+ mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/khugepaged: map dirty/writeback pages failures to EAGAIN
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain.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: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Subject: mm/khugepaged: map dirty/writeback pages failures to EAGAIN
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:09:40 +0000

Patch series "mm/khugepaged: fix dirty page handling for MADV_COLLAPSE",
v5.

MADV_COLLAPSE on file-backed mappings fails with -EINVAL when TEXT pages
are dirty. This affects scenarios like package/container updates or
executing binaries immediately after writing them, etc.

The issue is that collapse_file() triggers async writeback and returns
SCAN_FAIL (maps to -EINVAL), expecting khugepaged to revisit later. But
MADV_COLLAPSE is synchronous and userspace expects immediate success or
a clear retry signal.

Reproduction:
 - Compile or copy 2MB-aligned executable to XFS/ext4 FS
 - Call MADV_COLLAPSE on .text section
 - First call fails with -EINVAL (text pages dirty from copy)
 - Second call succeeds (async writeback completed)

Issue Report:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/4e26fe5e-7374-467c-a333-9dd48f85d7cc@amd.com


This patch (of 2):

When collapse_file encounters dirty or writeback pages in file-backed
mappings, it currently returns SCAN_FAIL which maps to -EINVAL.  This is
misleading as EINVAL suggests invalid arguments, whereas dirty/writeback
pages represent transient conditions that may resolve on retry.

Introduce SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK to cover both dirty and writeback
states, mapping it to -EAGAIN.  For MADV_COLLAPSE, this provides userspace
with a clear signal that retry may succeed after writeback completes.  For
khugepaged, this is harmless as it will naturally revisit the range during
periodic scans after async writeback completes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260118190939.8986-2-shivankg@amd.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260118190939.8986-4-shivankg@amd.com
Fixes: 34488399fa08 ("mm/madvise: add file and shmem support to MADV_COLLAPSE")
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Reported-by: Branden Moore <Branden.Moore@amd.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4e26fe5e-7374-467c-a333-9dd48f85d7cc@amd.com
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/trace/events/huge_memory.h |    3 ++-
 mm/khugepaged.c                    |    8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h~mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain
+++ a/include/trace/events/huge_memory.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 	EM( SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE,	"page_has_private")		\
 	EM( SCAN_STORE_FAILED,		"store_failed")			\
 	EM( SCAN_COPY_MC,		"copy_poisoned_page")		\
-	EMe(SCAN_PAGE_FILLED,		"page_filled")
+	EM( SCAN_PAGE_FILLED,		"page_filled")			\
+	EMe(SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK, "page_dirty_or_writeback")
 
 #undef EM
 #undef EMe
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c~mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain
+++ a/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum scan_result {
 	SCAN_STORE_FAILED,
 	SCAN_COPY_MC,
 	SCAN_PAGE_FILLED,
+	SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK,
 };
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
@@ -1967,11 +1968,11 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struc
 				 */
 				xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
 				filemap_flush(mapping);
-				result = SCAN_FAIL;
+				result = SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK;
 				goto xa_unlocked;
 			} else if (folio_test_writeback(folio)) {
 				xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
-				result = SCAN_FAIL;
+				result = SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK;
 				goto xa_unlocked;
 			} else if (folio_trylock(folio)) {
 				folio_get(folio);
@@ -2018,7 +2019,7 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struc
 			 * folio is dirty because it hasn't been flushed
 			 * since first write.
 			 */
-			result = SCAN_FAIL;
+			result = SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
@@ -2747,6 +2748,7 @@ static int madvise_collapse_errno(enum s
 	case SCAN_PAGE_LRU:
 	case SCAN_DEL_PAGE_LRU:
 	case SCAN_PAGE_FILLED:
+	case SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK:
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	/*
 	 * Other: Trying again likely not to succeed / error intrinsic to
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from shivankg@amd.com are

mm-khugepaged-map-dirty-writeback-pages-failures-to-eagain.patch
mm-khugepaged-retry-with-sync-writeback-for-madv_collapse.patch
mm-khugepaged-remove-unnecessary-goto-skip-label.patch
mm-khugepaged-count-small-vmas-towards-scan-limit.patch
mm-khugepaged-count-small-vmas-towards-scan-limit-fix.patch
mm-khugepaged-change-collapse_pte_mapped_thp-to-return-void.patch
mm-khugepaged-use-enum-scan_result-for-result-variables-and-return-types.patch
mm-khugepaged-make-khugepaged_collapse_control-static.patch