[PATCH v2 3/3] mm/mempolicy: skip zone device folios when queueing folios

From: Gregory Price

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 18:11:13 EST


queue_folios_pte_range() already pairs vm_normal_folio() with an
explicit folio_is_zone_device() check before adding folios to the
migration pagelist.

vm_normal_folio() alone does not reject zone device memory (a present
device-coherent page in a normal VMA is returned as "normal").

Mirror the explicit check in queue_folios_pmd() as well.

queue_folios_pmd() uses pmd_folio() directly and can encounter a present
zone device PMD - e.g. a device-coherent THP.

This is not filtered by existing checks:
!pmd_present() - only rejects non-present device-private and
migration entries

vma_migratable() - excludes DAX and VM_PFNMAP.

The early return also means such a folio is no longer counted in
qp->nr_failed under MPOL_MF_STRICT. This is the same pattern used
by queue_folios_pte_range() (skipping zone device without failing).

Fixes: a30b48bf1b24 ("mm/migrate_device: implement THP migration of zone device pages")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mempolicy.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 3498a5651d50f..3418b5664dcf8 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_walk *walk)
return;
}
folio = pmd_folio(pmdval);
+ if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
+ return;
if (is_huge_zero_folio(folio)) {
walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
return;
--
2.53.0-Meta