[PATCH] mm/khugepaged: clear MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE on mm_slot_alloc() failure

[Ye Liu]

From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

__khugepaged_enter() sets MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE before allocating the
corresponding mm_slot.  If mm_slot_alloc() fails, the function
returns with the flag set but without inserting the mm into the
khugepaged tracking structures.

This leaves the mm in an inconsistent state: it is marked as
registered (MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE set), but will never be scanned by
khugepaged.  Future attempts to register the mm are skipped since
khugepaged_enter_vma() checks the flag and returns early.

Fix this by clearing MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE when mm_slot_alloc() fails,
restoring the ability to retry registration later.

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/khugepaged.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 7d48d4fbd5f3..60ab7c1b61dd 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -559,8 +559,10 @@ void __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		return;
 
 	slot = mm_slot_alloc(mm_slot_cache);
-	if (!slot)
+	if (!slot) {
+		mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, mm);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 	mm_slot_insert(mm_slots_hash, mm, slot);
-- 
2.43.0