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From: Chen Wandun <chenwandun1@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
	shuah@kernel.org, zokeefe@google.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/khugepaged: fix spurious -EINVAL from sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range
Date: Thu,  7 May 2026 15:05:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507070558.3064142-2-chenwandun@lixiang.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507070558.3064142-1-chenwandun@lixiang.com>

madvise_collapse() computes the THP-aligned window:

  hstart = (start + ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) & HPAGE_PMD_MASK  /* round up  */
  hend   =  end   &  HPAGE_PMD_MASK                    /* round down */

Previously this was done after kmalloc_obj(), so problem arose when
the range contained no complete PMD-aligned window (hstart >= hend).

When hstart > hend, (hend - hstart) wraps unsigned to a huge value, the
final comparison fails and -EINVAL is returned instead of 0.  Consider
two single-page calls on a 2 MiB-aligned address:

    /* hstart == hend == aligned  ->  0 == 0  ->  returns 0 */
    madvise(aligned, PAGE_SIZE, MADV_COLLAPSE);

    /* hstart = aligned + 2MiB, hend = aligned
     * (hend - hstart) wraps unsigned  ->  returns -EINVAL */
    madvise(aligned + PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, MADV_COLLAPSE);

Both calls cover less than one THP and collapse nothing; both should
return 0.

In addition, kmalloc_obj(), mmgrab() and lru_add_drain_all() were all
called before discovering there was nothing to do, only for the code
to kfree() and return immediately after.

Fix both by computing hstart/hend after thp_vma_allowable_order() but
before kmalloc_obj(), and returning 0 early when hstart >= hend.

Fixes: 7d8faaf15545 ("mm/madvise: introduce MADV_COLLAPSE sync hugepage collapse")
Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@lixiang.com>
---
 mm/khugepaged.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index b8452dbdb043..92473d93e837 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2836,6 +2836,12 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 	if (!thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vma->vm_flags, TVA_FORCED_COLLAPSE, PMD_ORDER))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	hstart = (start + ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
+	hend = end & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
+
+	if (hstart >= hend)
+		return 0;
+
 	cc = kmalloc_obj(*cc);
 	if (!cc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2845,9 +2851,6 @@ int madvise_collapse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 	mmgrab(mm);
 	lru_add_drain_all();
 
-	hstart = (start + ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
-	hend = end & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
-
 	for (addr = hstart; addr < hend; addr += HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
 		enum scan_result result = SCAN_FAIL;
 
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-07  7:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-07  7:05 [PATCH 0/2] mm/khugepaged: fix sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range handling Chen Wandun
2026-05-07  7:05 ` Chen Wandun [this message]
2026-05-08 12:27   ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/khugepaged: fix spurious -EINVAL from sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-08 15:02     ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-08 15:04       ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-09  7:53         ` Wandun
2026-05-08 19:29       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-09  7:04       ` Wandun
2026-05-09  5:56     ` Wandun
2026-05-07  7:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/mm: add MADV_COLLAPSE sub-PMD range tests Chen Wandun
2026-05-08 12:23   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-08 15:03     ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-09  9:47 ` [PATCH 0/2] mm/khugepaged: fix sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range handling Lance Yang
2026-05-11  2:06   ` Wandun

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