Introduce the 'panfrost.transparent_hugepage' boolean module parameter
(false by default). When the parameter is set to true, a new tmpfs
mount point is created and mounted using the 'huge=within_size'
option. It's then used at GEM object creation instead of the default
'shm_mnt' mount point 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

Signed-off-by: Loïc Molinari <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c |  3 +++
 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c    |  6 ++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.h    | 11 +++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h    |  2 ++
 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.h

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
index 04bec27449cb..a189bfaac959 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "panfrost_device.h"
 #include "panfrost_devfreq.h"
 #include "panfrost_features.h"
+#include "panfrost_gem.h"
 #include "panfrost_issues.h"
 #include "panfrost_gpu.h"
 #include "panfrost_job.h"
@@ -266,6 +267,8 @@ int panfrost_device_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
        if (err)
                goto out_job;
 
+       panfrost_gem_init(pfdev);
+
        return 0;
 out_job:
        panfrost_job_fini(pfdev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
index 607a5b8448d0..dfeb6a633fa1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
@@ -858,6 +858,12 @@ static const struct drm_driver panfrost_drm_driver = {
 #endif
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+bool panfrost_transparent_hugepage;
+module_param_named(transparent_hugepage, panfrost_transparent_hugepage, bool, 
0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(transparent_hugepage, "Use a dedicated tmpfs mount point with 
Transparent Hugepage enabled (false = default)");
+#endif
+
 static int panfrost_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct panfrost_device *pfdev;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.h 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60454611b6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
+
+#ifndef __PANFROST_DRV_H__
+#define __PANFROST_DRV_H__
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+extern bool panfrost_transparent_hugepage;
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
index 85d6289a6eda..9b059a8b0f9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <[email protected]> */
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
 
 #include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -9,9 +10,27 @@
 
 #include <drm/panfrost_drm.h>
 #include "panfrost_device.h"
+#include "panfrost_drv.h"
 #include "panfrost_gem.h"
 #include "panfrost_mmu.h"
 
+void panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+       int err;
+
+       if (!panfrost_transparent_hugepage)
+               return;
+
+       err = drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(pfdev->ddev, "within_size");
+       if (pfdev->ddev->huge_mnt)
+               drm_info(pfdev->ddev, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
+       else if (err)
+               drm_warn(pfdev->ddev, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%d)\n",
+                        err);
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 static void panfrost_gem_debugfs_bo_add(struct panfrost_device *pfdev,
                                        struct panfrost_gem_object *bo)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
index 8de3e76f2717..1a62529ff06f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ drm_mm_node_to_panfrost_mapping(struct drm_mm_node *node)
        return container_of(node, struct panfrost_gem_mapping, mmnode);
 }
 
+void panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
+
 struct drm_gem_object *panfrost_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, 
size_t size);
 
 struct drm_gem_object *
-- 
2.47.3

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