Linux kernel source tree
Go to file
Li Zhe d14de5b925 vfio/type1: optimize vfio_unpin_pages_remote()
When vfio_unpin_pages_remote() is called with a range of addresses that
includes large folios, the function currently performs individual
put_pfn() operations for each page. This can lead to significant
performance overheads, especially when dealing with large ranges of pages.

It would be very rare for reserved PFNs and non reserved will to be mixed
within the same range. So this patch utilizes the has_rsvd variable
introduced in the previous patch to determine whether batch put_pfn()
operations can be performed. Moreover, compared to put_pfn(),
unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock() is capable of handling large folio
scenarios more efficiently.

The performance test results for completing the 16G VFIO IOMMU DMA
unmapping are as follows.

Base(v6.16):
------- AVERAGE (MADV_HUGEPAGE) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.141 s (113.7 GB/s)
------- AVERAGE (MAP_POPULATE) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.307 s (52.2 GB/s)
------- AVERAGE (HUGETLBFS) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.135 s (118.6 GB/s)

With this patchset:
------- AVERAGE (MADV_HUGEPAGE) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.044 s (363.2 GB/s)
------- AVERAGE (MAP_POPULATE) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.289 s (55.3 GB/s)
------- AVERAGE (HUGETLBFS) --------
VFIO UNMAP DMA in 0.044 s (361.3 GB/s)

For large folio, we achieve an over 67% performance improvement in
the VFIO UNMAP DMA item. For small folios, the performance test
results appear to show a slight improvement.

Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814064714.56485-6-lizhe.67@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
2025-10-06 11:21:27 -06:00
arch - switch longson32 platform to DT and use MIPS_GENERIC framework 2025-10-05 10:09:55 -07:00
block Summary of significant series in this pull request: 2025-10-02 18:18:33 -07:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto This update includes the following changes: 2025-10-04 14:59:29 -07:00
Documentation ata changes for 6.18 2025-10-05 20:43:01 -07:00
drivers vfio/type1: optimize vfio_unpin_pages_remote() 2025-10-06 11:21:27 -06:00
fs zonefs changes for 6.18 2025-10-05 20:45:49 -07:00
include mm: introduce num_pages_contiguous() 2025-10-06 11:21:26 -06:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring Summary of significant series in this pull request: 2025-10-02 18:18:33 -07:00
ipc namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
kernel tracing updates for v6.18: 2025-10-05 09:43:36 -07:00
lib integrity-v6.18 2025-10-05 10:48:33 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm Only two patch series in this pull request: 2025-10-05 12:11:07 -07:00
net NFS Client Updates for Linux 6.18 2025-10-03 14:20:40 -07:00
rust Char/Misc/IIO/Binder changes for 6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 16:26:32 -07:00
samples Char/Misc/IIO/Binder changes for 6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 16:26:32 -07:00
scripts It has been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, with changes all over: 2025-10-03 17:16:13 -07:00
security integrity-v6.18 2025-10-05 10:48:33 -07:00
sound platform-drivers-x86 for v6.18-1 2025-10-04 15:28:18 -07:00
tools rtla: Updates for v6.18 2025-10-05 09:38:26 -07:00
usr gen_init_cpio: add -a <data_align> as reflink optimization 2025-08-20 16:02:56 -07:00
virt KVM common changes for 6.18 2025-09-30 13:27:59 -04:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: remove Alyssa Rosenzweig 2025-09-18 21:17:31 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally 2025-08-12 15:53:55 -07:00
.mailmap VFIO updates for v6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 08:24:54 -07:00
.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS USB/Thunderbolt changes for 6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 16:07:08 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS - switch longson32 platform to DT and use MIPS_GENERIC framework 2025-10-05 10:09:55 -07:00
Makefile It has been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, with changes all over: 2025-10-03 17:16:13 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.