Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: introduce the name HVO

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Jun 13 2022 - 14:39:00 EST


On 13.06.22 08:35, Muchun Song wrote:
> It it inconvenient to mention the feature of optimizing vmemmap pages associated
> with HugeTLB pages when communicating with others since there is no specific or
> abbreviated name for it when it is first introduced. Let us give it a name HVO
> (HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization) from now.
>
> This commit also updates the document about "hugetlb_free_vmemmap" by the way
> discussed in thread [1].
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/21aae898-d54d-cc4b-a11f-1bb7fddcfffa@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++---
> Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst | 3 +--
> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 3 +--
> fs/Kconfig | 13 ++++++-------
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 8 ++++----
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h | 4 ++--
> 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 391b43fee93e..7539553b3fb0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1725,12 +1725,13 @@
> hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
> [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> enabled.
> + Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
> Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
> memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
> - Format: { [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1 | [oO][Ff]/N/n/0 (default) }
> + Format: { on | off (default) }
>
> - [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1: enable the feature
> - [oO][Ff]/N/n/0: disable the feature
> + on: enable HVO
> + off: disable HVO
>
> Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
> the default is on.
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> index a90330d0a837..64e0d5c512e7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> @@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ default_hugepagesz
> will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated. Valid default
> huge page size is architecture dependent.
> hugetlb_free_vmemmap
> - When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables optimizing
> - unused vmemmap pages associated with each HugeTLB page.
> + When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables HVO.

Heh, it would be convenient to call this

CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION (HVO) then.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb