Re: ksm: initialize rmap values directly and make them const

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Fri Feb 06 2026 - 03:19:11 EST


On 2/6/26 08:22, xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

Considering that commit 06fbd555dea8 ("ksm: optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing
a suitable addressrange") seems to have already been merged, this new patch is
proposed to address the issue raised by David at:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/ba03780a-fd65-4a03-97de-bc0905106260@xxxxxxxxxx/

This initialize rmap values (addr, pgoff_start, pgoff_end) directly and
make them const to make code more robust. Besides, since KSM folios are always
order-0, so folio_nr_pages(KSM folio) is always 1, so the line:

"pgoff_end = pgoff_start + folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;"

becomes directly:

"pgoff_end = pgoff_start;"

The test reproducer of rmap_walk_ksm can be found at:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260206151424734QIyWL_pA-1QeJPbJlUxsO@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks!


Fixes: 06fbd555dea8 ("ksm: optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing a suitable addressrange")
Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

The patch does not seem to be upstream / in mm-stable yet.

Can you resend the original patch with these changes included and the reproducer referenced in the updated patch description?

Thanks!

---
mm/ksm.c | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 031c17e4ada6..c7ca117024a4 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -3171,8 +3171,11 @@ void rmap_walk_ksm(struct folio *folio, struct rmap_walk_control *rwc)
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- unsigned long addr;
- pgoff_t pgoff_start, pgoff_end;
+ /* Ignore the stable/unstable/sqnr flags */
+ const unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address & PAGE_MASK;
+ const pgoff_t pgoff_start = rmap_item->address >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ /* KSM folios are always order-0 normal pages */
+ const pgoff_t pgoff_end = pgoff_start;

I would move them all the way up, above the "struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;"

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Cheers,

David