Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] mm/khugepaged: introduce a count_collapse_event() helper

[Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 06:48:35AM -0600, Nico Pache (Red Hat) wrote:
> Provide a simple helper function to help reduce a often used, and
> duplicate pattern across the khugepaged code.
> 
> When collapsing to a PMD we need to record a vm_event and the mTHP_stat
> event. When doing mTHP collapse we only update the mTHP stat.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@linux.dev>
> ---
>  mm/khugepaged.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 8babd4c97db6..cae510aa2914 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -688,6 +688,14 @@ static inline bool folio_pte_referenced(struct folio *folio,
>  	return pte_young(pteval) || mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr);
>  }
>  
> +static void count_collapse_event(unsigned int order, enum vm_event_item vm_event,
> +		enum mthp_stat_item mthp_event)
> +{
> +	if (is_pmd_order(order))
> +		count_vm_event(vm_event);
> +	count_mthp_stat(order, mthp_event);

Maintaining two counters for the same thing is Peak Tech Debt. Would it be
somehow possible to redirect /proc/vmstat to PMD_ORDER mTHP stats?

> +}
> +
>  static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		unsigned long start_addr, pte_t *pte, struct collapse_control *cc,
>  		unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
> @@ -708,9 +716,8 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		if (pte_none_or_zero(pteval)) {
>  			if (++none_or_zero > max_ptes_none) {
>  				result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
> -				if (is_pmd_order(order))
> -					count_vm_event(THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE);
> -				count_mthp_stat(order, MTHP_STAT_COLLAPSE_EXCEED_NONE);
> +				count_collapse_event(order, THP_SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE,
> +						     MTHP_STAT_COLLAPSE_EXCEED_NONE);

This is nicer than open coding the add, though. One step at a time :)

Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>

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Pedro