Introduce the 'panthor.transparent_hugepage' boolean module parameter
(false by default). When the parameter is set to true, a new tmpfs
mountpoint is created and mounted using the 'huge=within_size'
option. It's then used at GEM object creation instead of the default
'shm_mnt' mountpoint in order to enable Transparent Hugepage (THP) for
the object (without having to rely on a system wide parameter).
v3:
- use huge tmpfs mountpoint in drm_device
v4:
- fix builds with CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=n
- clean up mountpoint creation error handling
- print negative error value
v5:
- use drm_gem_has_huge_tmp() helper
- get rid of CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE ifdefs
v9:
- replace drm_gem_has_huge_tmp() by drm_gem_get_huge_tmp()
Signed-off-by: Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c | 3 +++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 7 +++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h | 9 +++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h | 2 ++
5 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
index e133b1e0ad6d..2979ee0e52c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include "panthor_devfreq.h"
#include "panthor_device.h"
#include "panthor_fw.h"
+#include "panthor_gem.h"
#include "panthor_gpu.h"
#include "panthor_hw.h"
#include "panthor_mmu.h"
@@ -294,6 +295,8 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
if (ret)
goto err_unplug_fw;
+ panthor_gem_init(ptdev);
+
/* ~3 frames */
pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(ptdev->base.dev, 50);
pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(ptdev->base.dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
index d1d4c50da5bf..55dbda6dbf9c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
@@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ static const struct file_operations panthor_drm_driver_fops = {
.read = drm_read,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
.mmap = panthor_mmap,
+ .get_unmapped_area = drm_gem_get_unmapped_area,
.show_fdinfo = drm_show_fdinfo,
.fop_flags = FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET,
};
@@ -1626,6 +1627,12 @@ static const struct drm_driver panthor_drm_driver = {
#endif
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
+module_param_named(transparent_hugepage, panthor_transparent_hugepage, bool, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(transparent_hugepage, "Use a dedicated tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled (false = default)");
+#endif
+
static int panthor_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct panthor_device *ptdev;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79dccd289881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
+
+#ifndef __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
+#define __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
+
+extern bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
index 10d255cccc09..7ae07a9bc996 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
/* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> */
/* Copyright 2023 Collabora ltd. */
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/dma-buf.h>
@@ -12,10 +13,27 @@
#include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
#include "panthor_device.h"
+#include "panthor_drv.h"
#include "panthor_fw.h"
#include "panthor_gem.h"
#include "panthor_mmu.h"
+void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
+ !panthor_transparent_hugepage)
+ return;
+
+ err = drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(&ptdev->base, "within_size");
+ if (drm_gem_get_huge_mnt(&ptdev->base))
+ drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
+ else if (err)
+ drm_warn(&ptdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%d)\n",
+ err);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
static void panthor_gem_debugfs_bo_init(struct panthor_gem_object *bo)
{
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
index 80c6e24112d0..2eefe9104e5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct panthor_gem_object *to_panthor_bo(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
return container_of(to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj), struct panthor_gem_object, base);
}
+void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
+
struct drm_gem_object *panthor_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *ddev, size_t size);
int
--
2.47.3
On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:52:50 +0100
Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
> Introduce the 'panthor.transparent_hugepage' boolean module parameter
> (false by default). When the parameter is set to true, a new tmpfs
> mountpoint is created and mounted using the 'huge=within_size'
> option. It's then used at GEM object creation instead of the default
> 'shm_mnt' mountpoint in order to enable Transparent Hugepage (THP) for
> the object (without having to rely on a system wide parameter).
>
> v3:
> - use huge tmpfs mountpoint in drm_device
>
> v4:
> - fix builds with CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=n
> - clean up mountpoint creation error handling
> - print negative error value
>
> v5:
> - use drm_gem_has_huge_tmp() helper
> - get rid of CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE ifdefs
>
> v9:
> - replace drm_gem_has_huge_tmp() by drm_gem_get_huge_tmp()
>
> Signed-off-by: Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c | 3 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 7 +++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h | 9 +++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> index e133b1e0ad6d..2979ee0e52c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> #include "panthor_devfreq.h"
> #include "panthor_device.h"
> #include "panthor_fw.h"
> +#include "panthor_gem.h"
> #include "panthor_gpu.h"
> #include "panthor_hw.h"
> #include "panthor_mmu.h"
> @@ -294,6 +295,8 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> if (ret)
> goto err_unplug_fw;
>
> + panthor_gem_init(ptdev);
> +
> /* ~3 frames */
> pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(ptdev->base.dev, 50);
> pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(ptdev->base.dev);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> index d1d4c50da5bf..55dbda6dbf9c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> @@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ static const struct file_operations panthor_drm_driver_fops = {
> .read = drm_read,
> .llseek = noop_llseek,
> .mmap = panthor_mmap,
> + .get_unmapped_area = drm_gem_get_unmapped_area,
> .show_fdinfo = drm_show_fdinfo,
> .fop_flags = FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET,
> };
> @@ -1626,6 +1627,12 @@ static const struct drm_driver panthor_drm_driver = {
> #endif
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> +bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
> +module_param_named(transparent_hugepage, panthor_transparent_hugepage, bool, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(transparent_hugepage, "Use a dedicated tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled (false = default)");
On a second thought, I wonder if this shouldn't be an opt-out param
(which is what V3D does, BTW). What's the downside of enabling THP if we
have a fallback for cases where memory is too fragmented to get huge
pages at allocation time?
> +#endif
> +
> static int panthor_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct panthor_device *ptdev;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..79dccd289881
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
> +/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
> +
> +#ifndef __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
> +#define __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
> +
> +extern bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> index 10d255cccc09..7ae07a9bc996 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
> /* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> */
> /* Copyright 2023 Collabora ltd. */
> +/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
>
> #include <linux/cleanup.h>
> #include <linux/dma-buf.h>
> @@ -12,10 +13,27 @@
> #include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
>
> #include "panthor_device.h"
> +#include "panthor_drv.h"
> #include "panthor_fw.h"
> #include "panthor_gem.h"
> #include "panthor_mmu.h"
>
> +void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
> + !panthor_transparent_hugepage)
> + return;
> +
> + err = drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(&ptdev->base, "within_size");
> + if (drm_gem_get_huge_mnt(&ptdev->base))
> + drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
> + else if (err)
> + drm_warn(&ptdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%d)\n",
> + err);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> static void panthor_gem_debugfs_bo_init(struct panthor_gem_object *bo)
> {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> index 80c6e24112d0..2eefe9104e5e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> @@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct panthor_gem_object *to_panthor_bo(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> return container_of(to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj), struct panthor_gem_object, base);
> }
>
> +void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
> +
> struct drm_gem_object *panthor_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *ddev, size_t size);
>
> int
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