From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@redhat.com, ziy@nvidia.com,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,
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Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 mm-new 01/12] mm: thp: remove disabled task from khugepaged_mm_slot
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:33:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250926093343.1000-2-laoar.shao@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250926093343.1000-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Since a task with MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY cannot use THP, remove it from
the khugepaged_mm_slot to stop khugepaged from processing it.
After this change, the following semantic relationship always holds:
MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE is set == task is in khugepaged mm_slot
MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE is not set == task is not in khugepaged mm_slot
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/khugepaged.h | 4 ++++
kernel/sys.c | 7 ++++--
mm/khugepaged.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
index eb1946a70cff..f14680cd9854 100644
--- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
+++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern void __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vm_flags_t vm_flags);
+extern void khugepaged_enter_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void);
extern bool current_is_khugepaged(void);
extern int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ static inline void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vm_flags_t vm_flags)
{
}
+static inline void khugepaged_enter_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+}
static inline int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long addr, bool install_pmd)
{
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a46d9b75880b..2c445bf44ce3 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/mm_inline.h>
+#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
@@ -2479,7 +2480,7 @@ static int prctl_set_thp_disable(bool thp_disable, unsigned long flags,
/* Flags are only allowed when disabling. */
if ((!thp_disable && flags) || (flags & ~PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED))
return -EINVAL;
- if (mmap_write_lock_killable(current->mm))
+ if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
return -EINTR;
if (thp_disable) {
if (flags & PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED) {
@@ -2493,7 +2494,9 @@ static int prctl_set_thp_disable(bool thp_disable, unsigned long flags,
mm_flags_clear(MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY, mm);
mm_flags_clear(MMF_DISABLE_THP_EXCEPT_ADVISED, mm);
}
- mmap_write_unlock(current->mm);
+
+ khugepaged_enter_mm(mm);
+ mmap_write_unlock(mm);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 7ab2d1a42df3..f47ac8c19447 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -396,15 +396,10 @@ void __init khugepaged_destroy(void)
kmem_cache_destroy(mm_slot_cache);
}
-static inline int hpage_collapse_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
- return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0;
-}
-
static inline int hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
- return hpage_collapse_test_exit(mm) ||
- mm_flags_test(MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY, mm);
+ return !atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) || /* exit */
+ mm_flags_test(MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY, mm); /* disable */
}
static bool hugepage_pmd_enabled(void)
@@ -437,7 +432,7 @@ void __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm)
int wakeup;
/* __khugepaged_exit() must not run from under us */
- VM_BUG_ON_MM(hpage_collapse_test_exit(mm), mm);
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm));
if (unlikely(mm_flags_test_and_set(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm)))
return;
@@ -460,14 +455,25 @@ void __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm)
wake_up_interruptible(&khugepaged_wait);
}
+void khugepaged_enter_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ if (mm_flags_test(MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY, mm))
+ return;
+ if (mm_flags_test(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm))
+ return;
+ if (!hugepage_pmd_enabled())
+ return;
+
+ __khugepaged_enter(mm);
+}
+
void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vm_flags_t vm_flags)
{
- if (!mm_flags_test(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, vma->vm_mm) &&
- hugepage_pmd_enabled()) {
- if (thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vm_flags, TVA_KHUGEPAGED, PMD_ORDER))
- __khugepaged_enter(vma->vm_mm);
- }
+ if (!thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vm_flags, TVA_KHUGEPAGED, PMD_ORDER))
+ return;
+
+ khugepaged_enter_mm(vma->vm_mm);
}
void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -491,7 +497,7 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
} else if (slot) {
/*
* This is required to serialize against
- * hpage_collapse_test_exit() (which is guaranteed to run
+ * hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable() (which is guaranteed to run
* under mmap sem read mode). Stop here (after we return all
* pagetables will be destroyed) until khugepaged has finished
* working on the pagetables under the mmap_lock.
@@ -1429,16 +1435,13 @@ static void collect_mm_slot(struct mm_slot *slot)
lockdep_assert_held(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
- if (hpage_collapse_test_exit(mm)) {
+ if (hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm)) {
/* free mm_slot */
hash_del(&slot->hash);
list_del(&slot->mm_node);
- /*
- * Not strictly needed because the mm exited already.
- *
- * mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm);
- */
+ /* If the mm is disabled, this flag must be cleared. */
+ mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm);
/* khugepaged_mm_lock actually not necessary for the below */
mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, slot);
@@ -1749,7 +1752,7 @@ static void retract_page_tables(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t pgoff)
if (find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(mm, addr, &pmd) != SCAN_SUCCEED)
continue;
- if (hpage_collapse_test_exit(mm))
+ if (hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm))
continue;
/*
* When a vma is registered with uffd-wp, we cannot recycle
@@ -2500,9 +2503,9 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, int *result,
VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_scan.mm_slot != slot);
/*
* Release the current mm_slot if this mm is about to die, or
- * if we scanned all vmas of this mm.
+ * if we scanned all vmas of this mm, or if this mm is disabled.
*/
- if (hpage_collapse_test_exit(mm) || !vma) {
+ if (hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm) || !vma) {
/*
* Make sure that if mm_users is reaching zero while
* khugepaged runs here, khugepaged_exit will find
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-26 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-26 9:33 [PATCH v8 mm-new 00/12] mm, bpf: BPF based THP order selection Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` Yafang Shao [this message]
2025-09-26 14:11 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 01/12] mm: thp: remove disabled task from khugepaged_mm_slot Usama Arif
2025-09-28 2:21 ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 02/12] mm: thp: remove vm_flags parameter from khugepaged_enter_vma() Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 14:49 ` Usama Arif
2025-09-28 2:35 ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 03/12] mm: thp: remove vm_flags parameter from thp_vma_allowable_order() Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 14:54 ` Usama Arif
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 04/12] mm: thp: add support for BPF based THP order selection Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 15:13 ` Usama Arif
2025-09-26 19:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-09-28 2:13 ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 05/12] mm: thp: decouple THP allocation between swap and page fault paths Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 15:19 ` Usama Arif
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 06/12] mm: thp: enable THP allocation exclusively through khugepaged Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 15:27 ` Usama Arif
2025-09-28 2:58 ` Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 07/12] bpf: mark mm->owner as __safe_rcu_or_null Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 08/12] bpf: mark vma->vm_mm as __safe_trusted_or_null Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 09/12] selftests/bpf: add a simple BPF based THP policy Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 10/12] selftests/bpf: add test case to update " Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 11/12] selftests/bpf: add test cases for invalid thp_adjust usage Yafang Shao
2025-09-26 9:33 ` [PATCH v8 mm-new 12/12] Documentation: add BPF-based THP policy management Yafang Shao
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