Re: [PATCH v1 06/16] mm/oom_kill: factor out zapping of VMA into zap_vma_for_reaping()

Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-06T12:25:51Z

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 09:08:37PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> Let's factor it out so we can turn unmap_page_range() into a static
> function instead, and so oom reaping has a clean interface to call.
>
> Note that hugetlb is not supported, because it would require a bunch of
> hugetlb-specific further actions (see zap_page_range_single_batched()).

Ugh gawd. Hugetlb.

>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

Seems reasonable, so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>

> ---
> mm/internal.h | 5 +----
> mm/memory.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> mm/oom_kill.c | 15 +--------------
> 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
> index 39ab37bb0e1d..df9190f7db0e 100644
> --- a/mm/internal.h
> +++ b/mm/internal.h
> @@ -536,13 +536,10 @@ static inline void sync_with_folio_pmd_zap(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp)
> }
>
> struct zap_details;
> -void unmap_page_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> - struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> - unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> - struct zap_details *details);
> void zap_page_range_single_batched(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> unsigned long size, struct zap_details *details);
> +int zap_vma_for_reaping(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
> int folio_unmap_invalidate(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio,
> gfp_t gfp);
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index e4154f03feac..621f38ae1425 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2054,10 +2054,9 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> return addr;
> }
>
> -void unmap_page_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> - struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> - unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> - struct zap_details *details)
> +static void unmap_page_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> + struct zap_details *details)
> {
> pgd_t *pgd;
> unsigned long next;
> @@ -2115,6 +2114,35 @@ static void unmap_single_vma(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> }
> }
>
> +/**
> + * zap_vma_for_reaping - zap all page table entries in the vma without blocking
> + * @vma: The vma to zap.
> + *
> + * Zap all page table entries in the vma without blocking for use by the oom
> + * killer. Hugetlb vmas are not supported.
> + *
> + * Returns: 0 on success, -EBUSY if we would have to block.
> + */
> +int zap_vma_for_reaping(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> + struct mmu_notifier_range range;
> + struct mmu_gather tlb;
> +
> + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
> +
> + mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma->vm_mm,
> + vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
> + tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> + if (mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock(&range)) {
> + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> + return -EBUSY;
> + }
> + unmap_page_range(&tlb, vma, range.start, range.end, NULL);
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
> + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * unmap_vmas - unmap a range of memory covered by a list of vma's
> * @tlb: address of the caller's struct mmu_gather
> diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
> index 0ba56fcd10d5..54b7a8fe5136 100644
> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
> @@ -548,21 +548,8 @@ static bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
> * count elevated without a good reason.
> */
> if (vma_is_anonymous(vma) || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
> - struct mmu_notifier_range range;
> - struct mmu_gather tlb;
> -
> - mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0,
> - mm, vma->vm_start,
> - vma->vm_end);
> - tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
> - if (mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock(&range)) {
> - tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> + if (zap_vma_for_reaping(vma))
> ret = false;
> - continue;
> - }
> - unmap_page_range(&tlb, vma, range.start, range.end, NULL);
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
> - tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> }
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>