From: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
david@kernel.org, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, ziy@nvidia.com,
lance.yang@linux.dev
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usama.arif@linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v8 02/14] mm: shmem: shmem_getattr(): set blksize to highest supported THP order
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:45:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0f18a45baec44d193f8dbc760ef57c0430e04bdb.1789695931.git.luizcap@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1789695931.git.luizcap@redhat.com>
Today, shmem_getattr() sets stat->blksize to PMD size whenever
shmem_huge_global_enabled() returns non-zero. While this works fine
for the normal THP-enabled case as explained by Baolin in [1], this
has two problems:
1. Theoretically, when shmem is configured for within_size, this
could set blksize to PMD size even though the allocation may
be a smaller mTHP order
2. A future commit will allow shmem THP support to be enabled
even when the CPU doesn't support PMD-sized pages. We should
not allow blksize to be set to PMD size in this case
In order to fix #1 and prepare for #2, this commit sets blksize
to the size of the highest supported order returned by
shmem_huge_global_enabled().
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/6591a74c-7ef9-4614-9ae9-cb2fbed86ebf@linux.alibaba.com/
Suggested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
---
mm/shmem.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b572c60f2af8..776dff8a848e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1506,6 +1506,7 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
{
struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
+ unsigned int orders;
/* Fast-path hint; recalc under info->lock corrects any stale read. */
if (data_race(info->alloced - info->swapped != inode->i_mapping->nrpages))
@@ -1522,8 +1523,9 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
STATX_ATTR_NODUMP);
generic_fillattr(idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);
- if (shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0))
- stat->blksize = HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
+ orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0);
+ if (orders)
+ stat->blksize = PAGE_SIZE << highest_order(orders);
if (request_mask & STATX_BTIME) {
stat->result_mask |= STATX_BTIME;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 1:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 1:45 [PATCH v8 00/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 01/14] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` Luiz Capitulino [this message]
2026-10-02 19:11 ` [PATCH v8 02/14] mm: shmem: shmem_getattr(): set blksize to highest supported THP order David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 03/14] mm: introduce pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-22 2:07 ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02 19:13 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 04/14] drivers: dax: use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-22 2:08 ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02 19:15 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 05/14] drivers: nvdimm: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:18 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 06/14] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:19 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 07/14] mm: shmem: allow THP support determination at folio allocation time Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-22 2:20 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-23 1:37 ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 08/14] s390: move has_transparent_hugepage() out of THP guard Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-22 2:21 ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02 19:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 09/14] powerpc: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:28 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 10/14] mips: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:29 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 11/14] x86: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 12/14] treewide: introduce arch_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-22 2:26 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 13/14] mm: replace thp_disabled_by_hw() with pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-02 19:32 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 14/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 9:01 ` Baolin Wang
2026-09-21 10:29 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-22 2:06 ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-10-03 3:13 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-18 10:37 ` [PATCH v8 00/14] " Usama Arif
2026-09-18 14:01 ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 20:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-21 10:36 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-22 2:11 ` Luiz Capitulino
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