From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, byungchul@sk.com,
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Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/huge_memory: skip device-private PMDs in madvise_free_huge_pmd
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 05:20:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708122040.861335-4-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708122040.861335-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
madvise_free_pte_range() checks pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) unlocked, then
madvise_free_huge_pmd() takes pmd_trans_huge_lock(). pmd_is_huge()
returns true for a device-private PMD, so orig_pmd can be device-private
and enter the !pmd_present() branch.
Allow device-private PMDs in that non-present assertion and continue to
out before calling pmd_folio(). This keeps the assertion for unexpected
PMD softleafs while skipping device-private PMDs like other non-present
PMDs in this path.
Potential trigger: an HMM-based GPU driver races with madvise(MADV_FREE):
migrate_vma_pages() flips the PMD to a device-private entry between the
caller's pmd_trans_huge() check and the callee's pmd_trans_huge_lock().
Fixes: 368076f52ebe ("mm/huge_memory: add device-private THP support to PMD operations")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c0892cc533a9..ddbdc83b4cae 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2298,7 +2298,8 @@ bool madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (unlikely(!pmd_present(orig_pmd))) {
VM_BUG_ON(thp_migration_supported() &&
- !pmd_is_migration_entry(orig_pmd));
+ !pmd_is_migration_entry(orig_pmd) &&
+ !pmd_is_device_private_entry(orig_pmd));
goto out;
}
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 12:20 [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: handle device-private PMDs in walk callbacks Usama Arif
2026-07-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/mempolicy: skip non-present PMDs when queueing folios Usama Arif
2026-07-08 13:05 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-08 15:27 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/madvise: skip device-private PMDs in cold and pageout walks Usama Arif
2026-07-08 13:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-08 12:20 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2026-07-08 13:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/huge_memory: skip device-private PMDs in madvise_free_huge_pmd David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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