From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: david@redhat.com, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,
Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, baohua@kernel.org,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, hughd@google.com,
ioworker0@gmail.com, kirill@shutemov.name,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
mpenttil@redhat.com, npache@redhat.com, ryan.roberts@arm.com,
ziy@nvidia.com, richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH mm-new v2 1/1] mm/khugepaged: abort collapse scan on non-swap entries
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:50:37 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a1df234c-d003-4696-8f1f-609a360fdeda@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251001032251.85888-1-lance.yang@linux.dev>
On 01/10/25 8:52 am, Lance Yang wrote:
> From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
>
> Currently, special non-swap entries (like migration, hwpoison, or PTE
> markers) are not caught early in hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(), leading to
> failures deep in the swap-in logic.
>
> hpage_collapse_scan_pmd()
> `- collapse_huge_page()
> `- __collapse_huge_page_swapin() -> fails!
>
> As David suggested[1], this patch skips any such non-swap entries
> early. If any one is found, the scan is aborted immediately with the
> SCAN_PTE_NON_PRESENT result, as Lorenzo suggested[2], avoiding wasted
> work.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/7840f68e-7580-42cb-a7c8-1ba64fd6df69@redhat.com
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/7df49fe7-c6b7-426a-8680-dcd55219c8bd@lucifer.local
>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Suggested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - Skip all non-present entries except swap entries (per David) thanks!
> - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250924100207.28332-1-lance.yang@linux.dev/
>
> mm/khugepaged.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 7ab2d1a42df3..d0957648db19 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -1284,7 +1284,23 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
> for (addr = start_addr, _pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
> _pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
> pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
> - if (is_swap_pte(pteval)) {
> + if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
> + ++none_or_zero;
> + if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
> + (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
> + none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)) {
> + continue;
> + } else {
> + result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
> + count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE);
> + goto out_unmap;
> + }
> + } else if (!pte_present(pteval)) {
If you are trying to merge this with the _isolate() conditions, we can do
a micro-optimization here - is_swap_pte, (pte_none && is_zero_pfn), and pte_uffd_wp
are disjoint conditions, so we can use if-else-if-else-if to write them.
> + if (non_swap_entry(pte_to_swp_entry(pteval))) {
> + result = SCAN_PTE_NON_PRESENT;
> + goto out_unmap;
> + }
> +
> ++unmapped;
> if (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
> unmapped <= khugepaged_max_ptes_swap) {
> @@ -1293,7 +1309,7 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
> * enabled swap entries. Please see
> * comment below for pte_uffd_wp().
> */
> - if (pte_swp_uffd_wp_any(pteval)) {
> + if (pte_swp_uffd_wp(pteval)) {
> result = SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
Could have mentioned in the changelog "while at it, convert pte_swp_uffd_wp_any to
pte_swp_uffd_wp since we are in the swap pte branch".
> goto out_unmap;
> }
> @@ -1304,18 +1320,6 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
> goto out_unmap;
> }
> }
> - if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
> - ++none_or_zero;
> - if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
> - (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
> - none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)) {
> - continue;
> - } else {
> - result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
> - count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE);
> - goto out_unmap;
> - }
> - }
> if (pte_uffd_wp(pteval)) {
> /*
> * Don't collapse the page if any of the small
Otherwise LGTM
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-01 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-01 3:22 Lance Yang
2025-10-01 8:31 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-01 9:38 ` Lance Yang
2025-10-01 8:54 ` Wei Yang
2025-10-01 9:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-01 10:05 ` Lance Yang
2025-10-01 13:52 ` Wei Yang
2025-10-05 1:05 ` Wei Yang
2025-10-05 2:12 ` Lance Yang
2025-10-06 14:18 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-06 15:02 ` Lance Yang
2025-10-07 10:25 ` Lance Yang
2025-10-08 1:37 ` Wei Yang
2025-10-08 9:00 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-01 10:20 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2025-10-01 10:48 ` Lance Yang
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