Re: [External] Re: [PATCH] docs: mm: Fix number of base pages for 1GB HugeTLB

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 12:04:31 EST


Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> (adding Jon)
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 03:05:29PM +0100, Usama Arif wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/02/2023 09:51, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> > On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 11:44:56AM +0000, Usama Arif wrote:
>> > > 1GB HugeTLB page consists of 262144 base pages.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > > ---
>> > > Documentation/mm/vmemmap_dedup.rst | 3 ++-
>> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/Documentation/mm/vmemmap_dedup.rst b/Documentation/mm/vmemmap_dedup.rst
>> > > index a4b12ff906c4..689a6907c70b 100644
>> > > --- a/Documentation/mm/vmemmap_dedup.rst
>> > > +++ b/Documentation/mm/vmemmap_dedup.rst
>> > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
>> > > +
>> > > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> > > =========================================
>> > > @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ HugeTLB pages consist of multiple base page size pages and is supported by many
>> > > architectures. See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst for more
>> > > details. On the x86-64 architecture, HugeTLB pages of size 2MB and 1GB are
>> > > currently supported. Since the base page size on x86 is 4KB, a 2MB HugeTLB page
>> > > -consists of 512 base pages and a 1GB HugeTLB page consists of 4096 base pages.
>> > > +consists of 512 base pages and a 1GB HugeTLB page consists of 262144 base pages.
>> > > For each base page, there is a corresponding ``struct page``.
>> > > Within the HugeTLB subsystem, only the first 4 ``struct page`` are used to
>> > > --
>> > > 2.25.1
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Was just reading vmemmap_dedup.rst for something and realized that its still
>> 4096 pages for 1G, maybe this patch got missed?

Dug out of the archives and applied, thanks.

jon