linux-kernel - Re: [v6 04/15] mm/huge_memory: implement device-private THP splitting

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Message-ID: <1f0037b3-5ee1-427e-9d0c-5f429d841916@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:13:53 +1000
From: Balbir Singh <balbirs@...dia.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: damon@...ts.linux.dev, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>, Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@...il.com>,
 Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@...com>, Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>,
 Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>, Ying Huang
 <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
 Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
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 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>,
 Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
 Mika Penttilä <mpenttil@...hat.com>,
 Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>,
 Francois Dugast <francois.dugast@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [v6 04/15] mm/huge_memory: implement device-private THP splitting

On 9/25/25 20:01, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 16.09.25 14:21, Balbir Singh wrote:
>> Add support for splitting device-private THP folios, enabling fallback
>> to smaller page sizes when large page allocation or migration fails.
>>
>> Key changes:
>> - split_huge_pmd(): Handle device-private PMD entries during splitting
>> - Preserve RMAP_EXCLUSIVE semantics for anonymous exclusive folios
>> - Skip RMP_USE_SHARED_ZEROPAGE for device-private entries as they
>>    don't support shared zero page semantics
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@...dia.com>
>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>> Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@...il.com>
>> Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@...com>
>> Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
>> Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
>> Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
>> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
>> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
>> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
>> Cc: Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
>> Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>
>> Cc: Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
>> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
>> Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>
>> Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
>> Cc: Mika Penttilä <mpenttil@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>
>> Cc: Francois Dugast <francois.dugast@...el.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/huge_memory.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>   1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> index 78166db72f4d..5291ee155a02 100644
>> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> @@ -2872,16 +2872,18 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>>       struct page *page;
>>       pgtable_t pgtable;
>>       pmd_t old_pmd, _pmd;
>> -    bool young, write, soft_dirty, pmd_migration = false, uffd_wp = false;
>> -    bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false;
>> +    bool soft_dirty, uffd_wp = false, young = false, write = false;
>> +    bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false, present = false;
>>       unsigned long addr;
>>       pte_t *pte;
>>       int i;
>> +    swp_entry_t swp_entry;
> 
> Not renaming this variable avoids a lot of churn below. So please keep it called "entry" in this patch.
> 

Ack, will fix

Thanks,
Balbir