Hello,
I am posting this as an RFC for any feedback. I have tested them suitably and I am continuing to test them.
These patches optimizes the start addresses in move_page_tables(). It addresses a warning [1] that occurs due to a downward, overlapping move on a mutually-aligned offset within a PMD during exec. By initiating the copy process at the PMD level when such alignment is present, we can prevent this warning and speed up the copying process at the same time. Linus Torvalds suggested this idea.
Please check the individual patches for more details.
thanks,
- Joel
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZB2GTBD%2FLWTrkOiO@dhcp22.suse.cz/
Joel Fernandes (Google) (4): mm/mremap: Optimize the start addresses in move_page_tables() selftests: mm: Fix failure case when new remap region was not found selftests: mm: Add a test for mutually aligned moves > PMD size selftests: mm: Add a test for remapping to area immediately after existing mapping
mm/mremap.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++ tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_test.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-- 2.40.1.606.ga4b1b128d6-goog