From: Vernon Yang <vernon2gm@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org
Cc: lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, ziy@nvidia.com, dev.jain@arm.com,
baohua@kernel.org, lance.yang@linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH mm-new v4 2/6] mm: khugepaged: refine scan progress number
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:19:05 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260111121909.8410-3-yanglincheng@kylinos.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260111121909.8410-1-yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
Currently, each scan always increases "progress" by HPAGE_PMD_NR,
even if only scanning a single pte.
This patch does not change the original semantics of "progress", it
simply uses the exact number of PTEs counted to replace HPAGE_PMD_NR.
Let me provide a detailed example:
static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd()
{
for (addr = start_addr, _pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
_pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
...
if (pte_uffd_wp(pteval)) { <-- first scan hit
result = SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
goto out_unmap;
}
}
}
During the first scan, if pte_uffd_wp(pteval) is true, the loop exits
directly. In practice, only one PTE is scanned before termination.
Here, "progress += 1" reflects the actual number of PTEs scanned, but
previously "progress += HPAGE_PMD_NR" always.
Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <yanglincheng@kylinos.cn>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 2e570f83778c..5c6015ac7b5e 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long a
static enum scan_result hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start_addr, bool *mmap_locked,
+ int *cur_progress,
struct collapse_control *cc)
{
pmd_t *pmd;
@@ -1264,19 +1265,27 @@ static enum scan_result hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
VM_BUG_ON(start_addr & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
result = find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(mm, start_addr, &pmd);
- if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
+ if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED) {
+ if (cur_progress)
+ *cur_progress = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
goto out;
+ }
memset(cc->node_load, 0, sizeof(cc->node_load));
nodes_clear(cc->alloc_nmask);
pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, start_addr, &ptl);
if (!pte) {
+ if (cur_progress)
+ *cur_progress = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
result = SCAN_NO_PTE_TABLE;
goto out;
}
for (addr = start_addr, _pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
_pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ if (cur_progress)
+ *cur_progress += 1;
+
pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
if (pte_none_or_zero(pteval)) {
++none_or_zero;
@@ -2297,6 +2306,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
static enum scan_result hpage_collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
struct file *file, pgoff_t start,
+ int *cur_progress,
struct collapse_control *cc)
{
struct folio *folio = NULL;
@@ -2337,6 +2347,9 @@ static enum scan_result hpage_collapse_scan_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned
continue;
}
+ if (cur_progress)
+ *cur_progress += folio_nr_pages(folio);
+
if (folio_order(folio) == HPAGE_PMD_ORDER &&
folio->index == start) {
/* Maybe PMD-mapped */
@@ -2466,6 +2479,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
while (khugepaged_scan.address < hend) {
bool mmap_locked = true;
+ int cur_progress = 0;
cond_resched();
if (unlikely(hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm)))
@@ -2482,7 +2496,8 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
mmap_locked = false;
*result = hpage_collapse_scan_file(mm,
- khugepaged_scan.address, file, pgoff, cc);
+ khugepaged_scan.address, file, pgoff,
+ &cur_progress, cc);
fput(file);
if (*result == SCAN_PTE_MAPPED_HUGEPAGE) {
mmap_read_lock(mm);
@@ -2496,7 +2511,8 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
}
} else {
*result = hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(mm, vma,
- khugepaged_scan.address, &mmap_locked, cc);
+ khugepaged_scan.address, &mmap_locked,
+ &cur_progress, cc);
}
if (*result == SCAN_SUCCEED)
@@ -2504,7 +2520,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
/* move to next address */
khugepaged_scan.address += HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
- progress += HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+ progress += cur_progress;
if (!mmap_locked)
/*
* We released mmap_lock so break loop. Note
@@ -2826,11 +2842,11 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
mmap_locked = false;
result = hpage_collapse_scan_file(mm, addr, file, pgoff,
- cc);
+ NULL, cc);
fput(file);
} else {
result = hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(mm, vma, addr,
- &mmap_locked, cc);
+ &mmap_locked, NULL, cc);
}
if (!mmap_locked)
*lock_dropped = true;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-11 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-11 12:19 [PATCH mm-new v4 0/6] Improve khugepaged scan logic Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 12:19 ` [PATCH mm-new v4 1/6] mm: khugepaged: add trace_mm_khugepaged_scan event Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 13:49 ` Lance Yang
2026-01-11 12:19 ` Vernon Yang [this message]
2026-01-11 12:19 ` [PATCH mm-new v4 3/6] mm: khugepaged: just skip when the memory has been collapsed Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 12:19 ` [PATCH mm-new v4 4/6] mm: add folio_is_lazyfree helper Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 13:41 ` Lance Yang
2026-01-11 12:19 ` [PATCH mm-new v4 5/6] mm: khugepaged: skip lazy-free folios at scanning Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 12:19 ` [PATCH mm-new v4 6/6] mm: khugepaged: set to next mm direct when mm has MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY Vernon Yang
2026-01-11 13:44 ` Lance Yang
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