+ mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: add sysfs entry to disable splitting underutilized THPs
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Subject: mm: add sysfs entry to disable splitting underutilized THPs
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:02:49 +0100

If disabled, THPs faulted in or collapsed will not be added to
_deferred_list, and therefore won't be considered for splitting under
memory pressure if underutilized.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240813120328.1275952-7-usamaarif642@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Zhu <alexlzhu@fb.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Shuang Zhai <zhais@google.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/huge_memory.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static unsigned long deferred_split_coun
 					  struct shrink_control *sc);
 static unsigned long deferred_split_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 					 struct shrink_control *sc);
+static bool split_underutilized_thp = true;
 
 static atomic_t huge_zero_refcount;
 struct folio *huge_zero_folio __read_mostly;
@@ -439,6 +440,27 @@ static ssize_t hpage_pmd_size_show(struc
 static struct kobj_attribute hpage_pmd_size_attr =
 	__ATTR_RO(hpage_pmd_size);
 
+static ssize_t split_underutilized_thp_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+			    struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", split_underutilized_thp);
+}
+
+static ssize_t split_underutilized_thp_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+			     struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+			     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int err = kstrtobool(buf, &split_underutilized_thp);
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute split_underutilized_thp_attr = __ATTR(
+	thp_low_util_shrinker, 0644, split_underutilized_thp_show, split_underutilized_thp_store);
+
 static struct attribute *hugepage_attr[] = {
 	&enabled_attr.attr,
 	&defrag_attr.attr,
@@ -447,6 +469,7 @@ static struct attribute *hugepage_attr[]
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
 	&shmem_enabled_attr.attr,
 #endif
+	&split_underutilized_thp_attr.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -3468,6 +3491,9 @@ void deferred_split_folio(struct folio *
 	if (folio_order(folio) <= 1)
 		return;
 
+	if (!partially_mapped && !split_underutilized_thp)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * The try_to_unmap() in page reclaim path might reach here too,
 	 * this may cause a race condition to corrupt deferred split queue.
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from usamaarif642@gmail.com are

mm-introduce-a-pageflag-for-partially-mapped-folios.patch
mm-split-underutilized-thps.patch
mm-add-sysfs-entry-to-disable-splitting-underutilized-thps.patch