[PATCH 05/10] mm/madvise: factor huge-PMD folio processing
From: Gregory Price
Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 19:59:23 EST
The huge-PMD branch combines PMD validation and lock ownership with folio
filtering, splitting, aging and isolation.
Move the folio-specific work into a helper called with the PMD lock held.
Return a locked and referenced folio only when the caller must drop the PMD
lock and split it.
No functional change intended.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index b31b877c2c130..6b518f7f73651 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -394,6 +394,49 @@ static bool madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(struct folio *folio,
(pageout_anon_only && !folio_test_anon(folio));
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+static void madvise_cold_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, pmd_t orig_pmd)
+{
+ if (!pmd_young(orig_pmd))
+ return;
+
+ pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd);
+ orig_pmd = pmd_mkold(orig_pmd);
+ set_pmd_at(tlb->mm, addr, pmd, orig_pmd);
+ tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
+}
+
+/* Return a locked, referenced folio only when it must be split. */
+static struct folio *
+madvise_lru_huge_pmd_locked(pmd_t *pmd, pmd_t orig_pmd,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long next, struct mm_walk *walk,
+ struct list_head *folio_list, bool pageout_anon_only)
+{
+ const struct madvise_walk_private *private = walk->private;
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma = walk->vma;
+ struct folio *folio;
+
+ folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(vma, addr, orig_pmd);
+ if (!folio || folio_is_zone_device(folio))
+ return NULL;
+ if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, pageout_anon_only))
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
+ if (!folio_trylock(folio))
+ return NULL;
+ folio_get(folio);
+ return folio;
+ }
+
+ if (!private->pageout)
+ madvise_cold_pmd(private->tlb, vma, pmd, addr, orig_pmd);
+ madvise_lru_folio(folio, private->pageout, folio_list);
+ return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
{
@@ -431,22 +474,11 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
goto huge_unlock;
}
- folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(vma, addr, orig_pmd);
- if (!folio)
- goto huge_unlock;
-
- if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
- goto huge_unlock;
-
- if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, pageout_anon_only))
- goto huge_unlock;
-
- if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
+ folio = madvise_lru_huge_pmd_locked(pmd, orig_pmd, addr, next,
+ walk, &folio_list, pageout_anon_only);
+ if (folio) {
int err;
- if (!folio_trylock(folio))
- goto huge_unlock;
- folio_get(folio);
spin_unlock(ptl);
err = split_folio(folio);
folio_unlock(folio);
@@ -455,16 +487,6 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
goto regular_folio;
return 0;
}
-
- if (!pageout && pmd_young(orig_pmd)) {
- pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd);
- orig_pmd = pmd_mkold(orig_pmd);
-
- set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, orig_pmd);
- tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
- }
-
- madvise_lru_folio(folio, pageout, &folio_list);
huge_unlock:
spin_unlock(ptl);
if (pageout)
--
2.53.0-Meta