[PATCH 07/14] mm: handle VM_UFFD_RWP in khugepaged, rmap, and GUP

Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-04-27T11:47:13Z

Three mm paths outside the fault handler gate on the uffd PTE bit
today: khugepaged (skip collapse on ranges carrying markers), rmap
(cap unmap batching), and GUP (force a fault through
gup_can_follow_protnone). Extend each to treat VM_UFFD_RWP the same
as VM_UFFD_WP; otherwise per-PTE RWP state is silently destroyed or
bypassed.

khugepaged: try_collapse_pte_mapped_thp() and
file_backed_vma_is_retractable() already refuse to collapse or
retract page tables on ranges carrying the uffd PTE bit. Broaden the
VMA predicate from userfaultfd_wp() to userfaultfd_protected() so
VM_UFFD_RWP ranges get the same protection. hpage_collapse_scan_pmd()
needs no change — its existing pte_uffd() check already catches an
RWP PTE because it carries the uffd bit.

rmap: folio_unmap_pte_batch() caps batching at 1 for VM_UFFD_RWP so
the restore path handles each PTE with its own marker.

GUP: gup_can_follow_protnone() forces a fault on VM_UFFD_RWP VMAs
regardless of FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT. RWP uses protnone as an
access-tracking marker, not for NUMA hinting, so any GUP — read or
write — must go through the userfaultfd fault path.

Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
---
include/linux/mm.h | 10 +++++++++-
mm/khugepaged.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 1f2b6c6cc572..675480c760a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4605,11 +4605,19 @@ static inline int vm_fault_to_errno(vm_fault_t vm_fault, int foll_flags)

/*
* Indicates whether GUP can follow a PROT_NONE mapped page, or whether
- * a (NUMA hinting) fault is required.
+ * a (NUMA hinting or userfaultfd RWP) fault is required.
*/
static inline bool gup_can_follow_protnone(const struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned int flags)
{
+ /*
+ * VM_UFFD_RWP uses protnone as an access-tracking marker, not for
+ * NUMA hinting. GUP must always take a fault so the access is
+ * delivered to userfaultfd, regardless of FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT.
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_UFFD_RWP)
+ return false;
+
/*
* If callers don't want to honor NUMA hinting faults, no need to
* determine if we would actually have to trigger a NUMA hinting fault.
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index de0644bde400..a798c542c849 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1532,8 +1532,11 @@ static enum scan_result try_collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsign
if (!thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vma->vm_flags, TVA_FORCED_COLLAPSE, PMD_ORDER))
return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;

- /* Keep pmd pgtable for uffd-wp; see comment in retract_page_tables() */
- if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
+ /*
+ * Keep pmd pgtable while the uffd bit is in use; see comment in
+ * retract_page_tables().
+ */
+ if (userfaultfd_protected(vma))
return SCAN_PTE_UFFD;

folio = filemap_lock_folio(vma->vm_file->f_mapping,
@@ -1746,13 +1749,14 @@ static bool file_backed_vma_is_retractable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return false;

/*
- * When a vma is registered with uffd-wp, we cannot recycle
+ * When a vma is registered with uffd-wp or RWP, we cannot recycle
* the page table because there may be pte markers installed.
- * Other vmas can still have the same file mapped hugely, but
- * skip this one: it will always be mapped in small page size
- * for uffd-wp registered ranges.
+ * VM_UFFD_RWP ranges similarly rely on per-PTE uffd state
+ * and cannot be recycled to a shared PMD. Other vmas can still
+ * have the same file mapped hugely, but skip this one: it will
+ * always be mapped in small page size for these registrations.
*/
- if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
+ if (userfaultfd_protected(vma))
return false;

/*
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 05056c213203..1426d1ece917 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ static inline unsigned int folio_unmap_pte_batch(struct folio *folio,
if (pte_unused(pte))
return 1;

- if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
+ if (userfaultfd_protected(vma))
return 1;

/*
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