From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,ziy@nvidia.com,ryan.roberts@arm.com,npache@redhat.com,lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,liam.howlett@oracle.com,lance.yang@linux.dev,dev.jain@arm.com,david@redhat.com,baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com,baohua@kernel.org,richard.weiyang@gmail.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-stable] mm-khugepaged-use-start_addr-addr-for-better-reading.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:52:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250928185234.50738C4CEF0@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/khugepaged: use start_addr/addr for improved readability
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-khugepaged-use-start_addr-addr-for-better-reading.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Subject: mm/khugepaged: use start_addr/addr for improved readability
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:09:38 +0000
When collapsing a pmd, there are two address in use:
* address points to the start of pmd
* address points to each individual page
Current naming makes it difficult to distinguish these two and is hence
error prone.
Considering the plan to collapse mTHP, name the first one `start_addr' and
the second `addr' for better readability and consistency.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250922140938.27343-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Mariano Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c~mm-khugepaged-use-start_addr-addr-for-better-reading
+++ a/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -537,18 +537,19 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte
}
static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long address,
+ unsigned long start_addr,
pte_t *pte,
struct collapse_control *cc,
struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
{
struct page *page = NULL;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
+ unsigned long addr = start_addr;
pte_t *_pte;
int none_or_zero = 0, shared = 0, result = SCAN_FAIL, referenced = 0;
for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
- _pte++, address += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ _pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
pte_t pteval = ptep_get(_pte);
if (pte_none(pteval) || (pte_present(pteval) &&
is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval)))) {
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(
result = SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
goto out;
}
- page = vm_normal_page(vma, address, pteval);
+ page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pteval);
if (unlikely(!page) || unlikely(is_zone_device_page(page))) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_NULL;
goto out;
@@ -656,8 +657,8 @@ next:
*/
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
(pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) || mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm,
- address)))
+ folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
+ mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
referenced++;
}
@@ -986,21 +987,21 @@ static int check_pmd_still_valid(struct
*/
static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long haddr, pmd_t *pmd,
+ unsigned long start_addr, pmd_t *pmd,
int referenced)
{
int swapped_in = 0;
vm_fault_t ret = 0;
- unsigned long address, end = haddr + (HPAGE_PMD_NR * PAGE_SIZE);
+ unsigned long addr, end = start_addr + (HPAGE_PMD_NR * PAGE_SIZE);
int result;
pte_t *pte = NULL;
spinlock_t *ptl;
- for (address = haddr; address < end; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ for (addr = start_addr; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
struct vm_fault vmf = {
.vma = vma,
- .address = address,
- .pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, address),
+ .address = addr,
+ .pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, addr),
.flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY,
.pmd = pmd,
};
@@ -1010,7 +1011,7 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(s
* Here the ptl is only used to check pte_same() in
* do_swap_page(), so readonly version is enough.
*/
- pte = pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
+ pte = pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
if (!pte) {
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
result = SCAN_PMD_NULL;
@@ -1253,7 +1254,7 @@ out_nolock:
static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long address, bool *mmap_locked,
+ unsigned long start_addr, bool *mmap_locked,
struct collapse_control *cc)
{
pmd_t *pmd;
@@ -1262,26 +1263,26 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struc
int none_or_zero = 0, shared = 0;
struct page *page = NULL;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
- unsigned long _address;
+ unsigned long addr;
spinlock_t *ptl;
int node = NUMA_NO_NODE, unmapped = 0;
- VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
+ VM_BUG_ON(start_addr & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
- result = find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(mm, address, &pmd);
+ result = find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(mm, start_addr, &pmd);
if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
goto out;
memset(cc->node_load, 0, sizeof(cc->node_load));
nodes_clear(cc->alloc_nmask);
- pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
+ pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, start_addr, &ptl);
if (!pte) {
result = SCAN_PMD_NULL;
goto out;
}
- for (_address = address, _pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
- _pte++, _address += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ 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)) {
++unmapped;
@@ -1329,7 +1330,7 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struc
goto out_unmap;
}
- page = vm_normal_page(vma, _address, pteval);
+ page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pteval);
if (unlikely(!page) || unlikely(is_zone_device_page(page))) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_NULL;
goto out_unmap;
@@ -1398,7 +1399,7 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struc
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
(pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, _address)))
+ mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
referenced++;
}
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
@@ -1411,7 +1412,7 @@ static int hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(struc
out_unmap:
pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
- result = collapse_huge_page(mm, address, referenced,
+ result = collapse_huge_page(mm, start_addr, referenced,
unmapped, cc);
/* collapse_huge_page will return with the mmap_lock released */
*mmap_locked = false;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.weiyang@gmail.com are
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