From: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
To: muchun.song@linux.dev, osalvador@suse.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org, liam@infradead.org,
vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
mhocko@suse.com, mst@redhat.com, mhklinux@outlook.com,
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rientjes@google.com, riel@surriel.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] mm/hugetlb: implement cache recycling and allocation
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 06:42:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707064235.1386552-3-souravpanda@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707064235.1386552-1-souravpanda@google.com>
Implement the core recycling and allocation logic for the HugeTLB dynamic
cache.
Recycle surplus hugepages in free_huge_folio() up to max_cached_huge_pages.
Allocate from the cache in alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio() if pages are
available.
To ensure safety and architecture correctness:
- Skip recycling of hardware-poisoned pages in free_huge_folio() and
skip poisoned pages in the cache during allocation.
- Call arch_clear_hugetlb_flags() before caching a page to clear stale
architecture-specific metadata (e.g. ARM64 MTE tags, dcache dirty).
- Use MRU (Most Recently Used) policy for allocation (taking from the
tail of the cache list) to prefer hot pages.
Signed-off-by: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 4 +++
mm/hugetlb.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 4768f52ddd35..e882c99780b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ HPAGEFLAG(RawHwpUnreliable, raw_hwp_unreliable)
HPAGEFLAG(Cma, cma)
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_CACHE
HPAGEFLAG(Cached, cached)
+#else
+static inline bool folio_test_hugetlb_cached(const struct folio *folio) { return false; }
+static inline void folio_clear_hugetlb_cached(struct folio *folio) { }
+static inline void folio_set_hugetlb_cached(struct folio *folio) { }
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 15be3cf54606..d00aa67b8e13 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, bool take_locks);
static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_CACHE
+static void hugetlb_cache_add(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, bool from_surplus);
+static void hugetlb_cache_remove(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, bool to_surplus);
+#endif
+
static inline bool subpool_is_free(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
{
if (spool->count)
@@ -1796,6 +1801,15 @@ void free_huge_folio(struct folio *folio)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hugetlb_lock, flags);
update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, true);
} else if (h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_CACHE
+ if (h->nr_cached_hugepages < h->max_cached_huge_pages &&
+ !folio_test_hwpoison(folio)) {
+ arch_clear_hugetlb_flags(folio);
+ hugetlb_cache_add(h, folio, true);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hugetlb_lock, flags);
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
/* remove the page from active list */
remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, true);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hugetlb_lock, flags);
@@ -2035,8 +2049,14 @@ int dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio(struct folio *folio)
struct hstate *h = folio_hstate(folio);
bool adjust_surplus = false;
- if (!available_huge_pages(h))
+ if (!available_huge_pages(h) && !folio_test_hugetlb_cached(folio))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* If the folio is currently isolated for page reporting, skip it */
+ if (folio_test_hugetlb_cached(folio) && list_empty(&folio->lru)) {
+ rc = -EBUSY;
goto out;
+ }
/*
* We should make sure that the page is already on the free list
@@ -2128,6 +2148,50 @@ int dissolve_free_hugetlb_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
return rc;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_CACHE
+static struct folio *get_cached_folio(struct hstate *h, int nid, nodemask_t *nmask)
+{
+ int node;
+ struct folio *folio;
+
+ if (h->nr_cached_hugepages == 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE && (!nmask || node_isset(nid, *nmask))) {
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(folio, &h->hugepage_cache_lists[nid], lru) {
+ if (!folio_test_hwpoison(folio))
+ goto found;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (nmask) {
+ for_each_node_mask(node, *nmask) {
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(folio, &h->hugepage_cache_lists[node], lru) {
+ if (!folio_test_hwpoison(folio))
+ goto found;
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ for_each_node_state(node, N_MEMORY) {
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(folio, &h->hugepage_cache_lists[node], lru) {
+ if (!folio_test_hwpoison(folio))
+ goto found;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return NULL;
+
+found:
+ hugetlb_cache_remove(h, folio, true);
+ return folio;
+}
+#else
+static inline struct folio *get_cached_folio(struct hstate *h, int nid, nodemask_t *nmask)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* Allocates a fresh surplus page from the page allocator.
*/
@@ -2136,10 +2200,16 @@ static struct folio *alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
{
struct folio *folio = NULL;
+ spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+ folio = get_cached_folio(h, nid, nmask);
+ if (folio) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+ return folio;
+ }
+
if (hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h))
- return NULL;
+ goto out_unlock;
- spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
if (h->surplus_huge_pages >= h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages)
goto out_unlock;
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-07 6:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-07 6:42 [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/hugetlb: Dynamic, NUMA-aware HugePage Cache & Free Page Reporting Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 6:42 ` [PATCH 1/6] mm/hugetlb: add Kconfig and basic cache infrastructure Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 6:42 ` Sourav Panda [this message]
2026-07-07 6:42 ` [PATCH 3/6] mm/hugetlb: add sysfs interfaces for cache Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 6:42 ` [PATCH 4/6] mm/hugetlb: add memory shrinker " Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 6:42 ` [PATCH 5/6] Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst: document cache interfaces Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 6:42 ` [PATCH 6/6] mm/hugetlb: support free page reporting for cached hugepages Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 7:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-07 10:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-07 6:56 ` [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/hugetlb: Dynamic, NUMA-aware HugePage Cache & Free Page Reporting Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-07 7:21 ` Sourav Panda
2026-07-07 7:29 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-07 8:09 ` Muchun Song
2026-07-07 10:25 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-07 10:28 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-07 11:06 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
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