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author | Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> | 2016-07-27 01:26:13 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-07-27 02:19:19 +0300 |
commit | 5a6e75f8110c97e2a5488894d4e922187e6cb343 (patch) | |
tree | f4ecded42322672de8b4afed65d40e20ef17bcb6 /include/linux/huge_mm.h | |
parent | 65c453778aea374a46597f4d9826274d1eaf7338 (diff) | |
download | linux-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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/huge_mm.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/huge_mm.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h index 254aac4c3963..2f757132662a 100644 --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ enum transparent_hugepage_flag { #endif }; +extern struct kobj_attribute shmem_enabled_attr; + #define HPAGE_PMD_ORDER (HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT) #define HPAGE_PMD_NR (1<<HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) |