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

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Message-ID: <20251005010511.ysek2nqojebqngf3@master>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 01:05:11 +0000
From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
To: Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	david@...hat.com, lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com,
	Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, baohua@...nel.org,
	baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, dev.jain@....com, hughd@...gle.com,
	ioworker0@...il.com, kirill@...temov.name,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	mpenttil@...hat.com, npache@...hat.com, ryan.roberts@....com,
	ziy@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH mm-new v2 1/1] mm/khugepaged: abort collapse scan on
 non-swap entries

On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 06:05:57PM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
>
>
>On 2025/10/1 16:54, Wei Yang wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 11:22:51AM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
>> > 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)) {
>> 
>> It looks is_swap_pte() is mis-leading?
>
>Hmm.. not to me, IMO. is_swap_pte() just means:
>
>!pte_none(pte) && !pte_present(pte)
>

Maybe it has some reason.

I took another look into __collapse_huge_page_swapin(), which just check
is_swap_pte() before do_swap_page().

We have filtered non-swap entries in hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(), but we drop
mmap lock before isolation. This looks we may have a chance to get non-swap
entry.

Do you think it is reasonable to add a non_swap_entry() check before
do_swap_page()?

-- 
Wei Yang
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