[PATCH v2 3/3] mm: huge_memory: refactor enabled_store() with change_enabled()
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 09:05:57 EST
Refactor enabled_store() to use a new change_enabled() helper that
reuses the shared enum enabled_mode and enabled_mode_strings[]
introduced in the previous commit.
The helper uses the same loop pattern as change_anon_orders(),
iterating over an array of flag bit positions and using
test_and_set_bit()/test_and_clear_bit() to track whether the state
actually changed. ENABLED_INHERIT is rejected since it is not a
valid mode for the global THP setting.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 19619213f54d1..dd5011cf36839 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -330,30 +330,51 @@ static const char * const enabled_mode_strings[] = {
[ENABLED_NEVER] = "never",
};
+static bool change_enabled(enum enabled_mode mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned long thp_flags[] = {
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG,
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
+ };
+ bool changed = false;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(thp_flags); i++) {
+ if (i == mode)
+ changed |= !test_and_set_bit(thp_flags[i],
+ &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ else
+ changed |= test_and_clear_bit(thp_flags[i],
+ &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ }
+
+ return changed;
+}
+
static ssize_t enabled_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- ssize_t ret = count;
+ int mode;
- if (sysfs_streq(buf, "always")) {
- clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "madvise")) {
- clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "never")) {
- clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ mode = sysfs_match_string(enabled_mode_strings, buf);
+ if (mode < 0 || mode == ENABLED_INHERIT)
+ return -EINVAL;
- if (ret > 0) {
+ if (change_enabled(mode)) {
int err = start_stop_khugepaged();
+
if (err)
- ret = err;
+ return err;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Recalculate watermarks even when the mode didn't
+ * change, as the previous code always called
+ * start_stop_khugepaged() which does this internally.
+ */
+ set_recommended_min_free_kbytes();
}
- return ret;
+ return count;
}
static struct kobj_attribute enabled_attr = __ATTR_RW(enabled);
--
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