[PATCH v3 3/6] mm: hugetlb: Move mpol interpretation out of dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()

From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 20:20:15 EST


From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Move memory policy interpretation out of dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma() and
into alloc_hugetlb_folio() to separate reading and interpretation of memory
policy from actual allocation.

Also rename dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma() to
dequeue_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol() to remove association with vma and to
align with alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol().

This will later allow memory policy to be interpreted outside of the
process of allocating a hugetlb folio entirely. This opens doors for other
callers of the HugeTLB folio allocation function, such as guest_memfd,
where memory may not always be mapped and hence may not have an associated
vma.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6a5f69b3b1cb4..9807bbe0d70df 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1340,32 +1340,26 @@ struct mempolicy_interpreted {
enum mempolicy_mode mode;
};

-static struct folio *dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma(struct hstate *h,
- struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long address)
+static struct folio *dequeue_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ struct mempolicy_interpreted *mpoli)
{
+ nodemask_t *nodemask = mpoli->nodemask;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
- struct mempolicy *mpol;
- gfp_t gfp_mask;
- nodemask_t *nodemask;
- int nid;

- gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h);
- nid = huge_node(vma, address, gfp_mask, &mpol, &nodemask);
-
- if (mpol_is_preferred_many(mpol)) {
+ if (mpoli->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY) {
folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(h, gfp_mask,
- nid, nodemask);
+ mpoli->nid,
+ nodemask);

/* Fallback to all nodes if page==NULL */
nodemask = NULL;
}

- if (!folio)
+ if (!folio) {
folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(h, gfp_mask,
- nid, nodemask);
-
- mpol_cond_put(mpol);
+ mpoli->nid,
+ nodemask);
+ }
return folio;
}

@@ -2871,7 +2865,11 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
map_chg_state map_chg;
int ret, idx;
struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg = NULL;
+ struct mempolicy_interpreted mpoli;
gfp_t gfp = htlb_alloc_mask(h);
+ struct mempolicy *mpol;
+ nodemask_t *nodemask;
+ int nid;

idx = hstate_index(h);

@@ -2930,6 +2928,14 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (ret)
goto out_uncharge_cgroup_reservation;

+ /* Takes reference on mpol. */
+ nid = huge_node(vma, addr, gfp, &mpol, &nodemask);
+ mpoli = (struct mempolicy_interpreted){
+ .nid = nid,
+ .mode = mpol->mode,
+ .nodemask = nodemask,
+ };
+
spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);

/*
@@ -2940,31 +2946,24 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
*/
folio = NULL;
if (!gbl_chg || available_huge_pages(h))
- folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma(h, vma, addr);
+ folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp, &mpoli);

if (!folio) {
- struct mempolicy_interpreted mpoli;
- struct mempolicy *mpol;
- nodemask_t *nodemask;
- int nid;
-
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
- nid = huge_node(vma, addr, gfp, &mpol, &nodemask);
- mpoli = (struct mempolicy_interpreted){
- .nid = nid,
- .mode = mpol->mode,
- .nodemask = nodemask,
- };
folio = alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp, &mpoli);
mpol_cond_put(mpol);
- if (!folio)
+ if (!folio) {
+ mpol_cond_put(mpol);
goto out_uncharge_cgroup;
+ }
spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
list_add(&folio->lru, &h->hugepage_activelist);
folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1);
/* Fall through */
}

+ mpol_cond_put(mpol);
+
/*
* Either dequeued or buddy-allocated folio needs to add special
* mark to the folio when it consumes a global reservation.

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