From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>, Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>,
Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>,
"David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@gmail.com>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 3/6] mm/huge_memory: change folio_split_supported() to folio_check_splittable()
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 14:26:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903182650.1451393-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903182650.1451393-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
[ Upstream commit bdd0d69a32c2aa6437d23e35acc705758b835a75 ]
Patch series "Improve folio split related functions", v4.
This patchset improves several folio split related functions to avoid
future misuse. The changes are:
1. Consolidated folio splittable checks by moving truncated folio check,
huge zero folio check, and writeback folio check into
folio_split_supported(). Changed the function return type. Renamed it
to folio_check_splittable() for clarification.
2. Replaced can_split_folio() with open coded folio_expected_ref_count()
and folio_ref_count() and introduced folio_cache_ref_count().
3. Changed min_order_for_split() to always return an order.
4. Fixed folio split stats counting.
Motivation
==========
This is based on Wei's observation[1] and solves several potential
issues:
1. Dereferencing NULL folio->mapping in try_folio_split_to_order() if it
is called on truncated folios.
2. Not handling of negative return value of min_order_for_split() in
mm/memory-failure.c
There is no bug in the current code.
This patch (of 4):
folio_split_supported() used in try_folio_split_to_order() requires
folio->mapping to be non NULL, but current try_folio_split_to_order() does
not check it. There is no issue in the current code, since
try_folio_split_to_order() is only used in truncate_inode_partial_folio(),
where folio->mapping is not NULL.
To prevent future misuse, move folio->mapping NULL check (i.e., folio is
truncated) into folio_split_supported(). Since folio->mapping NULL check
returns -EBUSY and folio_split_supported() == false means -EINVAL, change
folio_split_supported() return type from bool to int and return error
numbers accordingly. Rename folio_split_supported() to
folio_check_splittable() to match the return type change.
While at it, move is_huge_zero_folio() check and folio_test_writeback()
check into folio_check_splittable() and add kernel-doc.
Remove all warnings inside folio_check_splittable() and give warnings
in __folio_split() instead, so that bool warns parameter can be removed.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251126210618.1971206-1-ziy@nvidia.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251126210618.1971206-2-ziy@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@gmail.com>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: c299a2285d9d ("mm/huge_memory: use folio's memcg inside __folio_split()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/huge_mm.h | 6 ++--
mm/huge_memory.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 240cbc6764809..9bafcdb4d66ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
unsigned int new_order);
int min_order_for_split(struct folio *folio);
int split_folio_to_list(struct folio *folio, struct list_head *list);
-bool folio_split_supported(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
- bool uniform_split, bool warns);
+int folio_check_splittable(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
+ bool uniform_split);
int folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order, struct page *page,
struct list_head *list);
/*
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order, struct page *page,
static inline int try_folio_split_to_order(struct folio *folio,
struct page *page, unsigned int new_order)
{
- if (!folio_split_supported(folio, new_order, false, /* warns= */ false))
+ if (folio_check_splittable(folio, new_order, false))
return split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(&folio->page, NULL,
new_order);
return folio_split(folio, new_order, page, NULL);
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 27d97afd22be1..dc53a92308513 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3603,15 +3603,40 @@ static int __split_unmapped_folio(struct folio *folio, int new_order,
return ret;
}
-bool folio_split_supported(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
- bool uniform_split, bool warns)
+/**
+ * folio_check_splittable() - check if a folio can be split to a given order
+ * @folio: folio to be split
+ * @new_order: the smallest order of the after split folios (since buddy
+ * allocator like split generates folios with orders from @folio's
+ * order - 1 to new_order).
+ * @uniform_split: perform uniform split or not (non-uniform split)
+ *
+ * folio_check_splittable() checks if @folio can be split to @new_order using
+ * the requested split method. The truncated folio check must come first.
+ *
+ * Context: folio must be locked.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 - @folio can be split to @new_order, otherwise an error number is
+ * returned.
+ */
+int folio_check_splittable(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
+ bool uniform_split)
{
+ VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
+ /*
+ * Folios that just got truncated cannot get split. Signal to the
+ * caller that there was a race.
+ *
+ * TODO: this will also currently refuse folios without a mapping in the
+ * swapcache (shmem or to-be-anon folios).
+ */
+ if (!folio->mapping && !folio_test_anon(folio))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
if (folio_test_anon(folio)) {
/* order-1 is not supported for anonymous THP. */
- VM_WARN_ONCE(warns && new_order == 1,
- "Cannot split to order-1 folio");
if (new_order == 1)
- return false;
+ return -EINVAL;
} else if (!uniform_split || new_order) {
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS) &&
!mapping_large_folio_support(folio->mapping)) {
@@ -3632,9 +3657,7 @@ bool folio_split_supported(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
* case, the mapping does not actually support large
* folios properly.
*/
- VM_WARN_ONCE(warns,
- "Cannot split file folio to non-0 order");
- return false;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
}
@@ -3647,12 +3670,16 @@ bool folio_split_supported(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
* here.
*/
if ((!uniform_split || new_order) && folio_test_swapcache(folio)) {
- VM_WARN_ONCE(warns,
- "Cannot split swapcache folio to non-0 order");
- return false;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
- return true;
+ if (is_huge_zero_folio(folio))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (folio_test_writeback(folio))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ return 0;
}
/*
@@ -3702,31 +3729,12 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
goto out;
}
- /*
- * Folios that just got truncated cannot get split. Signal to the
- * caller that there was a race.
- *
- * TODO: this will also currently refuse shmem folios that are in the
- * swapcache.
- */
- if (!is_anon && !folio->mapping)
- return -EBUSY;
-
if (new_order >= old_order) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
- if (is_huge_zero_folio(folio)) {
- pr_warn_ratelimited("Called split_huge_page for huge zero page\n");
- return -EBUSY;
- }
-
- if (folio_test_writeback(folio))
- return -EBUSY;
-
- ret = folio_split_supported(folio, new_order, uniform_split,
- /* warns = */ false) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+ ret = folio_check_splittable(folio, new_order, uniform_split);
if (ret) {
VM_WARN_ONCE(ret == -EINVAL, "Tried to split an unsplittable folio");
goto out;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 10:46 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/huge_memory: use folio's memcg inside __folio_split()" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-03 18:26 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/6] mm: thp: introduce folio_split_queue_lock and its variants Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:26 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/6] mm: thp: use folio_batch to handle THP splitting in deferred_split_scan() Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 19:28 ` Hugh Dickins
2026-09-03 18:26 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-03 18:26 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 4/6] mm/huge_memory: replace can_split_folio() with direct refcount calculation Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:26 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 5/6] migrate: replace RMP_ flags with TTU_ flags Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 18:26 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 6/6] mm/huge_memory: use folio's memcg inside __folio_split() Sasha Levin
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