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" checks.
During the process, the semantics of the fault path check changed in two
ways:
1) A VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED check was introduced (also added to smaps path).
2) We no longer checked if non-anonymous memory had a vm_ops->huge_fault
handler that could satisfy the fault. Previously, this check had been
done in create_huge_pud() and create_huge_pmd() routines, but after
the changes, we never reach those routines.
During the review of the above commits, it was determined that in-tree
users weren't affected by the change; most notably, since the only relevant
user (in terms of THP) of VM_MIXEDMAP or ->huge_fault is DAX, which is
explicitly approved early in approval logic. However, there is at least
one occurrence where an out-of-tree driver that used
VM_HUGEPAGE|VM_MIXEDMAP with a vm_ops->huge_fault handler, was broken.
Remove the VM_NO_KHUGEPAGED check when not in collapse path and give
any ->huge_fault handler a chance to handle the fault. Note that we
don't validate the file mode or mapping alignment, which is consistent
with the behavior before the aforementioned commits.
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>
---
Changed from v1[1]:
- [Saurabhi] Allow ->huge_fault handler to handle fault, if it exists
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAAa6QmQw+F=o6htOn=6ADD6mwvMO=Ow_67f3ifBv3GpXx9Xg_g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index eb3678360b97..cd379b2c077b 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 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;
/*
@@ -128,12 +128,15 @@ bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
!hugepage_flags_always())))
return false;
- /* Only regular file is valid */
- if (!in_pf && file_thp_enabled(vma))
- return true;
-
if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma))
- return false;
+ return in_pf ?
+ /*
+ * Trust that ->huge_fault() handlers know
+ * what they are doing in fault path.
+ */
+ !!vma->vm_ops->huge_fault :
+ /* Only regular file is valid in collapse path */
+ file_thp_enabled(vma);
if (vma_is_temporary_stack(vma))
return false;
--
2.42.0.rc1.204.g551eb34607-goog
