On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 09:26:04PM +0800, Pengfei Li wrote:
> Objective
> ---------
> The current implementation of struct vmap_area wasted space.
> 
> After applying this commit, sizeof(struct vmap_area) has been
> reduced from 11 words to 8 words.
> 
> Description
> -----------
> 1) Pack "subtree_max_size", "vm" and "purge_list".
> This is no problem because
>     A) "subtree_max_size" is only used when vmap_area is in
>        "free" tree
>     B) "vm" is only used when vmap_area is in "busy" tree
>     C) "purge_list" is only used when vmap_area is in
>        vmap_purge_list
> 
> 2) Eliminate "flags".
> Since only one flag VM_VM_AREA is being used, and the same
> thing can be done by judging whether "vm" is NULL, then the
> "flags" can be eliminated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pengfei Li <lpf.vec...@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <ure...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/vmalloc.h | 20 +++++++++++++-------
>  mm/vmalloc.c            | 24 ++++++++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> index 9b21d0047710..a1334bd18ef1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> @@ -51,15 +51,21 @@ struct vmap_area {
>       unsigned long va_start;
>       unsigned long va_end;
>  
> -     /*
> -      * Largest available free size in subtree.
> -      */
> -     unsigned long subtree_max_size;
> -     unsigned long flags;
>       struct rb_node rb_node;         /* address sorted rbtree */
>       struct list_head list;          /* address sorted list */
> -     struct llist_node purge_list;    /* "lazy purge" list */
> -     struct vm_struct *vm;
> +
> +     /*
> +      * The following three variables can be packed, because
> +      * a vmap_area object is always one of the three states:
> +      *    1) in "free" tree (root is vmap_area_root)
> +      *    2) in "busy" tree (root is free_vmap_area_root)
> +      *    3) in purge list  (head is vmap_purge_list)
> +      */
> +     union {
> +             unsigned long subtree_max_size; /* in "free" tree */
> +             struct vm_struct *vm;           /* in "busy" tree */
> +             struct llist_node purge_list;   /* in purge list */
> +     };
>  };
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 71d8040a8a0b..39bf9cf4175a 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_to_pfn);
>  #define DEBUG_AUGMENT_PROPAGATE_CHECK 0
>  #define DEBUG_AUGMENT_LOWEST_MATCH_CHECK 0
>  
> -#define VM_VM_AREA   0x04
>  
>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmap_area_lock);
>  /* Export for kexec only */
> @@ -1115,7 +1114,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long 
> size,
>  
>       va->va_start = addr;
>       va->va_end = addr + size;
> -     va->flags = 0;
> +     va->vm = NULL;
>       insert_vmap_area(va, &vmap_area_root, &vmap_area_list);
>  
>       spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
> @@ -1922,7 +1921,6 @@ void __init vmalloc_init(void)
>               if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!va))
>                       continue;
>  
> -             va->flags = VM_VM_AREA;
>               va->va_start = (unsigned long)tmp->addr;
>               va->va_end = va->va_start + tmp->size;
>               va->vm = tmp;
> @@ -2020,7 +2018,6 @@ static void setup_vmalloc_vm(struct vm_struct *vm, 
> struct vmap_area *va,
>       vm->size = va->va_end - va->va_start;
>       vm->caller = caller;
>       va->vm = vm;
> -     va->flags |= VM_VM_AREA;
>       spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
>  }
>  
> @@ -2125,10 +2122,10 @@ struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr)
>       struct vmap_area *va;
>  
>       va = find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
> -     if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)
> -             return va->vm;
> +     if (!va)
> +             return NULL;
>  
> -     return NULL;
> +     return va->vm;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -2149,11 +2146,10 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
>  
>       spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
>       va = __find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
> -     if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA) {
> +     if (va && va->vm) {
>               struct vm_struct *vm = va->vm;
>  
>               va->vm = NULL;
> -             va->flags &= ~VM_VM_AREA;
>               spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
>  
>               kasan_free_shadow(vm);
> @@ -2856,7 +2852,7 @@ long vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
>               if (!count)
>                       break;
>  
> -             if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA))
> +             if (!va->vm)
>                       continue;
>  
>               vm = va->vm;
> @@ -2936,7 +2932,7 @@ long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
>               if (!count)
>                       break;
>  
> -             if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA))
> +             if (!va->vm)
>                       continue;
>  
>               vm = va->vm;
> @@ -3466,10 +3462,10 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
>       va = list_entry(p, struct vmap_area, list);
>  
>       /*
> -      * s_show can encounter race with remove_vm_area, !VM_VM_AREA on
> -      * behalf of vmap area is being tear down or vm_map_ram allocation.
> +      * If !va->vm then this vmap_area object is allocated
> +      * by vm_map_ram.
>        */
This point is still valid. There is a race between remove_vm_area() vs
s_show() and va->vm = NULL. So, please keep that comment.

> -     if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)) {
> +     if (!va->vm) {
>               seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld vm_map_ram\n",
>                       (void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end,
>                       va->va_end - va->va_start);
> -- 
> 2.21.0
> 

--
Vlad Rezki

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