[to-be-updated] percpu-fix-hint-invariant-breakage.patch removed from -mm tree

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

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: percpu: fix hint invariant breakage
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     percpu-fix-hint-invariant-breakage.patch

This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued

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From: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
Subject: percpu: fix hint invariant breakage
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 07:21:49 +0000

The invariant "scan_hint_start > contig_hint_start if and only if
scan_hint == contig_hint" should be kept for hint management.  However, it
could be broken in some cases:

  - if (new contig == contig_hint == scan_hint) && (contig_hint_start <
    scan_hint_start < new contig start) && the new contig is to become a
    new contig_hint due to its better alignment, then scan_hint should
    be invalidated instead of keeping the old value.

  - if (new contig == contig_hint > scan_hint) && (new contig start <
    contig_hint_start) && the new contig is not to become a new
    contig_hint, then scan_hint should be not updated to the new contig.

This commit mainly fixes this invariant breakage and includes more:

  - Handle the cases where the new contig overlaps with the contig_hint
    or with scan_hint.

  - Merge the new contig with other hints when it overlaps with them and
    treat it as a whole free region instead of a separate small region.

  - Fix the invariant breakage and also optimizes scan_hint further.
    Some of the optimization cases when no overlap occurs are:

    - if (new contig > contig_hint > scan_hint) && (scan_hint_start < new
      contig start < contig_hint_start), then keep scan_hint instead of
      invalidating it.

    - if (new contig > contig_hint == scan_hint) && (contig_hint_start <
      new contig start < scan_hint_start), then update scan_hint to the
      old contig_hint instead of invalidating it.

    - if (new contig == contig_hint > scan_hint) && (new contig start <
      contig_hint_start) && the new contig is to become a new contig_hint
      due to its better alignment, then update scan_hint to the old
      contig_hint instead of invalidating or keeping it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260510072149.1279887-4-joonwonkang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: <dodam@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/percpu.c |  119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/percpu.c~percpu-fix-hint-invariant-breakage
+++ a/mm/percpu.c
@@ -616,6 +616,20 @@ static inline bool pcpu_region_overlap(s
 	return (a.start < b.start + b.size) && (b.start < a.start + a.size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * pcpu_region_concat - determines if two regions meet on the border
+ * @a: first region
+ * @b: second region
+ *
+ * This is used to determine if the hint region [a.start, a.start + a.size)
+ * meets with the allocated region [b.start, b.start + b.size) on the border.
+ */
+static inline bool pcpu_region_concat(struct pcpu_region a,
+				      struct pcpu_region b)
+{
+	return (a.start == b.start + b.size) || (b.start == a.start + a.size);
+}
+
 /**
  * pcpu_block_update - updates a block given a free area
  * @block: block of interest
@@ -629,6 +643,40 @@ static inline bool pcpu_region_overlap(s
 static void pcpu_block_update(struct pcpu_block_md *block, int start, int end)
 {
 	struct pcpu_region free = { .start = start, .size = end - start };
+	bool overlap_with_contig_hint =
+		block->contig_hint.size &&
+		(pcpu_region_overlap(block->contig_hint, free) ||
+		 pcpu_region_concat(block->contig_hint, free));
+
+	if (block->scan_hint.size &&
+	    (pcpu_region_overlap(block->scan_hint, free) ||
+	     pcpu_region_concat(block->scan_hint, free))) {
+		start = min(start, block->scan_hint.start);
+		end = max(end, block->scan_hint.start + block->scan_hint.size);
+		free = (struct pcpu_region){
+			.start = start,
+			.size = end - start,
+		};
+
+		block->scan_hint.size = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (overlap_with_contig_hint) {
+		start = min(start, block->contig_hint.start);
+		end = max(end,
+			  block->contig_hint.start + block->contig_hint.size);
+		free = (struct pcpu_region){
+			.start = start,
+			.size = end - start,
+		};
+
+		if (block->scan_hint.size &&
+		    free.size > block->scan_hint.size &&
+		    block->scan_hint.start > free.start)
+			block->scan_hint.size = 0;
+
+		block->contig_hint = free;
+	}
 
 	block->first_free = min(block->first_free, free.start);
 	if (free.start == 0)
@@ -637,23 +685,24 @@ static void pcpu_block_update(struct pcp
 	if (free.start + free.size == block->nr_bits)
 		block->right_free = free.size;
 
+	if (overlap_with_contig_hint)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, it is guaranteed that the new contig does neither
+	 * overlap with contig_hint nor with scan_hint.
+	 */
+
 	if (free.size > block->contig_hint.size) {
 		/* promote the old contig_hint to be the new scan_hint */
 		if (block->contig_hint.size &&
 		    free.start > block->contig_hint.start) {
-			if (block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size) {
+			if (block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size ||
+			    free.start < block->scan_hint.start)
 				block->scan_hint = block->contig_hint;
-			} else if (block->scan_hint.size &&
-				   free.start < block->scan_hint.start) {
-				/*
-				 * The old contig_hint.size == scan_hint.size.
-				 * But, the new contig is larger so hold the
-				 * invariant scan_hint.start <
-				 * contig_hint.start.
-				 */
-				block->scan_hint.size = 0;
-			}
-		} else {
+		} else if (!block->contig_hint.size ||
+			   (block->scan_hint.size &&
+			    free.start < block->scan_hint.start)) {
 			block->scan_hint.size = 0;
 		}
 		block->contig_hint = free;
@@ -661,21 +710,41 @@ static void pcpu_block_update(struct pcp
 		if (block->contig_hint.start &&
 		    (!free.start ||
 		     __ffs(free.start) > __ffs(block->contig_hint.start))) {
+			if (block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size) {
+				if (free.start < block->contig_hint.start)
+					block->scan_hint = block->contig_hint;
+			} else if (free.start > block->scan_hint.start) {
+				/*
+				 * old contig_hint.size == old scan_hint.size
+				 * == new contig size. But, the new contig is
+				 * farther than the old scan_hint so hold the
+				 * invariant scan_hint.start > contig_hint.start
+				 * iff scan_hint.size == contig_hint.size.
+				 */
+				block->scan_hint.size = 0;
+			}
+
 			/* new start has a better alignment so use it */
 			block->contig_hint.start = free.start;
-			if (block->scan_hint.size &&
-			    free.start < block->scan_hint.start &&
-			    block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size)
-				block->scan_hint.size = 0;
-		} else if ((block->scan_hint.size &&
-			    free.start > block->scan_hint.start) ||
-			   block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size) {
-			/*
-			 * Knowing new contig size == contig_hint.size, update
-			 * the scan_hint if it is farther than or larger than
-			 * the current scan_hint.
-			 */
-			block->scan_hint = free;
+		} else {
+			if (block->contig_hint.size > block->scan_hint.size) {
+				if (free.start < block->contig_hint.start) {
+					/*
+					 * old scan_hint.size < new contig size
+					 * == old contig_hint.size. But, the new
+					 * contig is before the old contig_hint
+					 * so hold the invariant
+					 * scan_hint.start > contig_hint.start
+					 * iff scan_hint.size ==
+					 * contig_hint.size.
+					 */
+					block->scan_hint.size = 0;
+				} else {
+					block->scan_hint = free;
+				}
+			} else if (free.start > block->scan_hint.start) {
+				block->scan_hint = free;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		/*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joonwonkang@google.com are

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