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Subject: [PATCH v4 4/7] mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:48:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v4-4-ddac39d61c4a@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v4-0-ddac39d61c4a@linux.dev>
Fix comment in collapse_scan_pmd() that still described the old
folio_mapcount() > folio_ref_count() check and a "512" false-positive
scenario. The code now uses folio_expected_ref_count() != folio_ref_count()
which doesn't suffer from the same limitation.
Fix comment in collapse_huge_page() that referenced ptep_clear_flush,
when the code actually uses pmdp_collapse_flush.
Fix comment in __collapse_huge_page_swapin() that referenced the old
function name khugepaged_scan_pmd, now collapse_scan_pmd.
Also clean up some simple typos and stale terminology (mmap_sem ->
mmap_lock, PG_lock -> folio lock, page -> folio, grammar).
We also clarify a comment regarding where the max_ptes_none check is
deferred to in mthp_collapse() from the original collapse_scan_pmd check.
Update all comments that references a function to include parentheses.
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Assisted-by: Cursor(claude-sonnet-4):4.6
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@linux.dev>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index cae510aa2914..90d6e595d282 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
/*
* This is required to serialize against
* collapse_test_exit() (which is guaranteed to run
- * under mmap sem read mode). Stop here (after we return all
+ * under mmap_lock read mode). Stop here (after we return all
* pagetables will be destroyed) until khugepaged has finished
* working on the pagetables under the mmap_lock.
*/
@@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/*
* We can do it before folio_isolate_lru because the
- * folio can't be freed from under us. NOTE: PG_lock
- * is needed to serialize against split_huge_page
+ * folio can't be freed from under us. NOTE: folio lock
+ * is needed to serialize against split_huge_page()
* when invoked from the VM.
*/
if (!folio_trylock(folio)) {
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
/*
- * Isolate the page to avoid collapsing an hugepage
+ * Isolate the folio to avoid collapsing a hugepage
* currently in use by the VM.
*/
if (!folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_failed(pte_t *pte,
* Re-establish the PMD to point to the original page table
* entry. Restoring PMD needs to be done prior to releasing
* pages. Since pages are still isolated and locked here,
- * acquiring anon_vma_lock_write is unnecessary.
+ * acquiring anon_vma_lock_write() is unnecessary.
*/
pmd_ptl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd);
pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(orig_pmd));
@@ -1101,9 +1101,9 @@ static enum scan_result hugepage_vma_revalidate(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned l
return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
/*
* Anon VMA expected, the address may be unmapped then
- * remapped to file after khugepaged reaquired the mmap_lock.
+ * remapped to file after khugepaged reacquired the mmap_lock.
*
- * thp_vma_allowable_orders may return true for qualified file
+ * thp_vma_allowable_orders() may return true for qualified file
* vmas.
*/
if (expect_anon && (!(*vmap)->anon_vma || !vma_is_anonymous(*vmap)))
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static enum scan_result check_pmd_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm,
/*
* Bring missing pages in from swap, to complete THP collapse.
- * Only done if khugepaged_scan_pmd believes it is worthwhile.
+ * Only done if collapse_scan_pmd() believes it is worthwhile.
*
* For mTHP orders the function bails on the first swap entry, because
* faulting pages back in during collapse could re-populate PTEs that
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
pte = NULL;
/*
- * do_swap_page returns VM_FAULT_RETRY with released mmap_lock.
+ * do_swap_page() returns VM_FAULT_RETRY with released mmap_lock.
* Note we treat VM_FAULT_RETRY as VM_FAULT_ERROR here because
* we do not retry here and swap entry will remain in pagetable
* resulting in later failure.
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static enum scan_result alloc_charge_folio(struct folio **foliop, struct mm_stru
}
/*
- * collapse_huge_page expects the mmap_lock to be unlocked before entering and
+ * collapse_huge_page() expects the mmap_lock to be unlocked before entering and
* will always return with the lock unlocked, to avoid holding the mmap_lock
* while allocating a THP, as that could trigger direct reclaim/compaction.
* Note that the VMA must be rechecked after grabbing the mmap_lock again.
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long s
if (unmapped) {
/*
- * __collapse_huge_page_swapin will return with mmap_lock
+ * __collapse_huge_page_swapin() will return with mmap_lock
* released when it fails. So we jump out_nolock directly in
* that case. Continuing to collapse causes inconsistency.
*/
@@ -1351,8 +1351,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long s
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
/*
* Prevent all access to pagetables with the exception of
- * gup_fast later handled by the ptep_clear_flush and the VM
- * handled by the anon_vma lock + PG_lock.
+ * gup_fast later handled by the pmdp_collapse_flush() and the VM
+ * handled by the anon_vma lock + folio lock.
*
* UFFDIO_MOVE is prevented to race as well thanks to the
* mmap_lock.
@@ -1409,9 +1409,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long s
spin_lock(pmd_ptl);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_none(*pmd));
/*
- * We can only use set_pmd_at when establishing
+ * We can only use set_pmd_at() when establishing
* hugepmds and never for establishing regular pmds that
- * points to regular pagetables. Use pmd_populate for that
+ * points to regular pagetables. Use pmd_populate() for that
*/
pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(_pmd));
spin_unlock(pmd_ptl);
@@ -1643,7 +1643,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
/*
* If PMD is the only enabled order, enforce max_ptes_none, otherwise
- * scan all pages to populate the bitmap for mTHP collapse.
+ * scan all pages to populate the bitmap for mTHP collapse. The bitmap
+ * is then checked again in mthp_collapse() for each attempted order.
*/
if (enabled_orders != BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER))
max_ptes_none = KHUGEPAGED_MAX_PTES_LIMIT;
@@ -1764,12 +1765,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
/*
* Check if the page has any GUP (or other external) pins.
*
- * Here the check may be racy:
- * it may see folio_mapcount() > folio_ref_count().
- * But such case is ephemeral we could always retry collapse
- * later. However it may report false positive if the page
- * has excessive GUP pins (i.e. 512). Anyway the same check
- * will be done again later the risk seems low.
+ * Here the check is racy, but such case is ephemeral and
+ * we could always retry collapse later. Anyway the same
+ * check will be done again later the risk seems low.
*/
if (folio_expected_ref_count(folio) != folio_ref_count(folio)) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_COUNT;
@@ -1790,7 +1788,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
out_unmap:
pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
- /* collapse_huge_page expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
+ /* collapse_huge_page() expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
result = mthp_collapse(mm, start_addr, referenced,
unmapped, cc, enabled_orders);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 12:48 [PATCH v4 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] mm/khugepaged: refactor per-scan state clearing into collapse_control_init_scan() Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract reference check into folio_pte_referenced() helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 15:47 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11 20:45 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] mm/khugepaged: introduce a count_collapse_event() helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:45 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-11 12:48 ` Nico Pache (Red Hat) [this message]
2026-08-11 20:48 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments Zi Yan
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] mm/khugepaged: Refactor the PTE state checks into a helper Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-12 2:04 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] mm/khugepaged: unmap pte before releasing vma write lock Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:54 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-11 12:48 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] mm: Documentation: clarify where the mTHP stats live Nico Pache (Red Hat)
2026-08-11 20:54 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] mm/khugepaged: several cleanups Andrew Morton
2026-08-11 18:55 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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