From: Yin Tirui <yintirui@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com, chenjun102@huawei.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yin Tirui <yintirui@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/9] mm/huge_memory: add and use huge_zero_pmd_can_split()
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:33:12 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5e7add9f8103d3ebcc6edec70a8449e5336cb18b.1787941780.git.yintirui@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787941780.git.yintirui@gmail.com>
Only a huge zero PMD in an anonymous VMA is split, into a page table of
shared zero page mappings. Any other huge zero PMD is simply unmapped.
vm_normal_folio_pmd() returns NULL for a huge zero PMD, and the split path
unmaps any entry which has no folio. So make the decision before the folio
is looked up, in huge_zero_pmd_can_split().
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yin Tirui <yintirui@gmail.com>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 8feabdcf6307..90d84f761619 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3139,6 +3139,15 @@ static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pgtable);
}
+/*
+ * Only a huge zero PMD in an anonymous VMA is split, into a page table of
+ * shared zero page mappings. Any other huge zero PMD is simply unmapped.
+ */
+static bool huge_zero_pmd_can_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t pmdval)
+{
+ return is_huge_zero_pmd(pmdval) && vma_is_anonymous(vma);
+}
+
static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
unsigned long haddr, bool freeze)
{
@@ -3163,6 +3172,20 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
count_vm_event(THP_SPLIT_PMD);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: Do we want to invalidate secondary mmu by calling
+ * mmu_notifier_arch_invalidate_secondary_tlbs() see comments below
+ * inside __split_huge_pmd() ?
+ *
+ * We are going from a zero huge page write protected to zero small
+ * page also write protected so it does not seems useful to invalidate
+ * secondary mmu at this time.
+ */
+ if (huge_zero_pmd_can_split(vma, old_pmd)) {
+ __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma)) {
old_pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, haddr, pmd);
/*
@@ -3195,19 +3218,6 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
return;
}
- if (is_huge_zero_pmd(old_pmd)) {
- /*
- * FIXME: Do we want to invalidate secondary mmu by calling
- * mmu_notifier_arch_invalidate_secondary_tlbs() see comments below
- * inside __split_huge_pmd() ?
- *
- * We are going from a zero huge page write protected to zero
- * small page also write protected so it does not seems useful
- * to invalidate secondary mmu at this time.
- */
- return __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd);
- }
-
if (pmd_is_migration_entry(old_pmd)) {
softleaf_t entry;
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 18:33 [PATCH RFC 0/9] mm/huge_memory: refactor __split_huge_pmd_locked() Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 1/9] mm/huge_memory: read the huge PMD entry once when splitting it Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` Yin Tirui [this message]
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 3/9] mm/huge_memory: add and use unmap_huge_pmd_entry() Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 4/9] mm/huge_memory: use normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd() in the PMD split path Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 5/9] mm/huge_memory: dispatch on the folio when splitting a huge PMD Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 6/9] mm/huge_memory: add and use split_huge_pmd_anon_rmap() Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 7/9] mm/huge_memory: add struct split_pmd_state Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 8/9] mm/huge_memory: split present and non-present huge PMDs separately Yin Tirui
2026-08-28 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 9/9] mm/huge_memory: unify the migration and device private PTE loops Yin Tirui
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