linux-kernel - [PATCH mm-new v2 1/1] mm/khugepaged: abort collapse scan on non-swap entries

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Message-ID: <20251001032251.85888-1-lance.yang@linux.dev>
Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2025 11:22:51 +0800
From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: david@...hat.com,
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	Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH mm-new v2 1/1] mm/khugepaged: abort collapse scan on non-swap entries

From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>

Currently, special non-swap entries (like migration, hwpoison, or PTE
markers) are not caught early in hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(), leading to
failures deep in the swap-in logic.

hpage_collapse_scan_pmd()
 `- collapse_huge_page()
     `- __collapse_huge_page_swapin() -> fails!

As David suggested[1], this patch skips any such non-swap entries
early. If any one is found, the scan is aborted immediately with the
SCAN_PTE_NON_PRESENT result, as Lorenzo suggested[2], avoiding wasted
work.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/7840f68e-7580-42cb-a7c8-1ba64fd6df69@redhat.com
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/7df49fe7-c6b7-426a-8680-dcd55219c8bd@lucifer.local

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Suggested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>
---
v1 -> v2:
 - Skip all non-present entries except swap entries (per David) thanks!
 - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250924100207.28332-1-lance.yang@linux.dev/

 mm/khugepaged.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 7ab2d1a42df3..d0957648db19 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,23 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	for (addr = start_addr, _pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 	     _pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
-		if (is_swap_pte(pteval)) {
+		if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
+			++none_or_zero;
+			if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
+			    (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
+			     none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)) {
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
+				count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE);
+				goto out_unmap;
+			}
+		} else if (!pte_present(pteval)) {
+			if (non_swap_entry(pte_to_swp_entry(pteval))) {
+				result = SCAN_PTE_NON_PRESENT;
+				goto out_unmap;
+			}
+
 			++unmapped;
 			if (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
 			    unmapped <= khugepaged_max_ptes_swap) {
@@ -1293,7 +1309,7 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				 * enabled swap entries.  Please see
 				 * comment below for pte_uffd_wp().
 				 */
-				if (pte_swp_uffd_wp_any(pteval)) {
+				if (pte_swp_uffd_wp(pteval)) {
 					result = SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
 					goto out_unmap;
 				}
@@ -1304,18 +1320,6 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				goto out_unmap;
 			}
 		}
-		if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
-			++none_or_zero;
-			if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
-			    (!cc->is_khugepaged ||
-			     none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)) {
-				continue;
-			} else {
-				result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
-				count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE);
-				goto out_unmap;
-			}
-		}
 		if (pte_uffd_wp(pteval)) {
 			/*
 			 * Don't collapse the page if any of the small
-- 
2.49.0