Hi all,
This patchset improves several folio split related functions to avoid
future misuse. The changes are:
1. Consolidated folio splittable checks by moving truncated folio check,
huge zero folio check, and writeback folio check into
folio_split_supported(). Changed the function return type. Renamed it
to folio_check_splittable() for clarification.
2. Replaced can_split_folio() with open coded folio_expected_ref_count()
and folio_ref_count() and introduced folio_cache_ref_count().
3. Changed min_order_for_split() to always return an order.
4. Fixed folio split stats counting.
Motivation
===
This is based on Wei's observation[1] and solves several potential
issues:
1. Dereferencing NULL folio->mapping in try_folio_split_to_order() if it
is called on truncated folios.
2. Not handling of negative return value of min_order_for_split() in
mm/memory-failure.c
There is no bug in the current code.
The code is based on latest mm-new with V2 reverted and can replace V2
cleanly on mm-new branch.
Changelog
===
From V3[4]:
1. Reordered conditions when checking truncated shmem or to-be-anon folios.
2. Removed expected_refs.
From V2[3]:
1. Removed "bool warns" parameter from folio_check_splittable().
2. Removed all warnings in folio_check_splittable() and added a single
warning in its caller, __folio_split() instead.
3. Spelled out in the comment in folio_check_splittable() that folios
without a mapping in the swapcache can be shmem or to-be-anon folios.
4. Renamed folio_cache_references to folio_cache_ref_count.
5. Removed extra_pins variable.
6. Replaced folio_expected_ref_count() with folio_cache_ref_count() for
folio_ref_unfreeze() uses in __folio_freeze_and_split_unmapped(),
since they are equivalent at those call sites.
From RFC[2]:
1. Renamed folio_split_supported() to folio_check_splittable(), changed
its return type from bool to int to return error code directly, and
added kernel-doc.
2. Moved truncated folio check, zero huge folio check, and writeback
check in folio_check_splittable().
3. Changed zero huge folio check's error number from -EBUSY to -EINVAL.
4. Replaced can_split_folio() with open code.
5. Changed min_order_for_split() to return 0 for truncated folio instead
of -EBUSY and added kernel-doc.
6. Fixed folio split stats counting.
Comments and feedbacks are welcome.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251120004735.52z7r4xmogw7mbsj@master/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251120035953.1115736-1-ziy@nvidia.com/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251122025529.1562592-1-ziy@nvidia.com/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251126035008.1919461-1-ziy@nvidia.com/ [4]
Zi Yan (4):
mm/huge_memory: change folio_split_supported() to
folio_check_splittable()
mm/huge_memory: replace can_split_folio() with direct refcount
calculation
mm/huge_memory: make min_order_for_split() always return an order
mm/huge_memory: fix folio split stats counting
include/linux/huge_mm.h | 13 ++--
mm/huge_memory.c | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
mm/vmscan.c | 3 +-
3 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
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2.51.0