linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] mm: Fix for negative counter: nr_file

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Date:   Wed,  8 Nov 2023 09:15:17 -0800
From:   Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
To:     kernel-team@...com
Cc:     shr@...kernel.io, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hannes@...xchg.org,
        riel@...riel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] mm: Fix for negative counter: nr_file_hugepages

While qualifiying the 6.4 release, the following warning was detected in
messages:

vmstat_refresh: nr_file_hugepages -15664

The warning is caused by the incorrect updating of the NR_FILE_THPS
counter in the function split_huge_page_to_list. The if case is checking
for folio_test_swapbacked, but the else case is missing the check for
folio_test_pmd_mappable. The other functions that manipulate the counter
like __filemap_add_folio and filemap_unaccount_folio have the
corresponding check.

I have a test case, which reproduces the problem. It can be found here:
  https://github.com/sroeschus/testcase/blob/main/vmstat_refresh/madv.c

The test case reproduces on an XFS filesystem. Running the same test
case on a BTRFS filesystem does not reproduce the problem.

AFAIK version 6.1 until 6.6 are affected by this problem.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
Co-debugged-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 064fbd90822b4..874000f97bfc1 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2737,13 +2737,15 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 			int nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);

 			xas_split(&xas, folio, folio_order(folio));
-			if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio)) {
-				__lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_SHMEM_THPS,
-							-nr);
-			} else {
-				__lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_THPS,
-							-nr);
-				filemap_nr_thps_dec(mapping);
+			if (folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio)) {
+				if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio)) {
+					__lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio,
+							NR_SHMEM_THPS, -nr);
+				} else {
+					__lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio,
+							NR_FILE_THPS, -nr);
+					filemap_nr_thps_dec(mapping);
+				}
 			}
 		}

base-commit: ffc253263a1375a65fa6c9f62a893e9767fbebfa
-- 
2.39.3