[PATCH RFC 9/9] mm/huge_memory: unify the migration and device private PTE loops
From: Yin Tirui
Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 14:38:32 EST
When splitting a huge PMD into non-present PTEs, one loop installs
migration entries while the other installs device private entries. They
differ only in the leaf entry they build. Build the entry in
split_pmd_make_softleaf() and use one loop.
Freezing still installs migration entries even for a device private
mapping, as before.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Yin Tirui <yintirui@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index fdb751a1e525..8e0fd11da3d7 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3245,6 +3245,42 @@ static bool split_huge_pmd_anon_rmap(const struct split_pmd_state *state,
return false;
}
+/*
+ * Build the leaf entry for the PTE entry describing @pfn, for a huge PMD entry
+ * which is not restored as a present mapping.
+ */
+static softleaf_t split_pmd_make_softleaf(const struct split_pmd_state *state,
+ unsigned long pfn)
+{
+ softleaf_t entry;
+
+ if (state->is_device_private && !state->freeze) {
+ /*
+ * anon_exclusive was already propagated to the pages backing
+ * the PTE entries by split_huge_pmd_anon_rmap(), and accessed
+ * and dirty bits are not propagated via device private
+ * entries.
+ */
+ if (state->write)
+ return make_writable_device_private_entry(pfn);
+ return make_readable_device_private_entry(pfn);
+ }
+
+ if (state->write)
+ entry = make_writable_migration_entry(pfn);
+ else if (state->anon_exclusive)
+ entry = make_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(pfn);
+ else
+ entry = make_readable_migration_entry(pfn);
+
+ if (state->young)
+ entry = make_migration_entry_young(entry);
+ if (state->dirty)
+ entry = make_migration_entry_dirty(entry);
+
+ return entry;
+}
+
/*
* Replace an anonymous huge PMD entry with a page table mapping the same
* folio at PTE granularity.
@@ -3281,53 +3317,14 @@ static void split_huge_pmd_to_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* Note that NUMA hinting access restrictions are not transferred to
* avoid any possibility of altering permissions across VMAs.
*/
- if (state->freeze ||
- (!state->is_present && !state->is_device_private)) {
- pte_t entry;
- swp_entry_t swp_entry;
-
- for (i = 0, addr = haddr; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
- if (state->write)
- swp_entry = make_writable_migration_entry(
- page_to_pfn(page + i));
- else if (state->anon_exclusive)
- swp_entry = make_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(
- page_to_pfn(page + i));
- else
- swp_entry = make_readable_migration_entry(
- page_to_pfn(page + i));
- if (state->young)
- swp_entry = make_migration_entry_young(swp_entry);
- if (state->dirty)
- swp_entry = make_migration_entry_dirty(swp_entry);
- entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
- if (state->soft_dirty)
- entry = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(entry);
- if (state->uffd)
- entry = pte_swp_mkuffd(entry);
- VM_WARN_ON(!pte_none(ptep_get(pte + i)));
- set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte + i, entry);
- }
- } else if (state->is_device_private) {
- pte_t entry;
- swp_entry_t swp_entry;
+ if (state->freeze || !state->is_present) {
+ for (i = 0, addr = haddr; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+ i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ const unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page + i);
+ const softleaf_t leaf =
+ split_pmd_make_softleaf(state, pfn);
+ pte_t entry = softleaf_to_pte(leaf);
- for (i = 0, addr = haddr; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
- /*
- * anon_exclusive was already propagated to the relevant
- * pages corresponding to the pte entries when freeze
- * is false.
- */
- if (state->write)
- swp_entry = make_writable_device_private_entry(
- page_to_pfn(page + i));
- else
- swp_entry = make_readable_device_private_entry(
- page_to_pfn(page + i));
- /*
- * Young and dirty bits are not progated via swp_entry
- */
- entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
if (state->soft_dirty)
entry = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(entry);
if (state->uffd)
--
2.34.1