[PATCH] fs/proc/task_mmu: do not warn on seeing non-migration pmd entry

From: Dev Jain

Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 07:18:42 EST


pagemap_pmd_range_thp() warns if a non-present PMD is not a migration
entry. This became false once device-private entries at the PMD level were
added.

One can hit the warning by patching hmm-tests.c with the following:

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
index e1c8a679a4cf3..7f0a3384f3c5f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
@@ -209,6 +209,37 @@ static int hmm_dmirror_cmd(int fd,
return 0;
}

+static int hmm_read_self_pagemap(void *addr, unsigned long npages,
+ unsigned long page_size)
+{
+ const size_t entry_size = sizeof(uint64_t);
+ const off_t offset = ((uintptr_t)addr / page_size) * entry_size;
+ uint64_t *entries;
+ ssize_t nread;
+ int fd;
+
+ entries = malloc(npages * entry_size);
+ if (!entries)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ free(entries);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ nread = pread(fd, entries, npages * entry_size, offset);
+ close(fd);
+ free(entries);
+
+ if (nread < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ if ((size_t)nread != npages * entry_size)
+ return -EIO;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void hmm_buffer_free(struct hmm_buffer *buffer)
{
if (buffer == NULL)
@@ -2314,6 +2345,10 @@ TEST_F(hmm, migrate_anon_huge_fault)
ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(buffer->cpages, npages);

+ /* Exercise pagemap on a PMD device-private entry. */
+ ret = hmm_read_self_pagemap(buffer->ptr, npages, self->page_size);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
/* Check what the device read. */
for (i = 0, ptr = buffer->mirror; i < size / sizeof(*ptr); ++i)
ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i], i);


Therefore, remove the stale migration-only assertion.

Fixes: a30b48bf1b24 ("mm/migrate_device: implement THP migration of zone device pages")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>
---
Applies on mm-unstable (404fb4f38e8f).

fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 1e3a15bf46f4e..58938e62154d9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -2129,7 +2129,6 @@ static int pagemap_pmd_range_thp(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
flags |= PM_SOFT_DIRTY;
if (pmd_swp_uffd_wp(pmd))
flags |= PM_UFFD_WP;
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_is_migration_entry(pmd));
page = softleaf_to_page(entry);
}

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2.43.0