[PATCH] mm/migrate: fix mlock state loss when migrating PTE-mapped large folios
From: Wandun Chen
Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 04:13:09 EST
From: Wandun Chen <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
try_to_migrate() clears PG_mlocked when unmapping the source folio.
For PTE-mapped large folios, remove_migration_pte() restores one PTE at
a time, but the rmap helpers only restore mlock for full-folio mappings.
This leaves the destination PTE-mapped large folio without PG_mlocked.
Restore mlock once all PTEs of the destination folio are restored under
a single page table lock.
Fixes: dc68badcede4 ("mm: mlock: update mlock_pte_range to handle large folio")
Signed-off-by: Wandun Chen <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/migrate.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 94033c222e04..140e291d4587 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ static bool remove_migration_pte(struct folio *folio,
{
struct rmap_walk_arg *rmap_walk_arg = arg;
DEFINE_FOLIO_VMA_WALK(pvmw, rmap_walk_arg->folio, vma, addr, PVMW_SYNC | PVMW_MIGRATION);
+ unsigned long nr_ptes = 0;
while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
rmap_t rmap_flags = RMAP_NONE;
@@ -446,9 +447,16 @@ static bool remove_migration_pte(struct folio *folio,
else
folio_add_file_rmap_pte(folio, new, vma);
set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte, pte);
+
+ nr_ptes++;
}
- if (READ_ONCE(vma->vm_flags) & VM_LOCKED)
+ if (READ_ONCE(vma->vm_flags) & VM_LOCKED) {
+ if (folio_test_large(folio) &&
+ nr_ptes == folio_nr_pages(folio) &&
+ !(pvmw.flags & PVMW_PGTABLE_CROSSED))
+ mlock_vma_folio(folio, vma);
mlock_drain_local();
+ }
trace_remove_migration_pte(pvmw.address, pte_val(pte),
compound_order(new));
--
2.43.0