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From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	npache@redhat.com, david@kernel.org, ziy@nvidia.com,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, mpenttil@redhat.com, balbirs@nvidia.com
Cc: matthew.brost@intel.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com,
	hannes@cmpxchg.org, rakie.kim@sk.com, byungchul@sk.com,
	gourry@gourry.net, ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com,
	apopple@nvidia.com, riel@surriel.com, shakeel.butt@linux.dev,
	kas@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@meta.com, Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/migrate_device: document folio_get requirement before frozen PMD split
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2026 02:44:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260306104409.3915811-1-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)

split_huge_pmd_address() with freeze=true splits a PMD migration entry
into PTE migration entries, consuming one folio reference in the
process.  The folio_get() before it provides this reference.

Add a comment explaining this relationship and a VM_WARN_ON_ONCE to
catch an unexpected refcount != 1 entry state.

Suggested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
 mm/migrate_device.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index 78c7acf024615..6fa2878848a7e 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -908,6 +908,11 @@ static int migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_ref_count(folio) != 1);
+	/*
+	 * take a reference, since split_huge_pmd_address() with freeze = true
+	 * drops a reference at the end.
+	 */
 	folio_get(folio);
 	split_huge_pmd_address(migrate->vma, addr, true);
 	ret = folio_split_unmapped(folio, 0);
-- 
2.47.3



             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-06 10:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-06 10:44 Usama Arif [this message]
2026-03-06 12:18 ` [PATCH] mm/migrate_device: document folio_get requirement before frozen PMD split Zi Yan
2026-03-09 15:11 ` Nico Pache
2026-03-09 15:18 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-09 19:11   ` Usama Arif
2026-03-09 20:22     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)

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