From: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
david@kernel.org, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, ziy@nvidia.com,
lance.yang@linux.dev
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de, maddy@linux.ibm.com,
mpe@ellerman.id.au, agordeev@linux.ibm.com,
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akpm@linux-foundation.org, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 9/9] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 15:18:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f67da00a825da9097b5faf2f390ad344450b88be.1777663129.git.luizcap@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1777663129.git.luizcap@redhat.com>
If PMD-sized pages are not supported on an architecture (ie. the
arch implements arch_has_pmd_leaves() and it returns false) then the
current code disables all THP, including mTHP.
This commit fixes this by allowing mTHP to be always enabled for all
archs. When PMD-sized pages are not supported, its sysfs entry won't be
created and their mapping will be disallowed at page-fault time.
Similarly, this commit implements the following changes for shmem in
shmem_allowable_huge_orders():
- Drop the pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() check so that mTHP sizes are
considered
- Filter out PMD and PUD orders from allowable orders when
PMD-sized pages are not supported by the CPU
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
mm/shmem.c | 14 +++++++++-----
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 32254febe097..c1765c8e3dc6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
else
supported_orders = THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves()) {
+ /*
+ * The CPU doesn't support PMD-sized pages, assume it
+ * doesn't support PUD-sized pages either.
+ */
+ supported_orders &= ~(BIT(PMD_ORDER) | BIT(PUD_ORDER));
+ }
+
orders &= supported_orders;
if (!orders)
return 0;
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (!vma->vm_mm) /* vdso */
return 0;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() || vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, forced_collapse))
+ if (vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, forced_collapse))
return 0;
/* khugepaged doesn't collapse DAX vma, but page fault is fine. */
@@ -848,7 +856,7 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj)
* disable all other sizes. powerpc's PMD_ORDER isn't a compile-time
* constant so we have to do this here.
*/
- if (!anon_orders_configured)
+ if (!anon_orders_configured && pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER);
*hugepage_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("transparent_hugepage", mm_kobj);
@@ -870,6 +878,14 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj)
}
orders = THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON | THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves()) {
+ /*
+ * The CPU doesn't support PMD-sized pages, assume it
+ * doesn't support PUD-sized pages either.
+ */
+ orders &= ~(BIT(PMD_ORDER) | BIT(PUD_ORDER));
+ }
+
order = highest_order(orders);
while (orders) {
thpsize = thpsize_create(order, *hugepage_kobj);
@@ -969,9 +985,6 @@ static int __init hugepage_init(void)
int err;
struct kobject *hugepage_kobj;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
- return -EINVAL;
-
/*
* hugepages can't be allocated by the buddy allocator
*/
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index a48f034830cd..23893c2bc2dd 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1840,16 +1840,19 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
unsigned long mask = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_always);
unsigned long within_size_orders = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_within_size);
vm_flags_t vm_flags = vma ? vma->vm_flags : 0;
- unsigned int global_orders;
+ unsigned int global_orders, filter_orders = 0;
- if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() || (vma && vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, shmem_huge_force)))
+ if (vma && vma_thp_disabled(vma, vm_flags, shmem_huge_force))
return 0;
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
+ filter_orders = BIT(PMD_ORDER) | BIT(PUD_ORDER);
+
global_orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
/* Tmpfs huge pages allocation */
if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma))
- return global_orders;
+ return global_orders & ~filter_orders;
/*
* Following the 'deny' semantics of the top level, force the huge
@@ -1863,7 +1866,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
* means non-PMD sized THP can not override 'huge' mount option now.
*/
if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE)
- return READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit);
+ return READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit) & ~filter_orders;
/* Allow mTHP that will be fully within i_size. */
mask |= shmem_get_orders_within_size(inode, within_size_orders, index, 0);
@@ -1874,6 +1877,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
if (global_orders > 0)
mask |= READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit);
+ mask &= ~filter_orders;
return THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT & mask;
}
@@ -5457,7 +5461,7 @@ void __init shmem_init(void)
* Default to setting PMD-sized THP to inherit the global setting and
* disable all other multi-size THPs.
*/
- if (!shmem_orders_configured)
+ if (!shmem_orders_configured && pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
huge_shmem_orders_inherit = BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
#endif
return;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 19:18 [PATCH v4 0/9] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] mm: introduce pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-06 17:50 ` (sashiko review) " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] drivers: dax: use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] drivers: nvdimm: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] mm: shmem: drop has_transparent_hugepage() usage Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-06 18:12 ` (sashiko review) " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] treewide: introduce arch_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-06 18:22 ` (sashiko review) " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-06 18:30 ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] mm: replace thp_disabled_by_hw() with pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-01 19:18 ` Luiz Capitulino [this message]
2026-05-06 5:46 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Baolin Wang
2026-05-06 18:34 ` (sashiko review) " Luiz Capitulino
2026-05-03 15:02 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] " Andrew Morton
2026-05-04 19:11 ` Luiz Capitulino
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