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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] >>> >>> And I tried calling madvise() with MADV_COLLAPSE for anonymous memory, >>> and I can still see it collapsing to a PMD-sized THP. >> Hi Baolin ! Thank you for your reply and willingness to test again :) >> >> I didn't realize we were talking about madvise collapse-- this makes >> sense now. I also figured out why I could "reproduce" it before. My >> script was always enabling the THP settings in two places, and I only >> commented out one to test this. But this time I was doing more manual >> testing. >> >> The original design of madvise_collapse ignores the sysfs and >> collapses even if you have an order disabled. I believe this behavior >> is wrong, but by design. I spent some time playing around with madvise >> collapses with and w/o my changes. This is not a new thing, I >> reproduced the issue in 6.11 (Fedora 41), and I think its been >> possible since the inception of madvise collapse 3 years ago. I >> noticed a similar behavior on one of my RFC since it was "breaking" >> selftests, and the fix was to reincorporate this broken sysfs >> behavior. > > OK. Thanks for the explanation. > >> 7d8faaf15545 ("mm/madvise: introduce MADV_COLLAPSE sync hugepage collapse") >> "This call is independent of the system-wide THP sysfs settings, but >> will fail for memory marked VM_NOHUGEPAGE." >> >> The second condition holds true (and fails for VM_NOHUGEPAGE), but I >> dont know if we actually want madvise_collapse to be independent of >> the system-wide. > > This design principle surprised me a bit, and I failed to find the > reason in the commit log. I agree that "never should mean never," and we > should respect the THP/mTHP sysfs setting. Additionally, for the > 'shmem_enabled' sysfs interface controlled for shmem/tmpfs, THP collapse > can still be prohibited through the 'deny' configuration. The rules here > are somewhat confusing. I recall that we decided to overwrite "VM_NOHUGEPAGE", because the assumption is that the same app that triggered MADV_NOHUGEPAGE triggers the collapse. So the app decides on its own behavior. Similarly, allowing for collapsing in a VM without VM_HUGEPAGE in the "madvise" mode would be fine. But in the "never" case, we should just "never" collapse. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb