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mm/khugepaged: generalize __collapse_huge_page_* for mTHP support
authorNico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Fri, 5 Jun 2026 16:14:11 +0000 (10:14 -0600)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:31:30 +0000 (11:31 -0700)
commit5a9c05d86683db5449b7fefd278c461cffb55234
treead807368574d82c09162aabcf7b15326fbc3556b
parent45b310faeefaea811291bef934ccc11e81761326
mm/khugepaged: generalize __collapse_huge_page_* for mTHP support

generalize the order of the __collapse_huge_page_* and collapse_max_*
functions to support future mTHP collapse.

The current mechanism for determining collapse with the
khugepaged_max_ptes_none value is not designed with mTHP in mind.  This
raises a key design issue: if we support user defined max_pte_none values
(even those scaled by order), a collapse of a lower order can introduces
an feedback loop, or "creep", when max_ptes_none is set to a value greater
than HPAGE_PMD_NR / 2.  [1]

With this configuration, a successful collapse to order N will populate
enough pages to satisfy the collapse condition on order N+1 on the next
scan.  This leads to unnecessary work and memory churn.

To fix this issue introduce a helper function that will limit mTHP
collapse support to two max_ptes_none values, 0 and HPAGE_PMD_NR - 1.
This effectively supports two modes: [2]

- max_ptes_none=0: never collapses if it encounters an empty PTE or a PTE
  that maps the shared zeropage. Consequently, no memory bloat.
- max_ptes_none=511 (on 4k pagesz): Always collapse to the highest
  available mTHP order.

This removes the possibility of "creep", and a warning will be emitted if
any non-supported max_ptes_none value is configured with mTHP enabled.
Any intermediate value will default mTHP collapse to max_ptes_none=0.

mTHP collapse will not honor the khugepaged_max_ptes_shared or
khugepaged_max_ptes_swap parameters, and will fail if it encounters a
shared or swapped entry.

No functional changes in this patch; however it defines future behavior
for mTHP collapse.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260605161422.213817-5-npache@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e46ab3ab-a3d7-4fb7-9970-d0704bd5d05a@arm.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/37375ace-5601-4d6c-9dac-d1c8268698e9@redhat.com
Co-developed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
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Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/khugepaged.c