Re: [PATCH v3] mm/hugetlb: fix copy_hugetlb_page_range() to use ->pt_share_count

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:45:20 -0600 Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com> wrote:

> commit 59d9094df3d79 ("mm: hugetlb: independent PMD page table shared count")
> introduced ->pt_share_count dedicated to hugetlb PMD share count tracking,
> but omitted fixing copy_hugetlb_page_range(), leaving the function relying on
> page_count() for tracking that no longer works.
> 
> When lazy page table copy for hugetlb is disabled, that is, revert
> commit bcd51a3c679d ("hugetlb: lazy page table copies in fork()")
> fork()'ing with hugetlb PMD sharing quickly lockup -
> 
> [  239.446559] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#75 stuck for 27s!
> [  239.446611] RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x7e/0x2e0
> [  239.446631] Call Trace:
> [  239.446633]  <TASK>
> [  239.446636]  _raw_spin_lock+0x3f/0x60
> [  239.446639]  copy_hugetlb_page_range+0x258/0xb50
> [  239.446645]  copy_page_range+0x22b/0x2c0
> [  239.446651]  dup_mmap+0x3e2/0x770
> [  239.446654]  dup_mm.constprop.0+0x5e/0x230
> [  239.446657]  copy_process+0xd17/0x1760
> [  239.446660]  kernel_clone+0xc0/0x3e0
> [  239.446661]  __do_sys_clone+0x65/0xa0
> [  239.446664]  do_syscall_64+0x82/0x930
> [  239.446668]  ? count_memcg_events+0xd2/0x190
> [  239.446671]  ? syscall_trace_enter+0x14e/0x1f0
> [  239.446676]  ? syscall_exit_work+0x118/0x150
> [  239.446677]  ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare.constprop.0+0x9/0xb0
> [  239.446681]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
> [  239.446684]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
> [  239.446686]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> 
> There are two options to resolve the potential latent issue:
>   1. warn against PMD sharing in copy_hugetlb_page_range(),
>   2. fix it.
> This patch opts for the second option.
> While at it, simplify the comment, the details are not actually relevant
> anymore.

Thanks.  I dropped the v2 patch from mm-hotfixes-stable and added this.

> Fixes: 59d9094df3d79 ("mm: hugetlb: independent PMD page table shared count")
> Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm_types.h |  5 +++++
>  mm/hugetlb.c             | 15 +++++----------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 

It's conventional (and useful) to explain (beneath the "---") what
changed since the previous version.

Here's the v2->v3 diff, which appears to be based on David's review
comments:

--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h~mm-hugetlb-fix-copy_hugetlb_page_range-to-use-pt_share_count
+++ a/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@ static inline int ptdesc_pmd_pts_count(s
 {
 	return atomic_read(&ptdesc->pt_share_count);
 }
+
+static inline bool ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(struct ptdesc *ptdesc)
+{
+	return !!ptdesc_pmd_pts_count(ptdesc);
+}
 #else
 static inline void ptdesc_pmd_pts_init(struct ptdesc *ptdesc)
 {
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlb-fix-copy_hugetlb_page_range-to-use-pt_share_count
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5595,8 +5595,8 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_st
 		}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PMD_PAGE_TABLE_SHARING
-		/* If the pagetables are shared don't copy or take references. */
-		if (ptdesc_pmd_pts_count(virt_to_ptdesc(dst_pte)) > 0) {
+		/* If the pagetables are shared, there is nothing to do */
+		if (ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(virt_to_ptdesc(dst_pte))) {
 			addr |= last_addr_mask;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -7597,7 +7597,7 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *m
 	hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma);
 	if (sz != PMD_SIZE)
 		return 0;
-	if (!ptdesc_pmd_pts_count(virt_to_ptdesc(ptep)))
+	if (!ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(virt_to_ptdesc(ptep)))
 		return 0;
 
 	pud_clear(pud);
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