[PATCH mm-stable] mm/khugepaged: avoid unnecessary checking for swap entries when collapsing a mTHP

From: Pedro Demarchi Gomes

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 15:27:28 EST


mthp_collapse() tries to swap in PTEs when collapsing a mTHP if there are any
swap PTEs in the PMD range, even if none of those swap PTEs are
actually part of the mTHP's range.

Track swap PTEs in cc->mthp_unmapped_ptes so that mthp_collapse() can
tell whether the mTHP's own range contains a swap PTE, and skip the
swapin check when it doesn't.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Demarchi Gomes <pedrodemargomes@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 11ff98d55c76..38596172f7dc 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ struct collapse_control {

/* Each bit represents a single occupied (!none/zero) page. */
DECLARE_BITMAP(mthp_present_ptes, MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE);
+
+ /* Each bit represents a single not present and not none/zero pte. */
+ DECLARE_BITMAP(mthp_unmapped_ptes, MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE);
};

/**
@@ -634,6 +637,7 @@ static void collapse_control_init_scan(struct collapse_control *cc)
memset(cc->node_load, 0, sizeof(cc->node_load));
nodes_clear(cc->alloc_nmask);
bitmap_zero(cc->mthp_present_ptes, MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE);
+ bitmap_zero(cc->mthp_unmapped_ptes, MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE);
}

static void release_pte_folio(struct folio *folio)
@@ -1291,7 +1295,7 @@ static enum scan_result alloc_charge_folio(struct folio **foliop, struct mm_stru
* Note that the VMA must be rechecked after grabbing the mmap_lock again.
*/
static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start_addr,
- int referenced, int unmapped, struct collapse_control *cc,
+ int referenced, bool swapin, struct collapse_control *cc,
unsigned int order)
{
const unsigned long pmd_addr = start_addr & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
@@ -1330,7 +1334,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long s
goto out_nolock;
}

- if (unmapped) {
+ if (swapin) {
/*
* __collapse_huge_page_swapin() will return with mmap_lock
* released when it fails. So we jump out_nolock directly in
@@ -1502,10 +1506,10 @@ static unsigned int max_order_from_offset(unsigned int offset)
* mTHP.
*/
static enum scan_result mthp_collapse(struct mm_struct *mm,
- unsigned long address, int referenced, int unmapped,
+ unsigned long address, int referenced,
struct collapse_control *cc, unsigned long enabled_orders)
{
- unsigned int nr_occupied_ptes, nr_ptes, max_ptes_none;
+ unsigned int nr_occupied_ptes, nr_unmapped_ptes, nr_ptes, max_ptes_none;
enum scan_result last_result = SCAN_FAIL;
int collapsed = 0;
bool alloc_failed = false;
@@ -1522,21 +1526,25 @@ static enum scan_result mthp_collapse(struct mm_struct *mm,
max_ptes_none = collapse_max_ptes_none(cc, NULL, order);
nr_occupied_ptes = bitmap_weight_from(cc->mthp_present_ptes, offset,
offset + nr_ptes);
+ nr_unmapped_ptes = bitmap_weight_from(cc->mthp_unmapped_ptes, offset,
+ offset + nr_ptes);
+

/*
- * Swap PTEs accepted during the scan are counted in @unmapped,
- * not in the present-PTE bitmap. Account them for the PMD-order
- * candidate.
+ * Swap PTEs accepted during the scan are counted in
+ * nr_unmapped_ptes, not in the present-PTE bitmap. Account
+ * them for the PMD-order candidate.
*/
if (is_pmd_order(order))
- nr_occupied_ptes += unmapped;
+ nr_occupied_ptes += nr_unmapped_ptes;

if (nr_occupied_ptes >= nr_ptes - max_ptes_none) {
enum scan_result ret;
+ bool swapin = nr_unmapped_ptes > 0;

collapse_address = address + offset * PAGE_SIZE;
ret = collapse_huge_page(mm, collapse_address, referenced,
- unmapped, cc, order);
+ swapin, cc, order);

switch (ret) {
/* Cases where we continue to next collapse candidate */
@@ -1667,6 +1675,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
continue;
}
if (!pte_present(pteval)) {
+ __set_bit(i, cc->mthp_unmapped_ptes);
if (++unmapped > max_ptes_swap) {
result = SCAN_EXCEED_SWAP_PTE;
count_collapse_event(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, THP_SCAN_EXCEED_SWAP_PTE,
@@ -1785,7 +1794,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
/* collapse_huge_page() expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
result = mthp_collapse(mm, start_addr, referenced,
- unmapped, cc, enabled_orders);
+ cc, enabled_orders);
/* mmap_lock was released above, set lock_dropped */
*lock_dropped = true;
}
--
2.55.0