On 07/20/2015 04:21 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > This patch adds implementation of split_huge_page() for new > refcountings. > > Unlike previous implementation, new split_huge_page() can fail if > somebody holds GUP pin on the page. It also means that pin on page > would prevent it from bening split under you. It makes situation in > many places much cleaner. > > The basic scheme of split_huge_page(): > > - Check that sum of mapcounts of all subpage is equal to page_count() > plus one (caller pin). Foll off with -EBUSY. This way we can avoid > useless PMD-splits. > > - Freeze the page counters by splitting all PMD and setup migration > PTEs. > > - Re-check sum of mapcounts against page_count(). Page's counts are > stable now. -EBUSY if page is pinned. > > - Split compound page. > > - Unfreeze the page by removing migration entries. > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> > Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com> > Tested-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarc...@redhat.com> > --- > include/linux/huge_mm.h | 7 +- > include/linux/pagemap.h | 13 +- > mm/huge_memory.c | 318 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > mm/internal.h | 26 +++- > mm/rmap.c | 21 ---- > 5 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) > >
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