[merged mm-stable] mm-khugepaged-retry-with-sync-writeback-for-madv_collapse.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-stable] mm-khugepaged-retry-with-sync-writeback-for-madv_collapse.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/khugepaged: retry with sync writeback for MADV_COLLAPSE
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-khugepaged-retry-with-sync-writeback-for-madv_collapse.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

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From: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Subject: mm/khugepaged: retry with sync writeback for MADV_COLLAPSE
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:09:43 +0000

When MADV_COLLAPSE is called on file-backed mappings (e.g., executable
text sections), the pages may still be dirty from recent writes. 
collapse_file() will trigger async writeback and fail with
SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK (-EAGAIN).

MADV_COLLAPSE is a synchronous operation where userspace expects immediate
results.  If the collapse fails due to dirty pages, perform synchronous
writeback on the specific range and retry once.

This avoids spurious failures for freshly written executables while
avoiding unnecessary synchronous I/O for mappings that are already clean.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260118190939.8986-7-shivankg@amd.com
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
Fixes: 34488399fa08 ("mm/madvise: add file and shmem support to MADV_COLLAPSE")
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
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: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/khugepaged.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/khugepaged.c~mm-khugepaged-retry-with-sync-writeback-for-madv_collapse
+++ a/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
 #include <linux/pgalloc.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -2788,7 +2789,9 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_stru
 
 	for (addr = hstart; addr < hend; addr += HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
 		int result = SCAN_FAIL;
+		bool triggered_wb = false;
 
+retry:
 		if (!mmap_locked) {
 			cond_resched();
 			mmap_read_lock(mm);
@@ -2809,8 +2812,20 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_stru
 
 			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 			mmap_locked = false;
+			*lock_dropped = true;
 			result = hpage_collapse_scan_file(mm, addr, file, pgoff,
 							  cc);
+
+			if (result == SCAN_PAGE_DIRTY_OR_WRITEBACK && !triggered_wb &&
+			    mapping_can_writeback(file->f_mapping)) {
+				loff_t lstart = (loff_t)pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
+				loff_t lend = lstart + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE - 1;
+
+				filemap_write_and_wait_range(file->f_mapping, lstart, lend);
+				triggered_wb = true;
+				fput(file);
+				goto retry;
+			}
 			fput(file);
 		} else {
 			result = hpage_collapse_scan_pmd(mm, vma, addr,
_

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

mm-khugepaged-remove-unnecessary-goto-skip-label.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