)))
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
- if (!(flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)) {
+ if (!(flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) &&
+ transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page()) {
pgtable_t pgtable;
unsigned long zero_pfn;
pgtable = pte_alloc_one(mm, haddr);
--
1.7.11.7
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