Re: [PATCH mm-unstable 1/1] mm/khugepaged: fix PMD collapse swap PTE accounting
From: Baolin Wang
Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 04:07:24 EST
On 6/9/26 8:04 PM, Lance Yang wrote:
From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
mthp_collapse() uses mthp_present_ptes to decide whether a range has
enough occupied PTEs to try collapse. Swap PTEs accepted by
collapse_scan_pmd() are counted in unmapped, but are not represented in
mthp_present_ptes.
When lower orders are enabled, collapse_scan_pmd() relaxes max_ptes_none
so the scan can cover the whole PMD and build the bitmap. mthp_collapse()
then checks the PMD-order candidate using the bitmap.
With max_ptes_none set to 0, a range with 511 present PTEs and one swap
PTE no longer reaches collapse_huge_page(), even though PMD collapse can
handle swap PTEs up to max_ptes_swap.
Account unmapped PTEs only for PMD order. PMD collapse supports swap PTEs
through max_ptes_swap, while lower-order mTHP collapse does not currently
support non-present PTEs. Keep non-present PTEs out of the lower-order
eligibility check.
Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
LGTM. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent separately, as discussed in [1], to spell out the PMD-order swap PTE
case. Patch [2] is still only in mm-unstable, so no Fixes: tag.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAA1CXcD7WAiA1b9GTLAuNZ+kHaFx0SzZwpBkqAZ=s+RHsTUaow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260605161422.213817-12-npache@xxxxxxxxxx/
mm/khugepaged.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index b12187709f6d..617bca76db49 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1508,6 +1508,14 @@ static enum scan_result mthp_collapse(struct mm_struct *mm,
nr_occupied_ptes = bitmap_weight_from(cc->mthp_present_ptes, offset,
offset + nr_ptes);
+ /*
+ * Swap PTEs accepted during the scan are counted in @unmapped,
+ * not in the present-PTE bitmap. Account them for the PMD-order
+ * candidate.
+ */
+ if (is_pmd_order(order))
+ nr_occupied_ptes += unmapped;
+
if (nr_occupied_ptes >= nr_ptes - max_ptes_none) {
enum scan_result ret;