From: "Nico Pache (Red Hat)" <nico.pache@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Nico Pache (Red Hat)" <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract young page check into pte_is_referenced() helper
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:25:00 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v3-2-0364cad642a0@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v3-0-0364cad642a0@linux.dev>
This change deduplicates the "is this PTE/folio referenced enough to be
considered for a collapse" condition that was repeated in both
__collapse_huge_page_isolate() and collapse_scan_pmd(), extracting it into
a single inline helper function.
Also move the comment and use it as the function header. While we are at
it, updated the comment to clarify that a young pte is a recently accessed
one.
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@linux.dev>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 1e26ea97381a..9b15c1740943 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -672,6 +672,23 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
}
}
+/*
+ * pte_is_referenced() - Check for enough referenced PTEs to justify collapsing
+ *
+ * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that the page has been
+ * recently accessed (young pte) to justify collapsing the page.
+ *
+ * Return: true if the page has been recently accessed.
+ */
+static inline bool pte_is_referenced(struct collapse_control *cc, pte_t pteval,
+ struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return cc->is_khugepaged &&
+ (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
+ folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
+ mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr));
+}
+
static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start_addr, pte_t *pte, struct collapse_control *cc,
unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
@@ -810,14 +827,7 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (folio_test_large(folio))
list_add_tail(&folio->lru, compound_pagelist);
next:
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
- if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ if (pte_is_referenced(cc, pteval, folio, vma, addr))
referenced++;
}
@@ -1766,14 +1776,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
goto out_unmap;
}
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
- if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ if (pte_is_referenced(cc, pteval, folio, vma, addr))
referenced++;
}
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 19:24 [PATCH v3 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-04 19:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] mm/khugepaged: refactor per-scan state clearing into collapse_control_init_scan() Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-06 16:24 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-04 19:25 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat) [this message]
2026-08-06 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract young page check into pte_is_referenced() helper David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-04 19:25 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] mm/khugepaged: introduce a count_collapse_event() helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-06 13:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-04 19:25 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-06 13:42 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-04 19:25 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] mm/khugepaged: Refactor the PTE state checks into a helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-04 19:25 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] mm/khugepaged: unmap pte before releasing vma write lock Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-04 19:25 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] mm: Documentation: clarify where the mTHP stats live Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-04 23:12 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Andrew Morton
2026-08-11 4:50 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat)
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