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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	 "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
	 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>,
	Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
	 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "mm/khugepaged: remove definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot"
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:57:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105-khugepaged-latency-fix-v2-1-4384bbfe4606@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-khugepaged-latency-fix-v2-0-4384bbfe4606@kernel.org>

This partially reverts commit b4c9ffb54b32 ("mm/khugepaged: remove
definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot"), as a subsequent commit needs to
resurrect this type to store additional data alongside the mm_slot.

The stated intent of the commit was to address a NULL check in
__khugepaged_exit():

	mm_slot = mm_slot_entry(slot, struct khugepaged_mm_slot, slot);

slot can be NULL and mm_slot_entry() is an alias for container_of(), so
this is container_of() a NULL value.

This was benign as there was only 1 field in khugepaged_mm_slot (offsetting
NULL at 0 results in NULL), however it was right to fix this, so retain the
fix.

It also unwrapped KMEM_CACHE() in khugepaged_init(). This was a mistake,
and was itself reverted in commit c14bdcc9f274 ("mm/khugepaged: use
KMEM_CACHE()"). Therefore, retain the KMEM_CACHE() form in this revert.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 mm/khugepaged.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index da91762f6358..aad8797f8d5a 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ static DEFINE_READ_MOSTLY_HASHTABLE(mm_slots_hash, MM_SLOTS_HASH_BITS);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *mm_slot_cache __ro_after_init;
 
+/**
+ * struct khugepaged_mm_slot - khugepaged information per mm that is being scanned
+ * @slot: hash lookup from mm to mm_slot
+ */
+struct khugepaged_mm_slot {
+	struct mm_slot slot;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct khugepaged_scan - cursor for scanning
  * @mm_head: the head of the mm list to scan
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *mm_slot_cache __ro_after_init;
  */
 struct khugepaged_scan {
 	struct list_head mm_head;
-	struct mm_slot *mm_slot;
+	struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot;
 	unsigned long address;
 };
 
@@ -386,7 +394,7 @@ int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 int __init khugepaged_init(void)
 {
-	mm_slot_cache = KMEM_CACHE(mm_slot, 0);
+	mm_slot_cache = KMEM_CACHE(khugepaged_mm_slot, 0);
 	if (!mm_slot_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -446,20 +454,22 @@ static bool hugepage_enabled(void)
 
 void __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot;
 	struct mm_slot *slot;
 	int wakeup;
 
 	/* __khugepaged_exit() must not run from under us */
 	VM_BUG_ON_MM(collapse_test_exit(mm), mm);
 
-	slot = mm_slot_alloc(mm_slot_cache);
-	if (!slot)
+	mm_slot = mm_slot_alloc(mm_slot_cache);
+	if (!mm_slot)
 		return;
 
 	if (unlikely(mm_flags_test_and_set(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm))) {
-		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, slot);
+		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, mm_slot);
 		return;
 	}
+	slot = &mm_slot->slot;
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 	mm_slot_insert(mm_slots_hash, mm, slot);
@@ -504,12 +514,15 @@ void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot;
 	struct mm_slot *slot;
 	int free = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 	slot = mm_slot_lookup(mm_slots_hash, mm);
-	if (slot && khugepaged_scan.mm_slot != slot) {
+
+	mm_slot = slot ? mm_slot_entry(slot, struct khugepaged_mm_slot, slot) : NULL;
+	if (mm_slot && khugepaged_scan.mm_slot != mm_slot) {
 		mm_slot_remove(slot);
 		free = 1;
 	}
@@ -517,9 +530,9 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 	if (free) {
 		mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm);
-		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, slot);
+		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, mm_slot);
 		mmdrop(mm);
-	} else if (slot) {
+	} else if (mm_slot) {
 		/*
 		 * This is required to serialize against
 		 * collapse_test_exit() (which is guaranteed to run
@@ -1773,8 +1786,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_anon(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return result;
 }
 
-static void collect_mm_slot(struct mm_slot *slot)
+static void collect_mm_slot(struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot)
 {
+	struct mm_slot *slot = &mm_slot->slot;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = slot->mm;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
@@ -1790,7 +1804,7 @@ static void collect_mm_slot(struct mm_slot *slot)
 		 */
 
 		/* khugepaged_mm_lock actually not necessary for the below */
-		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, slot);
+		mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, mm_slot);
 		mmdrop(mm);
 	}
 }
@@ -2891,6 +2905,7 @@ static void collapse_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int progress_max,
 	__acquires(&khugepaged_mm_lock)
 {
 	struct vma_iterator vmi;
+	struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot;
 	struct mm_slot *slot;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -2900,12 +2915,14 @@ static void collapse_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int progress_max,
 	*result = SCAN_FAIL;
 
 	if (khugepaged_scan.mm_slot) {
-		slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;
+		mm_slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;
+		slot = &mm_slot->slot;
 	} else {
 		slot = list_first_entry(&khugepaged_scan.mm_head,
 				     struct mm_slot, mm_node);
+		mm_slot = mm_slot_entry(slot, struct khugepaged_mm_slot, slot);
 		khugepaged_scan.address = 0;
-		khugepaged_scan.mm_slot = slot;
+		khugepaged_scan.mm_slot = mm_slot;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 
@@ -2981,7 +2998,7 @@ static void collapse_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int progress_max,
 breakouterloop_mmap_lock:
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
-	VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_scan.mm_slot != slot);
+	VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_scan.mm_slot != mm_slot);
 	/*
 	 * Release the current mm_slot if this mm is about to die, or
 	 * if we scanned all vmas of this mm, or THP got disabled.
@@ -2993,14 +3010,16 @@ static void collapse_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int progress_max,
 		 * mm_slot not pointing to the exiting mm.
 		 */
 		if (!list_is_last(&slot->mm_node, &khugepaged_scan.mm_head)) {
-			khugepaged_scan.mm_slot = list_next_entry(slot, mm_node);
+			slot = list_next_entry(slot, mm_node);
+			khugepaged_scan.mm_slot =
+				mm_slot_entry(slot, struct khugepaged_mm_slot, slot);
 			khugepaged_scan.address = 0;
 		} else {
 			khugepaged_scan.mm_slot = NULL;
 			khugepaged_full_scans++;
 		}
 
-		collect_mm_slot(slot);
+		collect_mm_slot(mm_slot);
 	}
 
 	trace_mm_khugepaged_scan(mm, cc->progress - progress_prev,
@@ -3090,7 +3109,7 @@ static void khugepaged_wait_work(void)
 
 static int khugepaged(void *none)
 {
-	struct mm_slot *slot;
+	struct khugepaged_mm_slot *mm_slot;
 
 	set_freezable();
 	set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
@@ -3101,10 +3120,10 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
-	slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;
+	mm_slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;
 	khugepaged_scan.mm_slot = NULL;
-	if (slot)
-		collect_mm_slot(slot);
+	if (mm_slot)
+		collect_mm_slot(mm_slot);
 	spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 	return 0;
 }

-- 
2.56.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05 20:57 [PATCH v2 0/3] mm/khugepaged: bound mmap_lock hold time when walking an mm's VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 20:57 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-11-05 21:47   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "mm/khugepaged: remove definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot" Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-05 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/khugepaged: scan mm's more efficiently under mmap_lock contention Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 21:48   ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-05 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/khugepaged: release contended mmap read lock after scanning enough VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 21:53   ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06  2:12   ` Vernon Yang

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