From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 12/28] mm: memfd: skip zeroing for zeroed hugetlb pool pages
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 18:23:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d6e71df21e25ee49540571f7816a241cf5e00145.1778192416.git.mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1778192416.git.mst@redhat.com>
gather_surplus_pages() pre-allocates hugetlb pages into the pool
during mmap. Pass __GFP_ZERO so these pages are zeroed by the
buddy allocator, and HPG_zeroed is set by alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio.
Add bool *zeroed output to alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve() so
callers can check whether the pool page is known-zero. memfd's
memfd_alloc_folio() uses this to skip the explicit folio_zero_user()
when the page is already zero.
This avoids redundant zeroing for memfd hugetlb pages that were
pre-allocated into the pool and never mapped to userspace.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 6 ++++--
mm/hugetlb.c | 11 +++++++++--
mm/memfd.c | 14 ++++++++------
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 094714c607f9..93bb06a33f57 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -713,7 +713,8 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask,
bool allow_alloc_fallback);
struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
- nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+ nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ bool *zeroed);
int hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(struct folio *folio, struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t idx);
@@ -1128,7 +1129,8 @@ static inline struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
static inline struct folio *
alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
- nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+ nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ bool *zeroed)
{
return NULL;
}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b5bc2a9f5022..ad536d7aee59 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ struct folio *alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol(struct hstate *h,
}
struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
- nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+ nodemask_t *nmask, gfp_t gfp_mask, bool *zeroed)
{
struct folio *folio;
@@ -2257,6 +2257,12 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid,
h->resv_huge_pages--;
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+ if (zeroed && folio) {
+ *zeroed = folio_test_hugetlb_zeroed(folio);
+ folio_clear_hugetlb_zeroed(folio);
+ }
+
return folio;
}
@@ -2341,7 +2347,8 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
* It is okay to use NUMA_NO_NODE because we use numa_mem_id()
* down the road to pick the current node if that is the case.
*/
- folio = alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(h, htlb_alloc_mask(h),
+ folio = alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(h,
+ htlb_alloc_mask(h) | __GFP_ZERO,
NUMA_NO_NODE, &alloc_nodemask,
USER_ADDR_NONE);
if (!folio) {
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index 919c2a53eb96..4026fda71762 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
struct folio *folio;
gfp_t gfp_mask;
+ bool zeroed;
if (is_file_hugepages(memfd)) {
/*
@@ -93,17 +94,18 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
folio = alloc_hugetlb_folio_reserve(h,
numa_node_id(),
NULL,
- gfp_mask);
+ gfp_mask,
+ &zeroed);
if (folio) {
u32 hash;
/*
- * Zero the folio to prevent information leaks to userspace.
- * Use folio_zero_user() which is optimized for huge/gigantic
- * pages. Pass 0 as addr_hint since this is not a faulting path
- * and we don't have a user virtual address yet.
+ * Zero the folio to prevent information leaks to
+ * userspace. Skip if the pool page is known-zero
+ * (HPG_zeroed set during pool pre-allocation).
*/
- folio_zero_user(folio, 0);
+ if (!zeroed)
+ folio_zero_user(folio, 0);
/*
* Mark the folio uptodate before adding to page cache,
--
MST
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[not found] <cover.1778192416.git.mst@redhat.com>
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 01/28] mm: mempolicy: fix interleave index for unaligned VMA start Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 02/28] mm: thread user_addr through page allocator for cache-friendly zeroing Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 03/28] mm: add folio_zero_user stub for configs without THP/HUGETLBFS Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 04/28] mm: page_alloc: move prep_compound_page before post_alloc_hook Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 05/28] mm: use folio_zero_user for user pages in post_alloc_hook Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 06/28] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 07/28] mm: alloc_anon_folio: pass raw fault address to vma_alloc_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 08/28] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in alloc_anon_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 09/28] mm: vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd: pass raw fault address to vma_alloc_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-08 3:36 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-08 5:01 ` Lance Yang
2026-05-08 6:11 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-08 6:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-08 12:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-09 19:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-08 13:12 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-09 19:35 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 10/28] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:22 ` [PATCH v5 11/28] mm: hugetlb: use __GFP_ZERO and skip zeroing for zeroed pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 14/28] mm: page_reporting: allow driver to set batch capacity Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 15/28] mm: page_alloc: propagate PageReported flag across buddy splits Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 16/28] mm: page_reporting: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed reported pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 17/28] mm: page_reporting: add per-page zeroed bitmap for host feedback Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 18/28] mm: page_alloc: clear PG_zeroed on buddy merge if not both zero Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 19/28] mm: page_alloc: preserve PG_zeroed in page_del_and_expand Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 21/28] mm: page_reporting: add flush parameter with page budget Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 22/28] mm: page_alloc: propagate PG_zeroed in split_large_buddy Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 23/28] mm: add free_frozen_pages_zeroed Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 24/28] mm: add put_page_zeroed and folio_put_zeroed Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-07 22:23 ` [PATCH v5 26/28] mm: balloon: use put_page_zeroed for zeroed balloon pages Michael S. Tsirkin
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