From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 12/13] mm/huge_memory: add and use normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd()
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:07:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c2be872d64ef9573b80727d9ab5446cf002f17b5.1774029655.git.ljs@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1774029655.git.ljs@kernel.org>
Now we have pmd_to_softleaf_folio() available to us which also raises a
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM warning if unexpectedly an invalid softleaf entry, we can
now abstract folio handling altogether.
vm_normal_folio() deals with the huge zero page (which is present), as well
as PFN map/mixed map mappings in both cases returning NULL.
Otherwise, we try to obtain the softleaf folio.
This makes the logic far easier to comprehend and has it use the standard
vm_normal_folio_pmd() path for decoding of present entries.
Finally, we have to update the flushing logic to only do so if a folio is
established.
This patch also makes the 'is_present' value more accurate - because PFN
map, mixed map and zero huge pages are present, just not present and
'normal'.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9ddf38d68406..5831966391bd 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2342,10 +2342,6 @@ static void zap_huge_pmd_folio(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(folio),
-HPAGE_PMD_NR);
- /*
- * Use flush_needed to indicate whether the PMD entry
- * is present, instead of checking pmd_present() again.
- */
if (is_present && pmd_young(pmdval) &&
likely(vma_has_recency(vma)))
folio_mark_accessed(folio);
@@ -2356,6 +2352,17 @@ static void zap_huge_pmd_folio(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
folio_put(folio);
}
+static struct folio *normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pmd_t pmdval, bool is_present)
+{
+ if (is_present)
+ return vm_normal_folio_pmd(vma, addr, pmdval);
+
+ if (!thp_migration_supported())
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Non present huge pmd without pmd migration enabled!");
+ return pmd_to_softleaf_folio(pmdval);
+}
+
/**
* zap_huge_pmd - Zap a huge THP which is of PMD size.
* @tlb: The MMU gather TLB state associated with the operation.
@@ -2390,36 +2397,20 @@ bool zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
tlb->fullmm);
arch_check_zapped_pmd(vma, orig_pmd);
tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
- if (vma_is_special_huge(vma))
- goto out;
- if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd)) {
- if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
- has_deposit = true;
- goto out;
- }
- if (pmd_present(orig_pmd)) {
- folio = pmd_folio(orig_pmd);
- is_present = true;
- } else if (pmd_is_valid_softleaf(orig_pmd)) {
- const softleaf_t entry = softleaf_from_pmd(orig_pmd);
+ is_present = pmd_present(orig_pmd);
+ folio = normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd(vma, addr, orig_pmd, is_present);
+ if (folio)
+ zap_huge_pmd_folio(mm, vma, orig_pmd, folio, is_present,
+ &has_deposit);
+ else if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd))
+ has_deposit = !vma_is_dax(vma);
- folio = softleaf_to_folio(entry);
- if (!thp_migration_supported())
- WARN_ONCE(1, "Non present huge pmd without pmd migration enabled!");
- } else {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
- goto out;
- }
-
- zap_huge_pmd_folio(mm, vma, orig_pmd, folio, is_present, &has_deposit);
-
-out:
if (has_deposit)
zap_deposited_table(mm, pmd);
spin_unlock(ptl);
- if (is_present)
+ if (is_present && folio)
tlb_remove_page_size(tlb, &folio->page, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
return true;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 18:14 [PATCH v3 00/13] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] mm/huge_memory: simplify vma_is_specal_huge() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 18:49 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] mm/huge: avoid big else branch in zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 18:52 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] mm/huge_memory: have zap_huge_pmd return a boolean, add kdoc Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 18:54 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] mm/huge_memory: handle buggy PMD entry in zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:05 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-30 10:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] mm/huge_memory: add a common exit path to zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:08 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] mm/huge_memory: remove unnecessary VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:09 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] mm/huge_memory: deduplicate zap deposited table call Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-21 5:39 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-28 19:14 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] mm/huge_memory: remove unnecessary sanity checks Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:17 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] mm/huge_memory: use mm instead of tlb->mm Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-21 5:42 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-28 19:18 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] mm/huge_memory: separate out the folio part of zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-21 5:59 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-23 10:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-24 12:42 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-28 19:20 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] mm: add softleaf_is_valid_pmd_entry(), pmd_to_softleaf_folio() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:28 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-20 18:07 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) [this message]
2026-03-23 11:24 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] mm/huge_memory: add and use normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:45 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-30 9:48 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] mm/huge_memory: add and use has_deposited_pgtable() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 11:45 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 12:25 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-28 19:54 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-30 9:54 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-02 3:19 ` Yin Tirui
2026-04-02 6:46 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-02 7:49 ` Yin Tirui
2026-04-07 10:48 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-03-20 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd() Andrew Morton
2026-03-23 12:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
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