Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings

From: Wen Jiang <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:31:46 +0800

From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <[email-masked]>

Try to align the vmap virtual address to PMD_SHIFT or a
larger PTE mapping size hinted by the architecture, so
contiguous pages can be batch-mapped when setting PMD or
PTE entries.

Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <[email-masked]>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <[email-masked]>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 50642246f4d40..040d400928aab 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3620,6 +3620,37 @@ static int vmap_batched(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static struct vm_struct *get_aligned_vm_area(unsigned long size,
+		unsigned long flags, const void *caller)
+{
+	struct vm_struct *vm_area;
+	unsigned int shift;
+
+	/* Try PMD alignment for large sizes */
+	if (size >= PMD_SIZE) {
+		vm_area = __get_vm_area_node(size, PMD_SIZE, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+				VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+				NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
+		if (vm_area)
+			return vm_area;
+	}
+
+	/* Try CONT_PTE alignment */
+	shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+	if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
+		vm_area = __get_vm_area_node(size, 1UL << shift, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+				VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+				NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
+		if (vm_area)
+			return vm_area;
+	}
+
+	/* Fall back to page alignment */
+	return __get_vm_area_node(size, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+			VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+			NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
+}
+
 /**
  * vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
  * @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -3658,7 +3689,7 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
 		return NULL;
 
 	size = (unsigned long)count << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	area = get_vm_area_caller(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	area = get_aligned_vm_area(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (!area)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.34.1