[PATCH v5 07/14] mm: shmem: allow THP support determination at folio allocation time

From: Luiz Capitulino

Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 11:21:36 EST


In order to enable THP support in shmem today, besides the user
configuration required, the CPU must support PMD-sized pages. This
is the case because of the following has_transparent_hugepage()
usage:

- shmem_parse_one() and shmem_parse_huge(): Check if THP is built-in and
if the CPU supports PMD-sized pages

- shmem_init(): Since the CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE guard is outside
the code block calling has_transparent_hugepage(), the
has_transparent_hugepage() call is exclusively checking if the CPU
supports PMD-sized pages

While it's necessary to check if CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled
in all cases, shmem can determine THP size support at folio allocation
time. Therefore, drop the has_transparent_hugepage() usage listed above
while keeping the CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE checks.

Additionally, we need to check if PMD size order is supported in
shmem_getattr(). Use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() for that.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/shmem.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 88bc0c292f1a..108dc969b92a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_huge(const char *str)
else
return -EINVAL;

- if (!has_transparent_hugepage() &&
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER && huge != SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
return -EINVAL;

@@ -1303,6 +1303,8 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
generic_fillattr(idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);

orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0);
+ if (!pgtable_has_pmd_leaves())
+ orders &= ~BIT(PMD_ORDER);
if (orders)
stat->blksize = PAGE_SIZE << highest_order(orders);

@@ -4658,8 +4660,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
case Opt_huge:
ctx->huge = result.uint_32;
if (ctx->huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER &&
- !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
- has_transparent_hugepage()))
+ !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE))
goto unsupported_parameter;
ctx->seen |= SHMEM_SEEN_HUGE;
break;
@@ -5451,7 +5452,7 @@ void __init shmem_init(void)
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- if (has_transparent_hugepage() && shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
+ if (shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
SHMEM_SB(shm_mnt->mnt_sb)->huge = shmem_huge;
else
shmem_huge = SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER; /* just in case it was patched */
--
2.54.0