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 14/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:45:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <752f528f0fed5cdc9de12b54260b0495d4e5a6cb.1789695931.git.luizcap@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1789695931.git.luizcap@redhat.com>
If PMD-sized pages are not supported on an architecture (ie. the
arch implements arch_has_pmd_leaves() and it returns false) then the
current code disables all THP, including mTHP.
This commit fixes this by allowing mTHP to be always enabled for all
archs. When PMD-sized pages are not supported, its sysfs entry won't be
created and their mapping will be disallowed at page-fault time.
Similarly, this commit implements the following changes for shmem in
shmem_allowable_huge_orders():
- Drop the pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() check so that mTHP sizes are
considered
- Filter out PMD and PUD orders from allowable orders when
PMD-sized pages are not supported by the CPU
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
mm/shmem.c | 14 +++++++++-----
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index a06025b87e7c..a2d6de3ea988 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
else
supported_orders = THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves()) {
+ /*
+ * If the CPU does not support PMD leaves, assume for
+ * now that it does not support PUD leaves and disable
+ * both folio orders.
+ */
+ supported_orders &= ~(BIT(PMD_ORDER) | BIT(PUD_ORDER));
+ }
+
orders &= supported_orders;
if (!orders)
return 0;
@@ -196,7 +205,7 @@ unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (!vma->vm_mm) /* vdso */
return 0;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() || vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, forced_collapse))
+ if (vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, forced_collapse))
return 0;
/* khugepaged doesn't collapse DAX vma, but page fault is fine. */
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj)
* disable all other sizes. powerpc's PMD_ORDER isn't a compile-time
* constant so we have to do this here.
*/
- if (!anon_orders_configured)
+ if (!anon_orders_configured && pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER);
*hugepage_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("transparent_hugepage", mm_kobj);
@@ -1001,6 +1010,15 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj)
}
orders = THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON | THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves()) {
+ /*
+ * If the CPU does not support PMD leaves, assume for
+ * now that it does not support PUD leaves and disable
+ * both folio orders.
+ */
+ orders &= ~(BIT(PMD_ORDER) | BIT(PUD_ORDER));
+ }
+
order = highest_order(orders);
while (orders) {
thpsize = thpsize_create(order, *hugepage_kobj);
@@ -1091,9 +1109,6 @@ static int __init hugepage_init(void)
int err;
struct kobject *hugepage_kobj;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
- return -EINVAL;
-
/*
* hugepages can't be allocated by the buddy allocator
*/
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index bc2de3a7c1ea..8c0f7e3efeeb 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2046,11 +2046,14 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
unsigned long mask = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_always);
unsigned long within_size_orders = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_within_size);
vm_flags_t vm_flags = vma ? vma->vm_flags : 0;
- unsigned int global_orders;
+ unsigned int global_orders, disabled_orders = 0;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() || (vma && vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, shmem_huge_force)))
+ if (vma && vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, shmem_huge_force))
return 0;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
+ disabled_orders = BIT(PMD_ORDER);
+
global_orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
/*
@@ -2058,7 +2061,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
* sysfs configs.
*/
if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma) || shmem_huge_force)
- return global_orders;
+ return global_orders & ~disabled_orders;
/*
* Following the 'deny' semantics of the top level, force the huge
@@ -2072,7 +2075,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
* means non-PMD sized THP can not override 'huge' mount option now.
*/
if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE)
- return READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit);
+ return READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit) & ~disabled_orders;
/* Allow mTHP that will be fully within i_size. */
mask |= shmem_get_orders_within_size(inode, within_size_orders, index, 0);
@@ -2083,6 +2086,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
if (global_orders > 0)
mask |= READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit);
+ mask &= ~disabled_orders;
return THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT & mask;
}
@@ -5630,7 +5634,7 @@ void __init shmem_init(void)
* Default to setting PMD-sized THP to inherit the global setting and
* disable all other multi-size THPs.
*/
- if (!shmem_orders_configured)
+ if (!shmem_orders_configured && pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
huge_shmem_orders_inherit = BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
#endif
return;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 1:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 1:45 [PATCH v8 00/14] " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 01/14] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 02/14] mm: shmem: shmem_getattr(): set blksize to highest supported THP order Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 03/14] mm: introduce pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 04/14] drivers: dax: use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 05/14] drivers: nvdimm: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 06/14] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 07/14] mm: shmem: allow THP support determination at folio allocation time Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 08/14] s390: move has_transparent_hugepage() out of THP guard Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 09/14] powerpc: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 10/14] mips: " Luiz Capitulino
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
2026-09-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v8 13/14] mm: replace thp_disabled_by_hw() with pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-09-18 1:45 ` Luiz Capitulino [this message]
2026-09-18 9:01 ` [PATCH v8 14/14] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Baolin Wang
2026-09-18 10:37 ` [PATCH v8 00/14] " Usama Arif
2026-09-18 14:01 ` Luiz Capitulino
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