mm/memory: don't require head page for do_set_pmd()
authorAndrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com>
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:32:16 +0000 (08:32 -0700)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:52:11 +0000 (20:52 -0700)
commitab1ffc86cb5bec1c92387b9811d9036512f8f4eb
treebc346066345e174dde4fe767dbc24036efca8d9b
parentbf14ed81f571f8dba31cd72ab2e50fbcc877cc31
mm/memory: don't require head page for do_set_pmd()

The requirement that the head page be passed to do_set_pmd() was added in
commit ef37b2ea08ac ("mm/memory: page_add_file_rmap() ->
folio_add_file_rmap_[pte|pmd]()") and prevents pmd-mapping in the
finish_fault() and filemap_map_pages() paths if the page to be inserted is
anything but the head page for an otherwise suitable vma and pmd-sized
page.

Matthew said:

: We're going to stop using PMDs to map large folios unless the fault is
: within the first 4KiB of the PMD.  No idea how many workloads that
: affects, but it only needs to be backported as far as v6.8, so we may
: as well backport it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240611153216.2794513-1-abrestic@rivosinc.com
Fixes: ef37b2ea08ac ("mm/memory: page_add_file_rmap() -> folio_add_file_rmap_[pte|pmd]()")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/memory.c