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mm/khugepaged: fix inconsistent MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE flag due to allocation failure order
authorYe Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
Mon, 11 May 2026 02:54:07 +0000 (10:54 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:22:14 +0000 (15:22 -0700)
commita9920428f19481d1227992ecbf1c73efd5b93001
treeb11643ba89e96fe536ee6b686dd148815d8b321a
parent7201b96495522c9ed6fcd9a6b95c08e96c6b3df8
mm/khugepaged: fix inconsistent MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE flag due to allocation failure order

__khugepaged_enter() sets MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE before allocating the
corresponding mm_slot.  If mm_slot_alloc() fails, the function returns
with the flag set but without inserting the mm into the khugepaged
tracking structures, leaving the mm in an inconsistent state where future
registration attempts are skipped.

Fix this by reordering: allocate the mm_slot first, then check and set the
flag.  If the flag is already set, free the allocated slot and return.
This ensures the flag is only set when the mm is successfully registered
in the khugepaged tracking structures.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260511025408.54035-1-ye.liu@linux.dev
Fixes: 16618670276a ("mm: khugepaged: avoid pointless allocation for "struct mm_slot"")
Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Xin Hao <xhao@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/khugepaged.c