[PATCH v4 09/16] WIP: mm: hugetlb: Move subpool functions to hugetlb_subpool.c

From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 19:42:32 EST


From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Move all HugeTLB subpool lifecycle, page reservation, and accounting
routines out of mm/hugetlb.c and into their own dedicated, encapsulated
translation unit at mm/hugetlb_subpool.c.

Also introduces the internal mm/hugetlb_subpool.h header for holding the
subpool-local APIs, allowing fs/hugetlbfs and mm/ to access the subpool
functions cleanly. The subpool internal layout structures remain in
include/linux/hugetlb.h until getters are introduced.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 1 +
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 4 +-
mm/Makefile | 2 +-
mm/hugetlb.c | 166 +-------------------------------------------
mm/hugetlb_subpool.c | 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/hugetlb_subpool.h | 17 +++++
6 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 169 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index e5d86f31eba5b..86c21f8272470 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include "../../mm/hugetlb_subpool.h"
#include <linux/folio_batch.h>
#include <linux/fs_parser.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 34b9a3e1be0fa..f36be371c6e88 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@ extern int hugetlb_max_hstate __read_mostly;
#define for_each_hstate(h) \
for ((h) = hstates; (h) < &hstates[hugetlb_max_hstate]; (h)++)

-struct hugepage_subpool *hugepage_new_subpool(struct hstate *h, long max_hpages,
- long min_hpages);
-void hugepage_put_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool);
+int hugetlb_acct_memory(struct hstate *h, long delta);

void hugetlb_dup_vma_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
void clear_vma_resv_huge_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index eff9f9e7e061c..3965c959e5099 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ endif
obj-$(CONFIG_SWAP) += page_io.o swap_state.o swapfile.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ZSWAP) += zswap.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA) += dmapool.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS) += hugetlb.o hugetlb_sysfs.o hugetlb_sysctl.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS) += hugetlb.o hugetlb_subpool.o hugetlb_sysfs.o hugetlb_sysctl.o
ifdef CONFIG_CMA
obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS) += hugetlb_cma.o
endif
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 90ec015a11181..4d44a9720a971 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include "hugetlb_vmemmap.h"
#include "hugetlb_cma.h"
#include "hugetlb_internal.h"
+#include "hugetlb_subpool.h"
#include <linux/page-isolation.h>

int hugetlb_max_hstate __read_mostly;
@@ -126,171 +127,6 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, bool take_locks);
static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma);

-static inline bool subpool_is_free(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
-{
- if (spool->count)
- return false;
-
- return spool->used_hpages == 0;
-}
-
-static inline void unlock_or_release_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
- unsigned long irq_flags)
-{
- bool is_free = subpool_is_free(spool);
-
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&spool->lock, irq_flags);
-
- if (is_free) {
- if (spool->min_hpages != -1)
- hugetlb_acct_memory(spool->hstate,
- -spool->min_hpages);
- kfree(spool);
- }
-}
-
-struct hugepage_subpool *hugepage_new_subpool(struct hstate *h, long max_hpages,
- long min_hpages)
-{
- struct hugepage_subpool *spool;
-
- spool = kzalloc_obj(*spool);
- if (!spool)
- return NULL;
-
- spin_lock_init(&spool->lock);
- spool->count = 1;
- spool->max_hpages = max_hpages;
- spool->hstate = h;
- spool->min_hpages = min_hpages;
-
- if (min_hpages != -1 && hugetlb_acct_memory(h, min_hpages)) {
- kfree(spool);
- return NULL;
- }
- spool->rsv_hpages = min_hpages;
-
- return spool;
-}
-
-void hugepage_put_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- if (!spool)
- return;
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&spool->lock, flags);
- BUG_ON(!spool->count);
- spool->count--;
- unlock_or_release_subpool(spool, flags);
-}
-
-/**
- * hugepage_subpool_get_pages - Get pages from a subpool
- * @spool: pointer to subpool structure (may be NULL)
- * @delta: number of pages to allocate or reserve
- *
- * Check and update subpool page usage counts when allocating or
- * reserving @delta hugepages.
- *
- * Context: Takes spool->lock using spin_lock_irq().
- * Return: Non-negative number of reservations that cannot be
- * satisfied by the subpool, or -ENOMEM if the subpool maximum
- * limit would be exceeded.
- */
-static long hugepage_subpool_get_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
- long delta)
-{
- long ret = delta;
-
- if (!spool)
- return ret;
-
- spin_lock_irq(&spool->lock);
-
- if (spool->max_hpages != -1 &&
- spool->used_hpages + delta > spool->max_hpages) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto unlock_ret;
- }
-
- spool->used_hpages += delta;
-
- /* minimum size accounting */
- if (spool->min_hpages != -1 && spool->rsv_hpages) {
- if (delta > spool->rsv_hpages) {
- /*
- * Asking for more reserves than those already taken on
- * behalf of subpool. Return difference.
- */
- ret = delta - spool->rsv_hpages;
- spool->rsv_hpages = 0;
- } else {
- ret = 0; /* reserves already accounted for */
- spool->rsv_hpages -= delta;
- }
- }
-
-unlock_ret:
- spin_unlock_irq(&spool->lock);
- return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * hugepage_subpool_put_pages - Release pages back to a subpool
- * @spool: pointer to subpool structure (may be NULL)
- * @delta: number of pages to free or unreserve
- *
- * Check and update subpool page usage counts when freeing or
- * unreserving @delta hugepages.
- *
- * Context: Takes spool->lock using spin_lock_irqsave(). May release
- * and free @spool if its usage count and references reach
- * zero.
- * Return: Non-negative number of reservations that the subpool cannot
- * absorb.
- */
-static long hugepage_subpool_put_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
- long delta)
-{
- long ret = delta;
- unsigned long flags;
-
- if (!spool)
- return delta;
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&spool->lock, flags);
-
- spool->used_hpages -= delta;
-
- /* minimum size accounting */
- if (spool->min_hpages != -1 && spool->used_hpages < spool->min_hpages) {
- /*
- * limit is the maximum number of reservations that
- * can be restored to this subpool.
- */
- long limit = spool->min_hpages - spool->used_hpages;
-
- if (spool->rsv_hpages + delta <= limit)
- ret = 0;
- else
- ret = spool->rsv_hpages + delta - limit;
-
- spool->rsv_hpages += delta;
- if (spool->rsv_hpages > limit)
- spool->rsv_hpages = limit;
- }
-
- /*
- * If hugetlbfs_put_super couldn't free spool due to an outstanding
- * quota reference, free it now.
- */
- unlock_or_release_subpool(spool, flags);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
return subpool_inode(file_inode(vma->vm_file));
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_subpool.c b/mm/hugetlb_subpool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6184860ed7374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_subpool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Subpool and reserve accounting for HugeTLB folios.
+ * Extracted from mm/hugetlb.c
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#endif
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+
+#include "hugetlb_subpool.h"
+
+static inline bool subpool_is_free(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
+{
+ if (spool->count)
+ return false;
+
+ return spool->used_hpages == 0;
+}
+
+static inline void unlock_or_release_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
+ unsigned long irq_flags)
+{
+ bool is_free = subpool_is_free(spool);
+
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&spool->lock, irq_flags);
+
+ if (is_free) {
+ if (spool->min_hpages != -1)
+ hugetlb_acct_memory(spool->hstate,
+ -spool->min_hpages);
+ kfree(spool);
+ }
+}
+
+struct hugepage_subpool *hugepage_new_subpool(struct hstate *h, long max_hpages,
+ long min_hpages)
+{
+ struct hugepage_subpool *spool;
+
+ spool = kzalloc_obj(*spool);
+ if (!spool)
+ return NULL;
+
+ spin_lock_init(&spool->lock);
+ spool->count = 1;
+ spool->max_hpages = max_hpages;
+ spool->hstate = h;
+ spool->min_hpages = min_hpages;
+
+ if (min_hpages != -1 && hugetlb_acct_memory(h, min_hpages)) {
+ kfree(spool);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ spool->rsv_hpages = min_hpages;
+
+ return spool;
+}
+
+void hugepage_put_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (!spool)
+ return;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&spool->lock, flags);
+ BUG_ON(!spool->count);
+ spool->count--;
+ unlock_or_release_subpool(spool, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * hugepage_subpool_get_pages - Get pages from a subpool
+ * @spool: pointer to subpool structure (may be NULL)
+ * @delta: number of pages to allocate or reserve
+ *
+ * Check and update subpool page usage counts when allocating or
+ * reserving @delta hugepages.
+ *
+ * Context: Takes spool->lock using spin_lock_irq().
+ * Return: Non-negative number of reservations that cannot be
+ * satisfied by the subpool, or -ENOMEM if the subpool maximum
+ * limit would be exceeded.
+ */
+long hugepage_subpool_get_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
+ long delta)
+{
+ long ret = delta;
+
+ if (!spool)
+ return ret;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&spool->lock);
+
+ if (spool->max_hpages != -1 &&
+ spool->used_hpages + delta > spool->max_hpages) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto unlock_ret;
+ }
+
+ spool->used_hpages += delta;
+
+ /* minimum size accounting */
+ if (spool->min_hpages != -1 && spool->rsv_hpages) {
+ if (delta > spool->rsv_hpages) {
+ /*
+ * Asking for more reserves than those already taken on
+ * behalf of subpool. Return difference.
+ */
+ ret = delta - spool->rsv_hpages;
+ spool->rsv_hpages = 0;
+ } else {
+ ret = 0; /* reserves already accounted for */
+ spool->rsv_hpages -= delta;
+ }
+ }
+
+unlock_ret:
+ spin_unlock_irq(&spool->lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hugepage_subpool_put_pages - Release pages back to a subpool
+ * @spool: pointer to subpool structure (may be NULL)
+ * @delta: number of pages to free or unreserve
+ *
+ * Check and update subpool page usage counts when freeing or
+ * unreserving @delta hugepages.
+ *
+ * Context: Takes spool->lock using spin_lock_irqsave(). May release
+ * and free @spool if its usage count and references reach
+ * zero.
+ * Return: Non-negative number of reservations that the subpool cannot
+ * absorb.
+ */
+long hugepage_subpool_put_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool,
+ long delta)
+{
+ long ret = delta;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (!spool)
+ return delta;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&spool->lock, flags);
+
+ spool->used_hpages -= delta;
+
+ /* minimum size accounting */
+ if (spool->min_hpages != -1 && spool->used_hpages < spool->min_hpages) {
+ /*
+ * limit is the maximum number of reservations that
+ * can be restored to this subpool.
+ */
+ long limit = spool->min_hpages - spool->used_hpages;
+
+ if (spool->rsv_hpages + delta <= limit)
+ ret = 0;
+ else
+ ret = spool->rsv_hpages + delta - limit;
+
+ spool->rsv_hpages += delta;
+ if (spool->rsv_hpages > limit)
+ spool->rsv_hpages = limit;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If hugetlbfs_put_super couldn't free spool due to an outstanding
+ * quota reference, free it now.
+ */
+ unlock_or_release_subpool(spool, flags);
+
+ return ret;
+}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_subpool.h b/mm/hugetlb_subpool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..be1f1cf012c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_subpool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _MM_HUGETLB_SUBPOOL_H
+#define _MM_HUGETLB_SUBPOOL_H
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct hstate;
+struct hugepage_subpool;
+
+struct hugepage_subpool *hugepage_new_subpool(struct hstate *h, long max_hpages,
+ long min_hpages);
+void hugepage_put_subpool(struct hugepage_subpool *spool);
+long hugepage_subpool_get_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool, long delta);
+long hugepage_subpool_put_pages(struct hugepage_subpool *spool, long delta);
+
+#endif /* _MM_HUGETLB_SUBPOOL_H */

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