Re: [PATCH v10 03/13] khugepaged: generalize hugepage_vma_revalidate for mTHP support

[Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>]

On 20 Aug 2025, at 23:41, Wei Yang wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 09:40:40AM -0600, Nico Pache wrote:
> [...]
>>>
>>>>       if (!thp_vma_suitable_order(vma, address, PMD_ORDER))
>>>>               return SCAN_ADDRESS_RANGE;
>>>> -     if (!thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vma->vm_flags, type, PMD_ORDER))
>>>> +     if (!thp_vma_allowable_orders(vma, vma->vm_flags, type, orders))
>>>>               return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
>>>>       /*
>>>>        * Anon VMA expected, the address may be unmapped then
>>>> @@ -1134,7 +1135,8 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>>>               goto out_nolock;
>>>>
>>>>       mmap_read_lock(mm);
>>>> -     result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, true, &vma, cc);
>>>> +     result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, true, &vma, cc,
>>>> +                                      BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER));
>>>
>>> Shouldn't this be PMD order? Seems equivalent.
>> Yeah i'm actually not sure why we have both... they seem to be the
>> same thing, but perhaps there is some reason for having two...
>
> I am confused with these two, PMD_ORDER above and HPAGE_PMD_ORDER from here.
>
> Do we have a guide on when to use which?

Looking at the definition of HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT in huge_mm.h, it will cause a
build bug when PMD level huge page is not supported. So I think
HPAGE_PMD_ORDER should be used for all huge pages (both THP and hugetlb).

>
>>>
>>>>       if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED) {
>>>>               mmap_read_unlock(mm);
>>>>               goto out_nolock;
>>>> @@ -1168,7 +1170,8 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>>>        * mmap_lock.
>>>>        */
>>>>       mmap_write_lock(mm);
>>>> -     result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, true, &vma, cc);
>>>> +     result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, true, &vma, cc,
>>>> +                                      BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER));
>>>>       if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED)
>>>>               goto out_up_write;
>>>>       /* check if the pmd is still valid */
>>>> @@ -2807,7 +2810,7 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
>>>>                       mmap_read_lock(mm);
>>>>                       mmap_locked = true;
>>>>                       result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, addr, false, &vma,
>>>> -                                                      cc);
>>>> +                                                      cc, BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER));
>>>>                       if (result  != SCAN_SUCCEED) {
>>>>                               last_fail = result;
>>>>                               goto out_nolock;
>>>> --
>>>> 2.50.1
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Wei Yang
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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi