x86/mm/pat: restore large ROX pages after fragmentation
Change of attributes of the pages may lead to fragmentation of direct mapping over time and performance degradation when these pages contain executable code. With current code it's one way road: kernel tries to avoid splitting large pages, but it doesn't restore them back even if page attributes got compatible again. Any change to the mapping may potentially allow to restore large page. Add a hook to cpa_flush() path that will check if the pages in the range that were just touched can be mapped at PMD level. If the collapse at the PMD level succeeded, also attempt to collapse PUD level. The collapse logic runs only when a set_memory_ method explicitly sets CPA_COLLAPSE flag, for now this is only enabled in set_memory_rox(). CPUs don't like[1] to have to have TLB entries of different size for the same memory, but looks like it's okay as long as these entries have matching attributes[2]. Therefore it's critical to flush TLB before any following changes to the mapping. Note that we already allow for multiple TLB entries of different sizes for the same memory now in split_large_page() path. It's not a new situation. set_memory_4k() provides a way to use 4k pages on purpose. Kernel must not remap such pages as large. Re-use one of software PTE bits to indicate such pages. [1] See Erratum 383 of AMD Family 10h Processors [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1da1b025-cabc-6f04-bde5-e50830d1ecf0@amd.com/ [rppt@kernel.org: * s/restore/collapse/ * update formatting per peterz * use 'struct ptdesc' instead of 'struct page' for list of page tables to be freed * try to collapse PMD first and if it succeeds move on to PUD as peterz suggested * flush TLB twice: for changes done in the original CPA call and after collapsing of large pages * update commit message ] Signed-off-by:"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Co-developed-by:
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250126074733.1384926-4-rppt@kernel.org
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