From: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@gmail.com>,
Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>,
Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] Improve folio split related functions
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:55:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251122025529.1562592-1-ziy@nvidia.com> (raw)
Hi all,
This patchset improves several folio split related functions to avoid
future misuse. The changes are:
1. Consolidated folio splittable checks by moving truncated folio check,
huge zero folio check, and writeback folio check into
folio_split_supported(). Changed the function return type. Renamed it
to folio_check_splittable() for clarification.
2. Replaced can_split_folio() with open coded folio_expected_ref_count()
and folio_ref_count().
3. Changed min_order_for_split() to always return an order.
4. Fixed folio split stats counting.
Motivation
===
This is based on Wei's observation[1] and solves several potential
issues:
1. Dereferencing NULL folio->mapping in try_folio_split_to_order() if it
is called on truncated folios.
2. Not handling of negative return value of min_order_for_split() in
mm/memory-failure.c
There is no bug in the current code.
Changelog
===
From RFC[2]
1. Renamed folio_split_supported() to folio_check_splittable(), changed
its return type from bool to int to return error code directly, and
added kernel-doc.
2. Moved truncated folio check, zero huge folio check, and writeback
check in folio_check_splittable().
3. Changed zero huge folio check's error number from -EBUSY to -EINVAL.
4. Replaced can_split_folio() with open code.
5. Changed min_order_for_split() to return 0 for truncated folio instead
of -EBUSY and added kernel-doc.
6. Fixed folio split stats counting.
Comments and feedbacks are welcome.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251120004735.52z7r4xmogw7mbsj@master/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251120035953.1115736-1-ziy@nvidia.com/ [2]
Zi Yan (4):
mm/huge_memory: change folio_split_supported() to
folio_check_splittable()
mm/huge_memory: replace can_split_folio() with direct refcount
calculation
mm/huge_memory: make min_order_for_split() always return an order
mm/huge_memory: fix folio split stats counting
include/linux/huge_mm.h | 17 +++--
mm/huge_memory.c | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
mm/vmscan.c | 3 +-
3 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-22 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-22 2:55 Zi Yan [this message]
2025-11-22 2:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] mm/huge_memory: change folio_split_supported() to folio_check_splittable() Zi Yan
2025-11-23 1:50 ` Wei Yang
2025-11-23 18:38 ` Barry Song
2025-11-24 10:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 16:38 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-25 8:58 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-25 17:44 ` Andrew Morton
2025-11-22 2:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] mm/huge_memory: replace can_split_folio() with direct refcount calculation Zi Yan
2025-11-23 1:51 ` Wei Yang
2025-11-24 10:41 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 17:05 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-24 19:22 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 21:08 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-25 8:52 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-25 15:55 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-25 9:10 ` Miaohe Lin
2025-11-25 9:34 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 22:14 ` Balbir Singh
2025-11-25 8:55 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-25 15:41 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-22 2:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] mm/huge_memory: make min_order_for_split() always return an order Zi Yan
2025-11-23 1:53 ` Wei Yang
2025-11-24 10:43 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 15:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-24 17:11 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-22 2:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] mm/huge_memory: fix folio split stats counting Zi Yan
2025-11-23 1:56 ` Wei Yang
2025-11-24 10:45 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-11-24 17:23 ` Zi Yan
2025-11-24 15:21 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-24 17:29 ` Zi Yan
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