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authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>2016-07-27 01:26:13 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-27 02:19:19 +0300
commit5a6e75f8110c97e2a5488894d4e922187e6cb343 (patch)
treef4ecded42322672de8b4afed65d40e20ef17bcb6 /ipc
parent65c453778aea374a46597f4d9826274d1eaf7338 (diff)
downloadlinux-5a6e75f8110c97e2a5488894d4e922187e6cb343.tar.xz
shmem: prepare huge= mount option and sysfs knob
This patch adds new mount option "huge=". It can have following values: - "always": Attempt to allocate huge pages every time we need a new page; - "never": Do not allocate huge pages; - "within_size": Only allocate huge page if it will be fully within i_size. Also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints; - "advise: Only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise(); Default is "never" for now. "mount -o remount,huge= /mountpoint" works fine after mount: remounting huge=never will not attempt to break up huge pages at all, just stop more from being allocated. No new config option: put this under CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, which is the appropriate option to protect those who don't want the new bloat, and with which we shall share some pmd code. Prohibit the option when !CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, just as mpol is invalid without CONFIG_NUMA (was hidden in mpol_parse_str(): make it explicit). Allow enabling THP only if the machine has_transparent_hugepage(). But what about Shmem with no user-visible mount? SysV SHM, memfds, shared anonymous mmaps (of /dev/zero or MAP_ANONYMOUS), GPU drivers' DRM objects, Ashmem. Though unlikely to suit all usages, provide sysfs knob /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shmem_enabled to experiment with huge on those. And allow shmem_enabled two further values: - "deny": For use in emergencies, to force the huge option off from all mounts; - "force": Force the huge option on for all - very useful for testing; Based on patch by Hugh Dickins. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466021202-61880-28-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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