linux-kernel - Re: [stable-6.6.y] mm: khugepaged refuses to freeze

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:31:50 +0900
From: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, 
	Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>, "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, 
	Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>, 
	Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [stable-6.6.y] mm: khugepaged refuses to freeze

On (26/02/06 12:38), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
[..]
> > > diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > index eff9e3061925..fa6a018b20a8 100644
> > > --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > @@ -1894,6 +1894,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> > >   		xas_set(&xas, index);
> > >   		folio = xas_load(&xas);
> > > +		if (try_to_freeze())
> > > +			goto xa_unlocked;
> > > +
> > >   		VM_BUG_ON(index != xas.xa_index);
> > >   		if (is_shmem) {
> > >   			if (!folio) {
> > 
> > Your analysis is reasonable. When the system is freezing, khugepaged is
> > still trying to swap-in shmem to collapse, which prevents the system from
> > entering suspend state. However, it’s not only shmem that will swap in,
> > collapsing anonymous folios may also trigger swap-in operations.
> 
> Right, I thought about it but wasn't sure.  Could the inner loop (e.g.
> collapse_file() in this particular case) loop long enough to fail suspend
> w/o ever giving the outer loop (khugepaged_do_scan()) a chance to freeze?

For inner loops I wondered if cond_resched() could be an indicator of
where try_to_freeze() should be placed.  Those cond_resched() calls
are there for a reason, after all.   E.g. something like:

---

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index fa6a018b20a8..cee08466a069 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2431,6 +2431,9 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
 		unsigned long hstart, hend;
 
 		cond_resched();
+		if (try_to_freeze())
+			break;
+
 		if (unlikely(hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm))) {
 			progress++;
 			break;
@@ -2453,6 +2456,9 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, enum scan_result
 			bool mmap_locked = true;
 
 			cond_resched();
+			if (try_to_freeze())
+				goto breakouterloop;
+
 			if (unlikely(hpage_collapse_test_exit_or_disable(mm)))
 				goto breakouterloop;