Re: [v6 04/15] mm/huge_memory: implement device-private THP splitting

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Sep 25 2025 - 06:01:54 EST


On 16.09.25 14:21, Balbir Singh wrote:
Add support for splitting device-private THP folios, enabling fallback
to smaller page sizes when large page allocation or migration fails.

Key changes:
- split_huge_pmd(): Handle device-private PMD entries during splitting
- Preserve RMAP_EXCLUSIVE semantics for anonymous exclusive folios
- Skip RMP_USE_SHARED_ZEROPAGE for device-private entries as they
don't support shared zero page semantics

Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@xxxxxx>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul@xxxxxx>
Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mika Penttilä <mpenttil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Francois Dugast <francois.dugast@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 78166db72f4d..5291ee155a02 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2872,16 +2872,18 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
struct page *page;
pgtable_t pgtable;
pmd_t old_pmd, _pmd;
- bool young, write, soft_dirty, pmd_migration = false, uffd_wp = false;
- bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false;
+ bool soft_dirty, uffd_wp = false, young = false, write = false;
+ bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false, present = false;
unsigned long addr;
pte_t *pte;
int i;
+ swp_entry_t swp_entry;

Not renaming this variable avoids a lot of churn below. So please keep it called "entry" in this patch.

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Cheers

David / dhildenb