[PATCH 6.6.y 1/6] hugetlb: convert hugetlb_fault() to use struct vm_fault
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-09-04 13:18:14
Subsystem:
hugetlb subsystem, memory management, the rest · Maintainers:
Muchun Song, Oscar Salvador, Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds
From: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <redacted> [ Upstream commit 9b42fa16195fb471bf3b7849803c0a7d3e7620f2 ] Patch series "Hugetlb fault path to use struct vm_fault", v2. This patchset converts the hugetlb fault path to use struct vm_fault. This helps make the code more readable, and alleviates the stack by allowing us to consolidate many fault-related variables into an individual pointer. This patch (of 3): Now that hugetlb_fault() has a vm_fault available for fault tracking, use it throughout. This cleans up the code by removing 2 variables, and prepares hugetlb_fault() to take in a struct vm_fault argument. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240401202651.31440-1-vishal.moola@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240401202651.31440-2-vishal.moola@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <redacted> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Stable-dep-of: e87df0d5d696 ("mm/page_vma_mapped: use huge_ptep_get() for hugetlb") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> --- mm/hugetlb.c | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index edae641407b96..27322ffd140c3 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c@@ -6085,17 +6085,27 @@ u32 hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t idx) vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags) { - pte_t *ptep, entry; - spinlock_t *ptl; vm_fault_t ret; u32 hash; - pgoff_t idx; struct folio *folio = NULL; struct folio *pagecache_folio = NULL; struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma); struct address_space *mapping; int need_wait_lock = 0; - unsigned long haddr = address & huge_page_mask(h); + struct vm_fault vmf = { + .vma = vma, + .address = address & huge_page_mask(h), + .real_address = address, + .flags = flags, + .pgoff = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, + address & huge_page_mask(h)), + /* TODO: Track hugetlb faults using vm_fault */ + + /* + * Some fields may not be initialized, be careful as it may + * be hard to debug if called functions make assumptions + */ + }; /* TODO: Handle faults under the VMA lock */ if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
@@ -6109,28 +6119,27 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * the same page in the page cache. */ mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping; - idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, haddr); - hash = hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(mapping, idx); + hash = hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(mapping, vmf.pgoff); mutex_lock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]); /* * Acquire vma lock before calling huge_pte_alloc and hold - * until finished with ptep. This prevents huge_pmd_unshare from - * being called elsewhere and making the ptep no longer valid. + * until finished with vmf.pte. This prevents huge_pmd_unshare from + * being called elsewhere and making the vmf.pte no longer valid. */ hugetlb_vma_lock_read(vma); - ptep = huge_pte_alloc(mm, vma, haddr, huge_page_size(h)); - if (!ptep) { + vmf.pte = huge_pte_alloc(mm, vma, vmf.address, huge_page_size(h)); + if (!vmf.pte) { hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma); mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]); return VM_FAULT_OOM; } - entry = huge_ptep_get(ptep); - if (huge_pte_none_mostly(entry)) { - if (is_pte_marker(entry)) { + vmf.orig_pte = huge_ptep_get(vmf.pte); + if (huge_pte_none_mostly(vmf.orig_pte)) { + if (is_pte_marker(vmf.orig_pte)) { pte_marker marker = - pte_marker_get(pte_to_swp_entry(entry)); + pte_marker_get(pte_to_swp_entry(vmf.orig_pte)); if (marker & PTE_MARKER_POISONED) { ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE;
@@ -6144,21 +6153,21 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * hugetlb_no_page will drop vma lock and hugetlb fault * mutex internally, which make us return immediately. */ - return hugetlb_no_page(mm, vma, mapping, idx, address, ptep, - entry, flags); + return hugetlb_no_page(mm, vma, mapping, vmf.pgoff, address, + vmf.pte, vmf.orig_pte, flags); } ret = 0; /* - * entry could be a migration/hwpoison entry at this point, so this - * check prevents the kernel from going below assuming that we have - * an active hugepage in pagecache. This goto expects the 2nd page - * fault, and is_hugetlb_entry_(migration|hwpoisoned) check will - * properly handle it. + * vmf.orig_pte could be a migration/hwpoison vmf.orig_pte at this + * point, so this check prevents the kernel from going below assuming + * that we have an active hugepage in pagecache. This goto expects + * the 2nd page fault, and is_hugetlb_entry_(migration|hwpoisoned) + * check will properly handle it. */ - if (!pte_present(entry)) { - if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_migration(entry))) { + if (!pte_present(vmf.orig_pte)) { + if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_migration(vmf.orig_pte))) { /* * Release the hugetlb fault lock now, but retain * the vma lock, because it is needed to guard the
@@ -6167,9 +6176,9 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * be released there. */ mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]); - migration_entry_wait_huge(vma, ptep); + migration_entry_wait_huge(vma, vmf.pte); return 0; - } else if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned(entry))) + } else if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned(vmf.orig_pte))) ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE | VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h)); goto out_mutex;
@@ -6183,36 +6192,29 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * determine if a reservation has been consumed. */ if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) && - !(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && !huge_pte_write(entry)) { - if (vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, haddr) < 0) { + !(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && !huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) { + if (vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, vmf.address) < 0) { ret = VM_FAULT_OOM; goto out_mutex; } /* Just decrements count, does not deallocate */ - vma_end_reservation(h, vma, haddr); + vma_end_reservation(h, vma, vmf.address); - pagecache_folio = filemap_lock_folio(mapping, idx); + pagecache_folio = filemap_lock_folio(mapping, vmf.pgoff); if (IS_ERR(pagecache_folio)) pagecache_folio = NULL; } - ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep); + vmf.ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, vmf.pte); /* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_wp() */ - if (unlikely(!pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep)))) + if (unlikely(!pte_same(vmf.orig_pte, huge_ptep_get(vmf.pte)))) goto out_ptl; /* Handle userfault-wp first, before trying to lock more pages */ - if (userfaultfd_wp(vma) && huge_pte_uffd_wp(huge_ptep_get(ptep)) && - (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && !huge_pte_write(entry)) { - struct vm_fault vmf = { - .vma = vma, - .address = haddr, - .real_address = address, - .flags = flags, - }; - - spin_unlock(ptl); + if (userfaultfd_wp(vma) && huge_pte_uffd_wp(huge_ptep_get(vmf.pte)) && + (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && !huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) { + spin_unlock(vmf.ptl); if (pagecache_folio) { folio_unlock(pagecache_folio); folio_put(pagecache_folio);
@@ -6223,11 +6225,11 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, } /* - * hugetlb_wp() requires page locks of pte_page(entry) and + * hugetlb_wp() requires page locks of pte_page(vmf.orig_pte) and * pagecache_folio, so here we need take the former one * when folio != pagecache_folio or !pagecache_folio. */ - folio = page_folio(pte_page(entry)); + folio = page_folio(pte_page(vmf.orig_pte)); if (folio != pagecache_folio) if (!folio_trylock(folio)) { need_wait_lock = 1;
@@ -6237,24 +6239,24 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, folio_get(folio); if (flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) { - if (!huge_pte_write(entry)) { - ret = hugetlb_wp(mm, vma, address, ptep, flags, - pagecache_folio, ptl); + if (!huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) { + ret = hugetlb_wp(mm, vma, address, vmf.pte, flags, + pagecache_folio, vmf.ptl); goto out_put_page; } else if (likely(flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)) { - entry = huge_pte_mkdirty(entry); + vmf.orig_pte = huge_pte_mkdirty(vmf.orig_pte); } } - entry = pte_mkyoung(entry); - if (huge_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, haddr, ptep, entry, + vmf.orig_pte = pte_mkyoung(vmf.orig_pte); + if (huge_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, vmf.address, vmf.pte, vmf.orig_pte, flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)) - update_mmu_cache(vma, haddr, ptep); + update_mmu_cache(vma, vmf.address, vmf.pte); out_put_page: if (folio != pagecache_folio) folio_unlock(folio); folio_put(folio); out_ptl: - spin_unlock(ptl); + spin_unlock(vmf.ptl); if (pagecache_folio) { folio_unlock(pagecache_folio);
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2.53.0