[RFC 03/11] mm/thp: zone_device awareness in THP handling code
Alistair Popple
apopple at nvidia.com
Wed Jul 9 06:06:09 UTC 2025
On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 04:10:55PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 06.03.25 05:42, Balbir Singh wrote:
> > Make THP handling code in the mm subsystem for THP pages
> > aware of zone device pages. Although the code is
> > designed to be generic when it comes to handling splitting
> > of pages, the code is designed to work for THP page sizes
> > corresponding to HPAGE_PMD_NR.
> >
> > Modify page_vma_mapped_walk() to return true when a zone
> > device huge entry is present, enabling try_to_migrate()
> > and other code migration paths to appropriately process the
> > entry
> >
> > pmd_pfn() does not work well with zone device entries, use
> > pfn_pmd_entry_to_swap() for checking and comparison as for
> > zone device entries.
> >
> > try_to_map_to_unused_zeropage() does not apply to zone device
> > entries, zone device entries are ignored in the call.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs at nvidia.com>
> > ---
> > mm/huge_memory.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> > mm/migrate.c | 2 +
> > mm/page_vma_mapped.c | 10 +++
> > mm/rmap.c | 19 +++++-
> > 4 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > index 826bfe907017..d8e018d1bdbd 100644
> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > @@ -2247,10 +2247,17 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > } else if (thp_migration_supported()) {
> > swp_entry_t entry;
> > - VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_migration_entry(orig_pmd));
> > entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(orig_pmd);
> > folio = pfn_swap_entry_folio(entry);
> > flush_needed = 0;
> > +
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd) &&
> > + !folio_is_device_private(folio));
>
> Convert that to a VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() while you are at it.
>
> But really, check that the *pmd* is as expected (device_pritavte entry), and
> not the folio after the effects.
>
> Also, hiding all that under the thp_migration_supported() looks wrong.
>
> Likely you must clean that up first, to have something that expresses that
> we support PMD swap entries or sth like that. Not just "migration entries".
>
>
> > +
> > + if (folio_is_device_private(folio)) {
> > + folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, folio_page(folio, 0), vma);
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_mapcount(folio) < 0);
> > + }
>
>
> zap_nonpresent_ptes() does
>
> if (is_device_private_entry(entry)) {
> ...
> } else if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> ....
> }
>
> Can we adjust the same way of foing things? (yes, we might want a
> thp_migration_supported() check somewhere)
>
> > } else
> > WARN_ONCE(1, "Non present huge pmd without pmd migration enabled!");
> > @@ -2264,6 +2271,15 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> > }
> > + /*
> > + * Do a folio put on zone device private pages after
> > + * changes to mm_counter, because the folio_put() will
> > + * clean folio->mapping and the folio_test_anon() check
> > + * will not be usable.
> > + */
> > + if (folio_is_device_private(folio))
> > + folio_put(folio);
> > +
> > spin_unlock(ptl);
> > if (flush_needed)
> > tlb_remove_page_size(tlb, &folio->page, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
> > @@ -2392,7 +2408,8 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > struct folio *folio = pfn_swap_entry_folio(entry);
> > pmd_t newpmd;
> > - VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd));
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd) &&
> > + !folio_is_device_private(folio));
> > if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) {
> > /*
> > * A protection check is difficult so
> > @@ -2405,9 +2422,11 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > newpmd = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
> > if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pmd))
> > newpmd = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(newpmd);
> > - } else {
> > + } else if (is_writable_device_private_entry(entry)) {
> > + newpmd = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
> > + entry = make_device_exclusive_entry(swp_offset(entry));
> > + } else
> > newpmd = *pmd;
> > - }
> > if (uffd_wp)
> > newpmd = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpmd);
> > @@ -2860,11 +2879,12 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > struct page *page;
> > pgtable_t pgtable;
> > pmd_t old_pmd, _pmd;
> > - bool young, write, soft_dirty, pmd_migration = false, uffd_wp = false;
> > - bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false;
> > + bool young, write, soft_dirty, uffd_wp = false;
> > + bool anon_exclusive = false, dirty = false, present = false;
> > unsigned long addr;
> > pte_t *pte;
> > int i;
> > + swp_entry_t swp_entry;
> > VM_BUG_ON(haddr & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
> > VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->vm_start > haddr, vma);
> > @@ -2918,20 +2938,25 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > return __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd);
> > }
> > - pmd_migration = is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd);
> > - if (unlikely(pmd_migration)) {
> > - swp_entry_t entry;
> > + present = pmd_present(*pmd);
> > + if (unlikely(!present)) {
> > + swp_entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pmd);
> > old_pmd = *pmd;
> > - entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(old_pmd);
> > - page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
> > - write = is_writable_migration_entry(entry);
> > +
> > + folio = pfn_swap_entry_folio(swp_entry);
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!is_migration_entry(swp_entry) &&
> > + !is_device_private_entry(swp_entry));
> > + page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(swp_entry);
> > + write = is_writable_migration_entry(swp_entry);
> > +
> > if (PageAnon(page))
> > - anon_exclusive = is_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(entry);
> > - young = is_migration_entry_young(entry);
> > - dirty = is_migration_entry_dirty(entry);
> > + anon_exclusive =
> > + is_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(swp_entry);
> > soft_dirty = pmd_swp_soft_dirty(old_pmd);
> > uffd_wp = pmd_swp_uffd_wp(old_pmd);
> > + young = is_migration_entry_young(swp_entry);
> > + dirty = is_migration_entry_dirty(swp_entry);
> > } else {
> > /*
> > * Up to this point the pmd is present and huge and userland has
> > @@ -3015,30 +3040,45 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > * Note that NUMA hinting access restrictions are not transferred to
> > * avoid any possibility of altering permissions across VMAs.
> > */
> > - if (freeze || pmd_migration) {
> > + if (freeze || !present) {
> > for (i = 0, addr = haddr; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
> > pte_t entry;
> > - swp_entry_t swp_entry;
> > -
> > - if (write)
> > - swp_entry = make_writable_migration_entry(
> > - page_to_pfn(page + i));
> > - else if (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 (young)
> > - swp_entry = make_migration_entry_young(swp_entry);
> > - if (dirty)
> > - swp_entry = make_migration_entry_dirty(swp_entry);
> > - entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
> > - if (soft_dirty)
> > - entry = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(entry);
> > - if (uffd_wp)
> > - entry = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(entry);
> > -
> > + if (freeze || is_migration_entry(swp_entry)) {
> > + if (write)
> > + swp_entry = make_writable_migration_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(page + i));
> > + else if (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 (young)
> > + swp_entry = make_migration_entry_young(swp_entry);
> > + if (dirty)
> > + swp_entry = make_migration_entry_dirty(swp_entry);
> > + entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
> > + if (soft_dirty)
> > + entry = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(entry);
> > + if (uffd_wp)
> > + entry = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(entry);
> > + } else {
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!is_device_private_entry(swp_entry));
> > + if (write)
> > + swp_entry = make_writable_device_private_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(page + i));
> > + else if (anon_exclusive)
> > + swp_entry = make_device_exclusive_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(page + i));
>
> I am pretty sure this is wrong. You cannot suddenly mix in device-exclusive
> entries.
>
> And now I am confused again how device-private, anon and GUP interact.
See my comments on Balbir's v1 resend. I'm pretty sure he's just gotten mixed
up with the wonderfully confusing naming I helped create and incorrectly copied
the code for making migration entries above. GUP doesn't work for device-private
pages - it will fault which will cause the device driver to migrate the pages
back.
> > + else
> > + swp_entry = make_readable_device_private_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(page + i));
> > + entry = swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry);
> > + if (soft_dirty)
> > + entry = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(entry);
> > + if (uffd_wp)
> > + entry = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(entry);
> > + }
> > VM_WARN_ON(!pte_none(ptep_get(pte + i)));
> > set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte + i, entry);
> > }
> > @@ -3065,7 +3105,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > }
> > pte_unmap(pte);
> > - if (!pmd_migration)
> > + if (present)
> > folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, page, vma);
> > if (freeze)
> > put_page(page);
> > @@ -3077,6 +3117,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > void split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> > pmd_t *pmd, bool freeze, struct folio *folio)
> > {
> > + struct folio *pmd_folio;
> > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(folio && !folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio));
> > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE));
> > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(folio && !folio_test_locked(folio));
> > @@ -3089,7 +3130,14 @@ void split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> > */
> > if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd) ||
> > is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd)) {
> > - if (folio && folio != pmd_folio(*pmd))
> > + if (folio && !pmd_present(*pmd)) {
> > + swp_entry_t swp_entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pmd);
> > +
> > + pmd_folio = page_folio(pfn_swap_entry_to_page(swp_entry));
> > + } else {
> > + pmd_folio = pmd_folio(*pmd);
> > + }
> > + if (folio && folio != pmd_folio)
> > return;
> > __split_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pmd, address, freeze);
> > }
> > @@ -3581,11 +3629,16 @@ static int __split_unmapped_folio(struct folio *folio, int new_order,
> > folio_test_swapcache(origin_folio)) ?
> > folio_nr_pages(release) : 0));
> > + if (folio_is_device_private(release))
> > + percpu_ref_get_many(&release->pgmap->ref,
> > + (1 << new_order) - 1);
> > +
> > if (release == origin_folio)
> > continue;
> > - lru_add_page_tail(origin_folio, &release->page,
> > - lruvec, list);
> > + if (!folio_is_device_private(origin_folio))
> > + lru_add_page_tail(origin_folio, &release->page,
> > + lruvec, list);
> > /* Some pages can be beyond EOF: drop them from page cache */
> > if (release->index >= end) {
> > @@ -4625,7 +4678,10 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw,
> > return 0;
> > flush_cache_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
> > - pmdval = pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pvmw->pmd);
> > + if (!folio_is_device_private(folio))
> > + pmdval = pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pvmw->pmd);
> > + else
> > + pmdval = pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, address, pvmw->pmd);
>
> Please handle this like we handle the PTE case -- checking for pmd_present()
> instead.
>
> Avoid placing these nasty folio_is_device_private() all over the place where
> avoidable.
>
> > /* See folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pmd(): invalidate PMD first. */
> > anon_exclusive = folio_test_anon(folio) && PageAnonExclusive(page);
> > @@ -4675,6 +4731,17 @@ void remove_migration_pmd(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, struct page *new)
> > entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pvmw->pmd);
> > folio_get(folio);
> > pmde = mk_huge_pmd(new, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot));
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(folio_is_device_private(folio))) {
> > + if (pmd_write(pmde))
> > + entry = make_writable_device_private_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(new));
> > + else
> > + entry = make_readable_device_private_entry(
> > + page_to_pfn(new));
> > + pmde = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
> > + }
> > +
> > if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pvmw->pmd))
> > pmde = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmde);
> > if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry))
> > diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> > index 59e39aaa74e7..0aa1bdb711c3 100644
> > --- a/mm/migrate.c
> > +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> > @@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ static bool try_to_map_unused_to_zeropage(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw,
> > if (PageCompound(page))
> > return false;
> > + if (folio_is_device_private(folio))
> > + return false;
>
> Why is that check required when you are adding THP handling and there is a
> PageCompound check right there?
>
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page), page);
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pte_present(*pvmw->pte), page);
> > diff --git a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
> > index e463c3be934a..5dd2e51477d3 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
> > @@ -278,6 +278,16 @@ bool page_vma_mapped_walk(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
> > * cannot return prematurely, while zap_huge_pmd() has
> > * cleared *pmd but not decremented compound_mapcount().
> > */
> > + swp_entry_t entry;
> > +
> > + if (!thp_migration_supported())
> > + return not_found(pvmw);
>
> This check looks misplaced. We should follow the same model as check_pte().
>
> Checking for THP migration support when you are actually caring about
> device-private entries is weird.
>
> That is, I would expect something like
>
> } else if (is_swap_pmd(pmde)) {
> swp_entry_t entry;
>
> entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(pmde);
> if (!is_device_private_entry(entry))
> return false;
>
> ...
> }
>
> > + entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(pmde);
> > + if (is_device_private_entry(entry)) {
> > + pvmw->ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pvmw->pmd);
> > + return true;
> > + }
> > +
> > if ((pvmw->flags & PVMW_SYNC) &&
> > thp_vma_suitable_order(vma, pvmw->address,
> > PMD_ORDER) &&
> > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> > index 67bb273dfb80..67e99dc5f2ef 100644
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -2326,8 +2326,23 @@ static bool try_to_migrate_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION
> > /* PMD-mapped THP migration entry */
> > if (!pvmw.pte) {
> > - subpage = folio_page(folio,
> > - pmd_pfn(*pvmw.pmd) - folio_pfn(folio));
> > + /*
> > + * Zone device private folios do not work well with
> > + * pmd_pfn() on some architectures due to pte
> > + * inversion.
> > + */
> > + if (folio_is_device_private(folio)) {
> > + swp_entry_t entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pvmw.pmd);
> > + unsigned long pfn = swp_offset_pfn(entry);
> > +
> > + subpage = folio_page(folio, pfn
> > + - folio_pfn(folio));
> > + } else {
> > + subpage = folio_page(folio,
> > + pmd_pfn(*pvmw.pmd)
> > + - folio_pfn(folio));
> > + }
> > +
>
>
> Please follow the same model we use for PTEs.
>
> /*
> * Handle PFN swap PMDs, such as device-exclusive ones, that
> * actually map pages.
> */
> if (likely(pmd_present(...))) {
>
> }
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>
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