[PATCH 00/49] mm: Generalize vmemmap optimization for DAX and HugeTLB

David Hildenbrand (arm) david at kernel.org
Tue Apr 7 05:59:56 AEST 2026


On 4/5/26 14:51, Muchun Song wrote:
> Overview:
> This patch series generalizes the HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO)
> into a generic vmemmap optimization framework that can be used by both
> HugeTLB and DAX.
> 
> Background:
> Currently, the vmemmap optimization feature is highly coupled with
> HugeTLB. However, DAX also has similar requirements for optimizing vmemmap
> pages to save memory. 

guest_memfd also wants to make use of this (e.g., through folios 
allocated from hugetlb, where it might have to undo HVO).

CCing Ackerley.

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Cheers,

David


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