From: "Nico Pache (Red Hat)" <nico.pache@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Nico Pache (Red Hat)" <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract reference check into folio_pte_referenced() helper
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:48:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v4-2-ddac39d61c4a@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v4-0-ddac39d61c4a@linux.dev>
This change deduplicates the "is this PTE/folio referenced enough to be
considered for a collapse" condition that was repeated in both
__collapse_huge_page_isolate() and collapse_scan_pmd(), extracting it into
a single inline helper function.
Also move the comment and use it as the function header. While we are at
it, updated the comment to clarify that a young pte is a recently accessed
one.
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@linux.dev>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 1e26ea97381a..8babd4c97db6 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -672,6 +672,22 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
}
}
+/*
+ * folio_pte_referenced() - Check if a folio or its PTE mapping was recently used
+ *
+ * Return: true if recent access was observed through either the folio state
+ * or the current PTE mapping.
+ */
+static inline bool folio_pte_referenced(struct folio *folio,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t pteval)
+{
+ /* The folio was referenced previously ... */
+ if (folio_test_young(folio) || folio_test_referenced(folio))
+ return true;
+ /* ... or the PTE mapping was recently used */
+ return pte_young(pteval) || mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr);
+}
+
static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start_addr, pte_t *pte, struct collapse_control *cc,
unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
@@ -810,14 +826,8 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (folio_test_large(folio))
list_add_tail(&folio->lru, compound_pagelist);
next:
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ folio_pte_referenced(folio, vma, addr, pteval))
referenced++;
}
@@ -1766,14 +1776,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
goto out_unmap;
}
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ folio_pte_referenced(folio, vma, addr, pteval))
referenced++;
}
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 12:48 [PATCH v4 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] mm/khugepaged: refactor per-scan state clearing into collapse_control_init_scan() Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-12 9:23 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-13 0:16 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 12:48 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat) [this message]
2026-08-11 15:47 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract reference check into folio_pte_referenced() helper David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-13 0:19 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:45 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 9:19 ` Baolin Wang
2026-08-12 9:25 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] mm/khugepaged: introduce a count_collapse_event() helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:45 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 9:36 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:48 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 9:38 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] mm/khugepaged: Refactor the PTE state checks into a helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-12 2:04 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 8:40 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-12 9:51 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-12 10:06 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-13 2:14 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-13 7:13 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-14 13:58 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 19:39 ` Andrew Morton
2026-08-12 20:56 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-13 2:12 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-13 20:53 ` Andrew Morton
2026-08-12 10:50 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] mm/khugepaged: unmap pte before releasing vma write lock Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:54 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 9:21 ` Baolin Wang
2026-08-12 10:51 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] mm: Documentation: clarify where the mTHP stats live Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:54 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-12 10:52 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Andrew Morton
2026-08-11 18:55 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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