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We can then determine what >>>> mTHP size fits best and in the following patch, we set this bitmap while >>>> scanning the anon PMD. A minimum collapse order of 2 is used as this is >>>> the lowest order supported by anon memory. >>>> >>>> max_ptes_none is used as a scale to determine how "full" an order must >>>> be before being considered for collapse. >>>> >>>> When attempting to collapse an order that has its order set to "always" >>>> lets always collapse to that order in a greedy manner without >>>> considering the number of bits set. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Nico Pache >>> >>> Sigh. You still haven't addressed or explained the issues I previously >>> raised [1], so I don't know how to review this patch again... >> Can you still reproduce this issue? > > Yes, I can still reproduce this issue with today's (5/20) mm-new branch. > > I've disabled PMD-sized THP in my system: > [root]# cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled > always madvise [never] > [root]# cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hugepages-2048kB/enabled > always inherit madvise [never] Thanks for the easy reproducer, Baolin! It's certainly something that must be fixed. > > And I tried calling madvise() with MADV_COLLAPSE for anonymous memory, > and I can still see it collapsing to a PMD-sized THP. This almost sounds like it could be converted into an easy selftest. Baolin, do you have other ideas for easy selftests? It might be good to include some in the next version. I can think of: enable only a single size, then MADV_COLLAPSE X times and see if it worked. etc. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb