Thread (91 messages) 91 messages, 11 authors, 2025-11-26

Re: [PATCH v12 mm-new 05/15] khugepaged: generalize __collapse_huge_page_* for mTHP support

From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Date: 2025-10-27 09:18:01
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On 2025/10/23 02:37, Nico Pache wrote:
generalize the order of the __collapse_huge_page_* functions
to support future mTHP collapse.

mTHP collapse will not honor the khugepaged_max_ptes_shared or
khugepaged_max_ptes_swap parameters, and will fail if it encounters a
shared or swapped entry.
Yeah, IMHO, it's the right call to avoid the complexity of potential
"collapse creep" at this stage and get the core functionality right first ;)
No functional changes in this patch.

Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
---
Cool! LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
  mm/khugepaged.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 36ee659acfbb..4ccebf5dda97 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -537,25 +537,25 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
  }
  
  static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					unsigned long start_addr,
-					pte_t *pte,
-					struct collapse_control *cc,
-					struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
+		unsigned long start_addr, pte_t *pte, struct collapse_control *cc,
+		unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
  {
  	struct page *page = NULL;
  	struct folio *folio = NULL;
  	unsigned long addr = start_addr;
  	pte_t *_pte;
  	int none_or_zero = 0, shared = 0, result = SCAN_FAIL, referenced = 0;
+	const unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << order;
+	int max_ptes_none = khugepaged_max_ptes_none >> (HPAGE_PMD_ORDER - order);
  
-	for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+	for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + nr_pages;
  	     _pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
  		pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
  		if (pte_none_or_zero(pteval)) {
  			++none_or_zero;
  			if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
  			    (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
-			     none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)) {
+			     none_or_zero <= max_ptes_none)) {
  				continue;
  			} else {
  				result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
@@ -583,8 +583,14 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  		/* See collapse_scan_pmd(). */
  		if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio)) {
  			++shared;
-			if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
-			    shared > khugepaged_max_ptes_shared) {
+			/*
+			 * TODO: Support shared pages without leading to further
+			 * mTHP collapses. Currently bringing in new pages via
+			 * shared may cause a future higher order collapse on a
+			 * rescan of the same range.
+			 */
+			if (order != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER || (cc->is_khugepaged &&
+			    shared > khugepaged_max_ptes_shared)) {
  				result = SCAN_EXCEED_SHARED_PTE;
  				count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_SHARED_PTE);
  				goto out;
@@ -677,18 +683,18 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  }
  
  static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_succeeded(pte_t *pte,
-						struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-						unsigned long address,
-						spinlock_t *ptl,
-						struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+		spinlock_t *ptl, unsigned int order,
+		struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
  {
-	unsigned long end = address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
+	unsigned long end = address + (PAGE_SIZE << order);
  	struct folio *src, *tmp;
  	pte_t pteval;
  	pte_t *_pte;
  	unsigned int nr_ptes;
+	const unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << order;
  
-	for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR; _pte += nr_ptes,
+	for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + nr_pages; _pte += nr_ptes,
  	     address += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE) {
  		nr_ptes = 1;
  		pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
@@ -741,13 +747,11 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_succeeded(pte_t *pte,
  }
  
  static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_failed(pte_t *pte,
-					     pmd_t *pmd,
-					     pmd_t orig_pmd,
-					     struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					     struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
+		pmd_t *pmd, pmd_t orig_pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
  {
  	spinlock_t *pmd_ptl;
-
+	const unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << order;
  	/*
  	 * Re-establish the PMD to point to the original page table
  	 * entry. Restoring PMD needs to be done prior to releasing
@@ -761,7 +765,7 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_failed(pte_t *pte,
  	 * Release both raw and compound pages isolated
  	 * in __collapse_huge_page_isolate.
  	 */
-	release_pte_pages(pte, pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR, compound_pagelist);
+	release_pte_pages(pte, pte + nr_pages, compound_pagelist);
  }
  
  /*
@@ -781,16 +785,16 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_failed(pte_t *pte,
   */
  static int __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct folio *folio,
  		pmd_t *pmd, pmd_t orig_pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		unsigned long address, spinlock_t *ptl,
+		unsigned long address, spinlock_t *ptl, unsigned int order,
  		struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
  {
  	unsigned int i;
  	int result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
-
+	const unsigned long nr_pages = 1UL << order;
  	/*
  	 * Copying pages' contents is subject to memory poison at any iteration.
  	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
  		pte_t pteval = ptep_get(pte + i);
  		struct page *page = folio_page(folio, i);
  		unsigned long src_addr = address + i * PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -809,10 +813,10 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct folio *folio,
  
  	if (likely(result == SCAN_SUCCEED))
  		__collapse_huge_page_copy_succeeded(pte, vma, address, ptl,
-						    compound_pagelist);
+						    order, compound_pagelist);
  	else
  		__collapse_huge_page_copy_failed(pte, pmd, orig_pmd, vma,
-						 compound_pagelist);
+						 order, compound_pagelist);
  
  	return result;
  }
@@ -985,13 +989,12 @@ static int check_pmd_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm,
   * Returns result: if not SCAN_SUCCEED, mmap_lock has been released.
   */
  static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
-				       struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				       unsigned long start_addr, pmd_t *pmd,
-				       int referenced)
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start_addr,
+		pmd_t *pmd, int referenced, unsigned int order)
  {
  	int swapped_in = 0;
  	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
-	unsigned long addr, end = start_addr + (HPAGE_PMD_NR * PAGE_SIZE);
+	unsigned long addr, end = start_addr + (PAGE_SIZE << order);
  	int result;
  	pte_t *pte = NULL;
  	spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -1022,6 +1025,19 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
  		if (!is_swap_pte(vmf.orig_pte))
  			continue;
  
+		/*
+		 * TODO: Support swapin without leading to further mTHP
+		 * collapses. Currently bringing in new pages via swapin may
+		 * cause a future higher order collapse on a rescan of the same
+		 * range.
+		 */
+		if (order != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) {
+			pte_unmap(pte);
+			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+			result = SCAN_EXCEED_SWAP_PTE;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
  		vmf.pte = pte;
  		vmf.ptl = ptl;
  		ret = do_swap_page(&vmf);
@@ -1142,7 +1158,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
  		 * that case.  Continuing to collapse causes inconsistency.
  		 */
  		result = __collapse_huge_page_swapin(mm, vma, address, pmd,
-						     referenced);
+						     referenced, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
  		if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
  			goto out_nolock;
  	}
@@ -1190,6 +1206,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
  	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, &_pmd, address, &pte_ptl);
  	if (pte) {
  		result = __collapse_huge_page_isolate(vma, address, pte, cc,
+						      HPAGE_PMD_ORDER,
  						      &compound_pagelist);
  		spin_unlock(pte_ptl);
  	} else {
@@ -1220,6 +1237,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
  
  	result = __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte, folio, pmd, _pmd,
  					   vma, address, pte_ptl,
+					   HPAGE_PMD_ORDER,
  					   &compound_pagelist);
  	pte_unmap(pte);
  	if (unlikely(result != SCAN_SUCCEED))
  
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