RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] mm/thp: fix "mm: thp: kill __transhuge_page_enabled()"

[Saurabh Singh Sengar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 2:31 AM
> To: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] mm/thp: fix "mm: thp: kill
> __transhuge_page_enabled()"
> 
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> The 6.0 commits:
> 
> commit 9fec51689ff6 ("mm: thp: kill transparent_hugepage_active()") commit
> 7da4e2cb8b1f ("mm: thp: kill __transhuge_page_enabled()")
> 
> merged "can we have THPs in this VMA?" logic that was previously done
> separately by fault-path, khugepaged, and smaps "THPeligible".
> 
> During the process, the check on VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED from the
> khugepaged path was accidentally added to fault and smaps paths.  Certainly
> the previous behavior for fault should be restored, and since smaps should
> report the union of THP eligibility for fault and khugepaged, also opt smaps
> out of this constraint.
> 
> Fixes: 7da4e2cb8b1f ("mm: thp: kill __transhuge_page_enabled()")
> Reported-by: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index
> eb3678360b97..e098c26d5e2e 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct
> *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
>                 return in_pf;
> 
>         /*
> -        * Special VMA and hugetlb VMA.
> +        * khugepaged check for special VMA and hugetlb VMA.
>          * Must be checked after dax since some dax mappings may have
>          * VM_MIXEDMAP set.
>          */
> -       if (vm_flags & VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED)
> +       if (!in_pf && !smaps && (vm_flags & VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED))
>                 return false;
> 
>         /*
> --
> 2.41.0.694.ge786442a9b-goog

Thanks for the patch, I realized with the commit 9fec51689ff60,
!vma_is_anonymous restriction is also introduced. To make fault path
work same as before we need relaxation for this check as well. Can we
add the below as will in this patch:

-       if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma))
+       if (!is_pf && !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
                return false;

- Saurabh