Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] mm/zone_device: Reinitialize large zone device private folios

Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-16T16:13:58Z

On 1/15/26 07:18, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 09:57:31PM -0800, Matthew Brost wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 04:27:26PM +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
>> > On 2026-01-15 at 06:19 +1100, Francois Dugast <francois.dugast@intel.com> wrote...
>> > > From: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
>> > >
>> > > Reinitialize metadata for large zone device private folios in
>> > > zone_device_page_init prior to creating a higher-order zone device
>> > > private folio. This step is necessary when the folio’s order changes
>> > > dynamically between zone_device_page_init calls to avoid building a
>> > > corrupt folio. As part of the metadata reinitialization, the dev_pagemap
>> > > must be passed in from the caller because the pgmap stored in the folio
>> > > page may have been overwritten with a compound head.
>> >
>> > Thanks for fixing, a couple of minor comments below.
>> >
>> > > Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
>> > > Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
>> > > Cc: adhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
>> > > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
>> > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
>> > > Cc: "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@amd.com>
>> > > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
>> > > Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>
>> > > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
>> > > Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
>> > > Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
>> > > Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
>> > > Cc: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
>> > > Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>> > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
>> > > Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
>> > > Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
>> > > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
>> > > Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
>> > > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> > > Cc: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
>> > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> > > Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
>> > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> > > Cc: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
>> > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>> > > Cc: nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org
>> > > Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
>> > > Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org
>> > > Fixes: d245f9b4ab80 ("mm/zone_device: support large zone device private folios")
>> > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Francois Dugast <francois.dugast@intel.com>
>> > > ---
>> > > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c | 2 +-
>> > > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_migrate.c | 2 +-
>> > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c | 2 +-
>> > > drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c | 2 +-
>> > > include/linux/memremap.h | 9 ++++++---
>> > > lib/test_hmm.c | 4 +++-
>> > > mm/memremap.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>> > > 7 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
>> > > index e5000bef90f2..7cf9310de0ec 100644
>> > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
>> > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
>> > > @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static struct page *kvmppc_uvmem_get_page(unsigned long gpa, struct kvm *kvm)
>> > >
>> > > dpage = pfn_to_page(uvmem_pfn);
>> > > dpage->zone_device_data = pvt;
>> > > - zone_device_page_init(dpage, 0);
>> > > + zone_device_page_init(dpage, &kvmppc_uvmem_pgmap, 0);
>> > > return dpage;
>> > > out_clear:
>> > > spin_lock(&kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap_lock);
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_migrate.c
>> > > index af53e796ea1b..6ada7b4af7c6 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_migrate.c
>> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_migrate.c
>> > > @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ svm_migrate_get_vram_page(struct svm_range *prange, unsigned long pfn)
>> > > page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>> > > svm_range_bo_ref(prange->svm_bo);
>> > > page->zone_device_data = prange->svm_bo;
>> > > - zone_device_page_init(page, 0);
>> > > + zone_device_page_init(page, page_pgmap(page), 0);
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > static void
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
>> > > index 03ee39a761a4..c497726b0147 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
>> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
>> > > @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void drm_pagemap_get_devmem_page(struct page *page,
>> > > struct drm_pagemap_zdd *zdd)
>> > > {
>> > > page->zone_device_data = drm_pagemap_zdd_get(zdd);
>> > > - zone_device_page_init(page, 0);
>> > > + zone_device_page_init(page, zdd->dpagemap->pagemap, 0);
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > /**
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
>> > > index 58071652679d..3d8031296eed 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
>> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
>> > > @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ nouveau_dmem_page_alloc_locked(struct nouveau_drm *drm, bool is_large)
>> > > order = ilog2(DMEM_CHUNK_NPAGES);
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > - zone_device_folio_init(folio, order);
>> > > + zone_device_folio_init(folio, page_pgmap(folio_page(folio, 0)), order);
>> > > return page;
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
>> > > index 713ec0435b48..e3c2ccf872a8 100644
>> > > --- a/include/linux/memremap.h
>> > > +++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
>> > > @@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ static inline bool is_fsdax_page(const struct page *page)
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
>> > > -void zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
>> > > +void zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap,
>> > > + unsigned int order);
>> > > void *memremap_pages(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, int nid);
>> > > void memunmap_pages(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
>> > > void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
>> > > @@ -234,9 +235,11 @@ bool pgmap_pfn_valid(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, unsigned long pfn);
>> > >
>> > > unsigned long memremap_compat_align(void);
>> > >
>> > > -static inline void zone_device_folio_init(struct folio *folio, unsigned int order)
>> > > +static inline void zone_device_folio_init(struct folio *folio,
>> > > + struct dev_pagemap *pgmap,
>> > > + unsigned int order)
>> > > {
>> > > - zone_device_page_init(&folio->page, order);
>> > > + zone_device_page_init(&folio->page, pgmap, order);
>> > > if (order)
>> > > folio_set_large_rmappable(folio);
>> > > }
>> > > diff --git a/lib/test_hmm.c b/lib/test_hmm.c
>> > > index 8af169d3873a..455a6862ae50 100644
>> > > --- a/lib/test_hmm.c
>> > > +++ b/lib/test_hmm.c
>> > > @@ -662,7 +662,9 @@ static struct page *dmirror_devmem_alloc_page(struct dmirror *dmirror,
>> > > goto error;
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > - zone_device_folio_init(page_folio(dpage), order);
>> > > + zone_device_folio_init(page_folio(dpage),
>> > > + page_pgmap(folio_page(page_folio(dpage), 0)),
>> > > + order);
>> > > dpage->zone_device_data = rpage;
>> > > return dpage;
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/mm/memremap.c b/mm/memremap.c
>> > > index 63c6ab4fdf08..6f46ab14662b 100644
>> > > --- a/mm/memremap.c
>> > > +++ b/mm/memremap.c
>> > > @@ -477,10 +477,28 @@ void free_zone_device_folio(struct folio *folio)
>> > > }
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > -void zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>> > > +void zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap,
>> > > + unsigned int order)
>> > > {
>> > > + struct page *new_page = page;
>> > > + unsigned int i;
>> > > +
>> > > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(order > MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
>> > >
>> > > + for (i = 0; i < (1UL << order); ++i, ++new_page) {
>> > > + struct folio *new_folio = (struct folio *)new_page;
>> > > +
>> > > + new_page->flags.f &= ~0xffUL; /* Clear possible order, page head */
>> >
>> > This seems odd to me, mainly due to the "magic" number. Why not just clear
>> > the flags entirely? Or at least explicitly just clear the flags you care about
>> > which would remove the need for the comment and should let you use the proper
>> > PageFlag functions.
>> >
>>
>> I'm copying this from folio_reset_order [1]. My paranoia about touching
>> anything related to struct page is high, so I did the same thing
>> folio_reset_order does here.
>>
>> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.18.5/source/include/linux/mm.h#L1075
>>
>
> This immediately hangs my first SVM test...
>
> diff --git a/mm/memremap.c b/mm/memremap.c
> index 6f46ab14662b..ef8c56876cf5 100644
> --- a/mm/memremap.c
> +++ b/mm/memremap.c
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ void zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap,
> for (i = 0; i < (1UL << order); ++i, ++new_page) {
> struct folio *new_folio = (struct folio *)new_page;
>
> - new_page->flags.f &= ~0xffUL; /* Clear possible order, page head */
> + new_page->flags.f = 0;
> #ifdef NR_PAGES_IN_LARGE_FOLIO
> ((struct folio *)(new_page - 1))->_nr_pages = 0;
> #endif

the flags field includes also zone and node id, so clearing that will break
the pages's node+zone association, that's probably why...