Baolin Wang 52e054f718 mm: rmap: support batched checks of the references for large folios
Patch series "support batch checking of references and unmapping for large
folios", v6.


Currently, folio_referenced_one() always checks the young flag for each
PTE sequentially, which is inefficient for large folios.  This
inefficiency is especially noticeable when reclaiming clean file-backed
large folios, where folio_referenced() is observed as a significant
performance hotspot.

Moreover, on Arm architecture, which supports contiguous PTEs, there is
already an optimization to clear the young flags for PTEs within a
contiguous range.  However, this is not sufficient.  We can extend this to
perform batched operations for the entire large folio (which might exceed
the contiguous range: CONT_PTE_SIZE).

Similar to folio_referenced_one(), we can also apply batched unmapping for
large file folios to optimize the performance of file folio reclamation. 
By supporting batched checking of the young flags, flushing TLB entries,
and unmapping, I can observed a significant performance improvements in my
performance tests for file folios reclamation.  Please check the
performance data in the commit message of each patch.


This patch (of 5):

Currently, folio_referenced_one() always checks the young flag for each
PTE sequentially, which is inefficient for large folios.  This
inefficiency is especially noticeable when reclaiming clean file-backed
large folios, where folio_referenced() is observed as a significant
performance hotspot.

Moreover, on Arm64 architecture, which supports contiguous PTEs, there is
already an optimization to clear the young flags for PTEs within a
contiguous range.  However, this is not sufficient.  We can extend this to
perform batched operations for the entire large folio (which might exceed
the contiguous range: CONT_PTE_SIZE).

Introduce a new API: clear_flush_young_ptes() to facilitate batched
checking of the young flags and flushing TLB entries, thereby improving
performance during large folio reclamation.  And it will be overridden by
the architecture that implements a more efficient batch operation in the
following patches.

While we are at it, rename ptep_clear_flush_young_notify() to
clear_flush_young_ptes_notify() to indicate that this is a batch
operation.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1770645603.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/12132694536834262062d1fb304f8f8a064b6750.1770645603.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-12 15:43:00 -08:00
2026-01-20 19:24:47 -08:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
2026-01-11 06:09:11 -10:00
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