[RFC PATCH v2 05/11] mm: shmem: run khugepaged for all shmem mTHP orders
From: Baolin Wang
Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 06:32:11 EST
When only non-PMD-sized mTHP is enabled (such as only 64K mTHP enabled),
we should also allow kicking khugepaged to attempt scanning and collapsing
64K shmem mTHP. Modify shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled() to support shmem mTHP
collapse, and while we are at it, rename it to make the function name
more clear.
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/shmem_fs.h | 4 ++--
mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +-
mm/shmem.c | 10 +++++-----
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index acb8dd961b45..1ec358b40c9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int shmem_unuse(unsigned int type);
unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgoff_t index,
loff_t write_end, bool shmem_huge_force);
-bool shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled(void);
+bool shmem_hpage_enabled(void);
#else
static inline unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgoff_t index,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
return 0;
}
-static inline bool shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled(void)
+static inline bool shmem_hpage_enabled(void)
{
return false;
}
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 818d51915748..75b18ec4a6c3 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static bool hugepage_enabled(void)
return true;
if (anon_hpage_enabled())
return true;
- if (shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled())
+ if (shmem_hpage_enabled())
return true;
return false;
}
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 56c23a7b15c7..a8d30a123b1f 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1792,17 +1792,17 @@ static struct folio *shmem_swapin_cluster(swp_entry_t swap, gfp_t gfp,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-bool shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled(void)
+bool shmem_hpage_enabled(void)
{
if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
return false;
- if (test_bit(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, &huge_shmem_orders_always))
+ if (READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_always))
return true;
- if (test_bit(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, &huge_shmem_orders_madvise))
+ if (READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_madvise))
return true;
- if (test_bit(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, &huge_shmem_orders_within_size))
+ if (READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_within_size))
return true;
- if (test_bit(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, &huge_shmem_orders_inherit) &&
+ if (READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit) &&
shmem_huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER)
return true;
--
2.47.3