Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Fix for negative counter: nr_file_hugepages

From: Stefan Roesch
Date: Wed Nov 08 2023 - 12:10:23 EST



Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 10:18:05AM -0800, Stefan Roesch wrote:
>> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> @@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
>> if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio)) {
>> __lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_SHMEM_THPS,
>> -nr);
>> - } else {
>> + } else if (folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio)) {
>> __lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_THPS,
>> -nr);
>> filemap_nr_thps_dec(mapping);
>
> As I said, we also need the folio_test_pmd_mappable() for swapbacked.
> Not because there's currently a problem, but because we don't leave
> landmines for other people to trip over in future!

I'll add it in the next version.