On 02.09.25 10:13, Wei Yang wrote:
On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 09:49:48AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
+ /*
+ * To challenge spitting code, we will mremap page[x] of the
+ * thp[x] into a smaller area, and trigger the split from that
+ * smaller area. This will end up replacing the PMD mappings in
+ * the thp_area by PTE mappings first, leaving the THPs unsplit.
+ */
This confuse me a little. How about move "and trigger the split from that
smaller area" to the end? So that I know mremap convert to pte-mapping and
leave thp unsplit. Then we do the split.
After spleeping over it, what about the following?
+ /*
+ * To challenge spitting code, we will mremap a single page of each
+ * THP (page[i] of thp[i]) in the thp_area into page_area. This will
+ * replace the PMD mappings in the thp_area by PTE mappings first,
+ * but leaving the THP unsplit, to then create a page-sized hole in
+ * the thp_area.
+ * We will then manually trigger splitting of all THPs through the
+ * single mremap'ed pages of each THP in the page_area.
+ */
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Cheers
David / dhildenb
