[PATCH v2 2/2] mm/migrate: exclude hugetlb folios from MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON accounting

From: Nico Pache

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 02:44:52 EST


__folio_migrate_mapping() increments MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON for the
destination folio when `folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_large(folio)`
is true. However, hugetlb folios satisfy both conditions despite having a
completely separate accounting system — they use hugetlb_add_anon_rmap()
which does not touch mTHP stats, and their free path also bypasses the
mTHP decrement in __free_pages_prepare().

This causes MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON to be incremented on each hugetlb
migration without a corresponding decrement, permanently inflating the
nr_anon counter.

Add a !folio_test_hugetlb() check to __folio_migrate_mapping() so that
only actual mTHP folios are counted.

Fixes: 5d65c8d758f2 ("mm: count the number of anonymous THPs per size")
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <npache@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/migrate.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index d9b23909d716..dd15a84b2a52 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ static int __folio_migrate_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
/* No turning back from here */
newfolio->index = folio->index;
newfolio->mapping = folio->mapping;
- if (folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_large(folio))
+ if (folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_large(folio) &&
+ !folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
mod_mthp_stat(folio_order(folio), MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON, 1);
if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio))
__folio_set_swapbacked(newfolio);
--
2.55.0