From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
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Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/15] mm/hugetlb: keep surplus folios when the pool shrinks
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:13:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028-fixes_hugetlb-v1-5-a0a033db180f@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028-fixes_hugetlb-v1-0-a0a033db180f@kernel.org>
From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Surplus folios are accounted per node. When shrinking the pool,
set_max_huge_pages() removes free folios through
remove_pool_hugetlb_folio() and accounts them as persistent folios.
It can select a node whose folios are all surplus and leave its surplus
count larger than its total count. Free surplus folios can back
reservations created by gather_surplus_pages().
For example, with nr_overcommit_hugepages = 8 on two nodes:
(node columns show total/free/surplus)
total free surp node0 node1
mmap() of one page, bound to node 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
node1/nr_hugepages = 7 8 8 1 1 1 1 7 7 0
nr_hugepages = 6 7 7 1 0 0 1 7 7 0
munmap() 7 7 1 0 0 1 7 7 0
nr_hugepages = 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
After shrinking to six persistent folios, node 0 has no folios but its
surplus count is still one. Releasing the reservation cannot clear that
count, and shrinking the pool to zero leaves one free page on node 1.
A later write to node0/nr_hugepages underflows the unsigned per-node
persistent count: 0 - 1, resulting in allocation of many folios.
Use persistent_huge_pages_node() to skip nodes with no persistent folios,
as adjust_pool_surplus() does. This also excludes temporary folios.
Fixes: e4e574b767ba ("hugetlb: Try to grow hugetlb pool for MAP_SHARED mappings")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
[ david: cleanup code and description ]
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 110a5c2d9e50..55f7d692ed0d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1955,17 +1955,25 @@ static struct folio *remove_pool_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
lockdep_assert_held(&hugetlb_lock);
for_each_node_mask_to_free(h, nr_nodes, node, nodes_allowed) {
+ if (list_empty(&h->hugepage_freelists[node]))
+ continue;
+
/*
* If we're returning unused surplus pages, only examine
- * nodes with surplus pages.
+ * nodes with surplus pages. If we're shrinking the pool, only
+ * examine nodes with persistent folios.
*/
- if ((!acct_surplus || h->surplus_huge_pages_node[node]) &&
- !list_empty(&h->hugepage_freelists[node])) {
- folio = list_entry(h->hugepage_freelists[node].next,
- struct folio, lru);
- remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, acct_surplus);
- break;
+ if (acct_surplus) {
+ if (!h->surplus_huge_pages_node[node])
+ continue;
+ } else if (!persistent_huge_pages_node(h, node)) {
+ continue;
}
+
+ folio = list_first_entry(&h->hugepage_freelists[node],
+ struct folio, lru);
+ remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, acct_surplus);
+ break;
}
return folio;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 20:13 [PATCH 00/15] mm/hugetlb: various fixes David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 01/15] hugetlbfs: fix integer overflow in fallocate() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-29 3:37 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-29 9:05 ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 02/15] mm/hugetlb: compare against persistent count when freeing lowmem folios David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-29 3:39 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 03/15] mm/hugetlb: preserve reservations when shrinking on HIGHMEM David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-29 3:41 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 04/15] mm/hugetlb: account temporary folios separately David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-10-29 3:51 ` [PATCH 05/15] mm/hugetlb: keep surplus folios when the pool shrinks Muchun Song
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 06/15] mm/hugetlb: fix mremap() racing with page migration David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 07/15] hugetlbfs: fix unmapping folios from private VMAs David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 08/15] mm/hugetlb: serialize page-cache allocations with truncation David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 09/15] mm/memfd: recheck the page cache before allocating a hugetlb folio David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 10/15] mm/hugetlb: count again if the reserve map shrank David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 11/15] hugetlbfs: do not grow a sealed file in mmap() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 12/15] mm/hugetlb: keep surplus folios that are reserved David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 13/15] mm/hugetlb: fix reservation leak on min_size= mounts David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 14/15] RFC: mm/hugetlb: account restored reservations before freeing folios David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-28 20:13 ` [PATCH 15/15] RFC: mm/hugetlb: delay anon folio rmap removal until after the TLB flush David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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