From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
npache@redhat.com, david@kernel.org, ziy@nvidia.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: matthew.brost@intel.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, rakie.kim@sk.com, byungchul@sk.com,
gourry@gourry.net, ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com,
apopple@nvidia.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@meta.com, Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm/migrate_device: document folio_get requirement before frozen PMD split
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:25:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309212502.3922825-1-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
split_huge_pmd_address() with freeze=true splits a PMD migration entry
into PTE migration entries, consuming one folio reference in the
process. The folio_get() before it provides this reference.
Add a comment explaining this relationship. The expected folio refcount
at the start of migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio() is 1.
Suggested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Remove warning if folio refcount !=1 at the start of
migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio() (David)
---
mm/migrate_device.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index 78c7acf02461..fbfe5715f635 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -908,6 +908,10 @@ static int migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
unsigned long flags;
int ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * take a reference, since split_huge_pmd_address() with freeze = true
+ * drops a reference at the end.
+ */
folio_get(folio);
split_huge_pmd_address(migrate->vma, addr, true);
ret = folio_split_unmapped(folio, 0);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 21:25 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-09 21:25 Usama Arif [this message]
2026-03-09 22:00 ` [PATCH v2] mm/migrate_device: document folio_get requirement before frozen PMD split David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-11 12:45 ` Wei Yang
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