[PATCH v2] mm/madvise: avoid skipping pages after splitting large folios
From: Yunhui Cui
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 01:55:29 EST
madvise_inject_error() advances through the requested range using the
size of the page returned by get_user_pages_fast(). Saving the size
before error injection is required for hugetlb pages because successful
soft offlining can dissolve the source huge page.
That stride is incorrect for non-hugetlb large folios in system memory.
The memory failure handlers split such a folio and handle only the base
page for the supplied PFN. Advancing by the pre-split folio size then
skips the remaining pages in the requested range while madvise() still
reports success.
Advance by PAGE_SIZE for non-hugetlb folios in system memory. Retain
folio_size() for hugetlb and ZONE_DEVICE folios, as compound Device DAX
folios are handled as a whole.
Fixes: 19bfbe22f59a ("mm, hugetlb, soft_offline: save compound page order before page migration")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 5a09cc24f04a0..e9d4c3bbc5290 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1455,20 +1455,25 @@ static int madvise_inject_error(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
for (; start < end; start += size) {
unsigned long pfn;
+ struct folio *folio;
struct page *page;
int ret;
ret = get_user_pages_fast(start, 1, 0, &page);
if (ret != 1)
return ret;
+ folio = page_folio(page);
pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
/*
- * When soft offlining hugepages, after migrating the page
- * we dissolve it, therefore in the second loop "page" will
- * no longer be a compound page.
+ * Non-hugetlb large folios in system memory are split and only
+ * the addressed base page is handled. Hugetlb folios may be
+ * dissolved and ZONE_DEVICE folios may be handled as a whole,
+ * so save their size before error injection.
*/
- size = page_size(compound_head(page));
+ size = PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio) || folio_is_zone_device(folio))
+ size = folio_size(folio);
if (madv_behavior->behavior == MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE) {
pr_info("Soft offlining pfn %#lx at process virtual address %#lx\n",
--
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