[PATCH v3] mm/migrate_device: consolidate compound folio handling

From: Hui Su

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 07:40:47 EST


Commit dc41e961a269 ("mm/migrate_device: avoid out-of-bounds writes for
compound folios") added handling for compound folios that do not fit in
the remaining PFN array.

migrate_device_range() and migrate_device_pfns() duplicate the logic for
locking device PFNs, encoding compound folios, and handling this boundary
condition.

A compound folio cannot be represented partially for migration. Use
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() when one does not fit in the remaining PFN array, while
retaining the existing defensive handling: release any lock and reference
acquired for the current folio, clear the remaining entries, and stop
collecting.

Move the shared collection and encoding logic into a helper so both
interfaces handle compound folios consistently. Also use memset() for the
compound-folio tail entries instead of open-coding the clearing loop.

If locking a folio fails, leave its source entry zero while still consuming
and clearing the slots belonging to the whole folio. This prevents a tail
page from being treated as a new source PFN by the caller's next iteration.

Document that an encountered compound folio must fit entirely in the
remaining range or PFN array.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c99ca53a-73ef-4a0c-8738-eba1cc89bea2@xxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v3:
- Keep the source entry zero when migrate_device_pfn_lock() fails instead
of setting MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND, while still consuming and clearing all
slots belonging to the compound folio.
- Use VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() for the truncated compound-folio invariant while
keeping the defensive clear-and-stop path independent of CONFIG_DEBUG_VM,
as suggested by Balbir Singh.

Changes in v2:
- Fix the helper parameter indentation and keep the declaration to two
lines, as suggested by David Hildenbrand.

mm/migrate_device.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index 009bfa8b212d..68b787bdc8be 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,40 @@ static unsigned long migrate_device_pfn_lock(unsigned long pfn)
return migrate_pfn(pfn) | MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE;
}

+/*
+ * Collect a device folio into the page-granular PFN array.
+ *
+ * Return the number of entries consumed, or 0 if the folio does not fit in
+ * the remaining array.
+ */
+static unsigned int migrate_device_collect_folio(unsigned long *src_pfn,
+ unsigned long pfn, unsigned long remaining)
+{
+ struct folio *folio = page_folio(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+ unsigned int nr;
+
+ *src_pfn = migrate_device_pfn_lock(pfn);
+ nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(nr > remaining);
+ if (nr > remaining) {
+ if (*src_pfn & MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ folio_put(folio);
+ }
+ memset(src_pfn, 0, remaining * sizeof(*src_pfn));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (nr > 1) {
+ if (*src_pfn)
+ *src_pfn |= MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND;
+ memset(src_pfn + 1, 0, (nr - 1) * sizeof(*src_pfn));
+ }
+
+ return nr;
+}
+
/**
* migrate_device_range() - migrate device private pfns to normal memory.
* @src_pfns: array large enough to hold migrating source device private pfns.
@@ -1410,35 +1444,22 @@ static unsigned long migrate_device_pfn_lock(unsigned long pfn)
* migrating pages that aren't free before unmapping them. Drivers may then
* allocate destination pages and start copying data from the device to CPU
* memory before calling migrate_device_pages().
+ *
+ * A compound folio must fit entirely in the remaining range.
*/
int migrate_device_range(unsigned long *src_pfns, unsigned long start,
unsigned long npages)
{
- unsigned long i, j, pfn;
+ unsigned long i, pfn;

for (pfn = start, i = 0; i < npages; pfn++, i++) {
- struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
- struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
- unsigned int nr = 1;
+ unsigned int nr;

- src_pfns[i] = migrate_device_pfn_lock(pfn);
- nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
- if (nr > npages - i) {
- if (src_pfns[i] & MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE) {
- folio_unlock(folio);
- folio_put(folio);
- }
- memset(&src_pfns[i], 0,
- (npages - i) * sizeof(*src_pfns));
+ nr = migrate_device_collect_folio(&src_pfns[i], pfn, npages - i);
+ if (!nr)
break;
- }
- if (nr > 1) {
- src_pfns[i] |= MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND;
- for (j = 1; j < nr; j++)
- src_pfns[i+j] = 0;
- i += j - 1;
- pfn += j - 1;
- }
+ i += nr - 1;
+ pfn += nr - 1;
}

migrate_device_unmap(src_pfns, npages, NULL);
@@ -1454,33 +1475,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(migrate_device_range);
*
* Similar to migrate_device_range() but supports non-contiguous pre-populated
* array of device pages to migrate.
+ *
+ * A compound folio must fit entirely in the remaining PFN array.
*/
int migrate_device_pfns(unsigned long *src_pfns, unsigned long npages)
{
- unsigned long i, j;
+ unsigned long i;

for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
- struct page *page = pfn_to_page(src_pfns[i]);
- struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
- unsigned int nr = 1;
+ unsigned long pfn = src_pfns[i];
+ unsigned int nr;

- src_pfns[i] = migrate_device_pfn_lock(src_pfns[i]);
- nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
- if (nr > npages - i) {
- if (src_pfns[i] & MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE) {
- folio_unlock(folio);
- folio_put(folio);
- }
- memset(&src_pfns[i], 0,
- (npages - i) * sizeof(*src_pfns));
+ nr = migrate_device_collect_folio(&src_pfns[i], pfn, npages - i);
+ if (!nr)
break;
- }
- if (nr > 1) {
- src_pfns[i] |= MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND;
- for (j = 1; j < nr; j++)
- src_pfns[i+j] = 0;
- i += j - 1;
- }
+ i += nr - 1;
}

migrate_device_unmap(src_pfns, npages, NULL);

base-commit: fe2ec83746e501645709761605c2464a44fd2929
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2.55.0