[PATCH v4 2/7] mm/khugepaged: extract reference check into folio_pte_referenced() helper
From: Nico Pache (Red Hat)
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 08:52:19 EST
This change deduplicates the "is this PTE/folio referenced enough to be
considered for a collapse" condition that was repeated in both
__collapse_huge_page_isolate() and collapse_scan_pmd(), extracting it into
a single inline helper function.
Also move the comment and use it as the function header. While we are at
it, updated the comment to clarify that a young pte is a recently accessed
one.
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 1e26ea97381a..8babd4c97db6 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -672,6 +672,22 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
}
}
+/*
+ * folio_pte_referenced() - Check if a folio or its PTE mapping was recently used
+ *
+ * Return: true if recent access was observed through either the folio state
+ * or the current PTE mapping.
+ */
+static inline bool folio_pte_referenced(struct folio *folio,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t pteval)
+{
+ /* The folio was referenced previously ... */
+ if (folio_test_young(folio) || folio_test_referenced(folio))
+ return true;
+ /* ... or the PTE mapping was recently used */
+ return pte_young(pteval) || mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr);
+}
+
static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start_addr, pte_t *pte, struct collapse_control *cc,
unsigned int order, struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
@@ -810,14 +826,8 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (folio_test_large(folio))
list_add_tail(&folio->lru, compound_pagelist);
next:
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ folio_pte_referenced(folio, vma, addr, pteval))
referenced++;
}
@@ -1766,14 +1776,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
goto out_unmap;
}
- /*
- * If collapse was initiated by khugepaged, check that there is
- * enough young pte to justify collapsing the page
- */
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
- (pte_young(pteval) || folio_test_young(folio) ||
- folio_test_referenced(folio) ||
- mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, addr)))
+ folio_pte_referenced(folio, vma, addr, pteval))
referenced++;
}
if (cc->is_khugepaged &&
--
2.55.0