[PATCH v2] mm: shmem: ignore sysfs configs for shmem forced collapse
From: Baolin Wang
Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 22:13:31 EST
According to Documentation/mm/transhuge.rst, MADV_COLLAPSE is expected to
ignore any THP or mTHP interface settings.
However, after commit 26c7d8413aaf ("mm: thp: support "THPeligible" semantics
for mTHP with anonymous shmem"), performing MADV_COLLAPSE on shmem will
depend on /sys/.../hugepages-2048kB/shmem_enabled being set to "inherit"
(although that is the default), which can cause MADV_COLLAPSE to fail
unexpectedly.
Fix this by returning the result of shmem_huge_global_enabled() directly
when MADV_COLLAPSE is requested, allowing PMD-order collapse while ignoring
shmem THP/mTHP settings.
Fixes: 26c7d8413aaf ("mm: thp: support "THPeligible" semantics for mTHP with anonymous shmem")
Reported-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260908125105.1510704-7-kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v1:
- Use the correct fixes tag (per Kiryl).
- Collect reviewed tags from Kiryl, Zi and Lance. Thanks.
---
mm/shmem.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index c92ed17dbc4a..b572c60f2af8 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2049,8 +2049,11 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
global_orders = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
- /* Tmpfs huge pages allocation */
- if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma))
+ /*
+ * Tmpfs huge pages allocation or forced collapse ignores
+ * sysfs configs.
+ */
+ if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma) || shmem_huge_force)
return global_orders;
/*
--
2.47.3