[PATCH] mm/hugetlb: update nr_huge_pages and surplus_huge_pages together

From: Liu Shixin
Date: Sun Mar 02 2025 - 21:48:10 EST


In alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(), we increase nr_huge_pages and
surplus_huge_pages separately. In the middle window, if we set
nr_hugepages to smaller and satisfy count < persistent_huge_pages(h),
the surplus_huge_pages will be increased by adjust_pool_surplus().

After adding delay in the middle window, we can reproduce the problem
easily by following step:

1. echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages
2. mmap two hugepages. When nr_huge_pages=2 and surplus_huge_pages=1,
goto step 3.
3. echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_huge_pages

Finally, nr_huge_pages is less than surplus_huge_pages.

Fixes: 0c397daea1d4 ("mm, hugetlb: further simplify hugetlb allocation API")
Signed-off-by: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 9faa1034704ff..a900562ea7679 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2248,14 +2248,17 @@ static struct folio *alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
return NULL;

+ mutex_lock(&h->resize_lock);
spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
if (h->surplus_huge_pages >= h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages)
goto out_unlock;
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);

folio = alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp_mask, nid, nmask);
- if (!folio)
+ if (!folio) {
+ mutex_unlock(&h->resize_lock);
return NULL;
+ }

spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
/*
@@ -2268,6 +2271,7 @@ static struct folio *alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
if (h->surplus_huge_pages >= h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages) {
folio_set_hugetlb_temporary(folio);
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&h->resize_lock);
free_huge_folio(folio);
return NULL;
}
@@ -2277,6 +2281,7 @@ static struct folio *alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,

out_unlock:
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&h->resize_lock);

return folio;
}
--
2.34.1