FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/hugetlb: remove unnecessary holding of hugetlb_lock" failed to apply to 6.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 344ef45b03336e7f74658814f66483b5417c9cf1
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025062948-cape-pebble-cad9@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 344ef45b03336e7f74658814f66483b5417c9cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ge Yang <yangge1116@126.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 11:36:50 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: remove unnecessary holding of hugetlb_lock

In isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio(), after acquiring the hugetlb_lock, it
is only for the purpose of obtaining the correct hstate, which is then
passed to alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio().

alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio() itself also acquires the hugetlb_lock.
We can have alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio() obtain the hstate by
itself, so that isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio() no longer needs to
acquire the hugetlb_lock.  In addition, we keep the folio_test_hugetlb()
check within isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio().  By doing so, we can avoid
disrupting the normal path by vainly holding the hugetlb_lock.

replace_free_hugepage_folios() has the same issue, and we should address
it as well.

Addresses a possible performance problem which was added by the hotfix
113ed54ad276 ("mm/hugetlb: fix kernel NULL pointer dereference when
replacing free hugetlb folios").

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1748317010-16272-1-git-send-email-yangge1116@126.com
Fixes: 113ed54ad276 ("mm/hugetlb: fix kernel NULL pointer dereference when replacing free hugetlb folios")
Signed-off-by: Ge Yang <yangge1116@126.com>
Suggested-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 8746ed2fec13..9dc95eac558c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2787,20 +2787,24 @@ void restore_reserve_on_error(struct hstate *h, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 /*
  * alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio - Allocate a new folio and dissolve
  * the old one
- * @h: struct hstate old page belongs to
  * @old_folio: Old folio to dissolve
  * @list: List to isolate the page in case we need to
  * Returns 0 on success, otherwise negated error.
  */
-static int alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
-			struct folio *old_folio, struct list_head *list)
+static int alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(struct folio *old_folio,
+			struct list_head *list)
 {
-	gfp_t gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h) | __GFP_THISNODE;
+	gfp_t gfp_mask;
+	struct hstate *h;
 	int nid = folio_nid(old_folio);
 	struct folio *new_folio = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 retry:
+	/*
+	 * The old_folio might have been dissolved from under our feet, so make sure
+	 * to carefully check the state under the lock.
+	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 	if (!folio_test_hugetlb(old_folio)) {
 		/*
@@ -2829,8 +2833,10 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
 		cond_resched();
 		goto retry;
 	} else {
+		h = folio_hstate(old_folio);
 		if (!new_folio) {
 			spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+			gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h) | __GFP_THISNODE;
 			new_folio = alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp_mask, nid,
 							      NULL, NULL);
 			if (!new_folio)
@@ -2874,35 +2880,24 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
 
 int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio(struct folio *folio, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	struct hstate *h;
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
 
-	/*
-	 * The page might have been dissolved from under our feet, so make sure
-	 * to carefully check the state under the lock.
-	 * Return success when racing as if we dissolved the page ourselves.
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-	if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
-		h = folio_hstate(folio);
-	} else {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+	/* Not to disrupt normal path by vainly holding hugetlb_lock */
+	if (!folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
 		return 0;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Fence off gigantic pages as there is a cyclic dependency between
 	 * alloc_contig_range and them. Return -ENOMEM as this has the effect
 	 * of bailing out right away without further retrying.
 	 */
-	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
+	if (folio_order(folio) > MAX_PAGE_ORDER)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (folio_ref_count(folio) && folio_isolate_hugetlb(folio, list))
 		ret = 0;
 	else if (!folio_ref_count(folio))
-		ret = alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, list);
+		ret = alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(folio, list);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2916,7 +2911,6 @@ int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio(struct folio *folio, struct list_head *list)
  */
 int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	struct hstate *h;
 	struct folio *folio;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -2925,23 +2919,9 @@ int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	while (start_pfn < end_pfn) {
 		folio = pfn_folio(start_pfn);
 
-		/*
-		 * The folio might have been dissolved from under our feet, so make sure
-		 * to carefully check the state under the lock.
-		 */
-		spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-		if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
-			h = folio_hstate(folio);
-		} else {
-			spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-			start_pfn++;
-			continue;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
-
-		if (!folio_ref_count(folio)) {
-			ret = alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(h, folio,
-							       &isolate_list);
+		/* Not to disrupt normal path by vainly holding hugetlb_lock */
+		if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio) && !folio_ref_count(folio)) {
+			ret = alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(folio, &isolate_list);
 			if (ret)
 				break;