thp: file pages support for split_huge_page()
authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:25:51 +0000 (15:25 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:19:19 +0000 (16:19 -0700)
commitbaa355fd331424526e742d41d9b90d5f9d10f716
tree762004078f781ba9fd053186dcb7d9925d3c41bd
parent37f9f5595c26d3cb644ca2fab83dc4c4db119f9f
thp: file pages support for split_huge_page()

Basic scheme is the same as for anon THP.

Main differences:

  - File pages are on radix-tree, so we have head->_count offset by
    HPAGE_PMD_NR. The count got distributed to small pages during split.

  - mapping->tree_lock prevents non-lockless access to pages under split
    over radix-tree;

  - Lockless access is prevented by setting the head->_count to 0 during
    split;

  - After split, some pages can be beyond i_size. We drop them from
    radix-tree.

  - We don't setup migration entries. Just unmap pages. It helps
    handling cases when i_size is in the middle of the page: no need
    handle unmap pages beyond i_size manually.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466021202-61880-20-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>
mm/gup.c
mm/huge_memory.c