[PATCH v4 05/16] mm: hugetlb: Fix subpool usage leak on allocation failure

From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 19:46:38 EST


From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

When alloc_hugetlb_folio() fails early (e.g. buddy allocation failure or
hugetlb cgroup charging failure) and gbl_chg == 1 (meaning a reservation
was not used, but a global page was allocated instead), the subpool page
acquired via hugepage_subpool_get_pages() must still be returned.

Currently, the error path out_subpool_put: only calls
hugepage_subpool_put_pages() if !gbl_chg is true. If gbl_chg is 1, it
skips it, permanently leaking the subpool's used_hpages counter.

With the earlier patch to always track used_hpages in the subpool, always
call hugepage_subpool_put_pages() if map_chg is true to consistently
restore the page to the subpool. Condition on map_chg because map_chg also
gates hugepage_subpool_get_pages().

Opportunistically rename gbl_chg to gbl_resv_get, which is the number of
global pages needed (because neither resv_map nor subpool reservations
could be used).

If the number of global pages needed is 0, this allocation uses a
reservation somewhere, hence proceed to consume a reservation by
decrementing h->resv_huge_pages. If the number of global pages needed is 1,
reservations are neither created nor consumed.

Also rename gbl_reserve to gbl_resv_put, which is the number of
pages the subpool could not absorb into its reservations.

Adjust global reservations using hugetlb_acct_memory() with the difference
between gbl_resv_get and gbl_resv_put to take care of possible races where
another thread might have performed get or put with the same subpool, hence
perhaps requiring updates to global reservation counts. (If gbl_resv_get ==
0 because a resv_map reservation was used, map_chg == 0 so the entire
subpool returning is skipped - still correct.)

Fixes: a833a693a490e ("mm: hugetlb: fix incorrect fallback for subpool")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 5ee1bc5c00bfe..879e4640dc50d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct hugepage_subpool *spool = subpool_vma(vma);
struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
struct folio *folio;
- long retval, gbl_chg, gbl_reserve;
+ long retval, gbl_resv_get;
map_chg_state map_chg;
int ret, idx;
struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg = NULL;
@@ -2912,15 +2912,15 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* Or if it can get one from the pool reservation directly.
*/
if (map_chg) {
- gbl_chg = hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, 1);
- if (gbl_chg < 0)
+ gbl_resv_get = hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, 1);
+ if (gbl_resv_get < 0)
goto out_end_reservation;
} else {
/*
* If we have the vma reservation ready, no need for extra
* global reservation.
*/
- gbl_chg = 0;
+ gbl_resv_get = 0;
}

/*
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* from the global free pool (global change). gbl_chg == 0 indicates
* a reservation exists for the allocation.
*/
- folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma(h, vma, addr, gbl_chg);
+ folio = dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma(h, vma, addr, gbl_resv_get);
if (!folio) {
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
folio = alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio_with_mpol(h, vma, addr);
@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* Either dequeued or buddy-allocated folio needs to add special
* mark to the folio when it consumes a global reservation.
*/
- if (!gbl_chg) {
+ if (!gbl_resv_get) {
folio_set_hugetlb_restore_reserve(folio);
h->resv_huge_pages--;
}
@@ -3022,13 +3022,10 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd(idx, pages_per_huge_page(h),
h_cg_rsvd);
out_subpool_put:
- /*
- * put page to subpool iff the quota of subpool's rsv_hpages is used
- * during hugepage_subpool_get_pages.
- */
- if (map_chg && !gbl_chg) {
- gbl_reserve = hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
- hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_reserve);
+ if (map_chg) {
+ long gbl_resv_put = hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
+
+ hugetlb_acct_memory(h, gbl_resv_get - gbl_resv_put);
}



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