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Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] mm/huge_memory: support huge zero folio in vmf_insert_folio_pmd()



On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 01:52:06PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>Just like we do for vmf_insert_page_mkwrite() -> ... ->
>insert_page_into_pte_locked() with the shared zeropage, support the
>huge zero folio in vmf_insert_folio_pmd().
>
>When (un)mapping the huge zero folio in page tables, we neither
>adjust the refcount nor the mapcount, just like for the shared zeropage.
>
>For now, the huge zero folio is not marked as special yet, although
>vm_normal_page_pmd() really wants to treat it as special. We'll change
>that next.
>
>Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> mm/huge_memory.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>index 849feacaf8064..db08c37b87077 100644
>--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>@@ -1429,9 +1429,11 @@ static vm_fault_t insert_pmd(struct vm_area_struct 
>*vma, unsigned long addr,
>       if (fop.is_folio) {
>               entry = folio_mk_pmd(fop.folio, vma->vm_page_prot);
> 
>-              folio_get(fop.folio);
>-              folio_add_file_rmap_pmd(fop.folio, &fop.folio->page, vma);
>-              add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(fop.folio), HPAGE_PMD_NR);
>+              if (!is_huge_zero_folio(fop.folio)) {
>+                      folio_get(fop.folio);
>+                      folio_add_file_rmap_pmd(fop.folio, &fop.folio->page, 
>vma);
>+                      add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(fop.folio), 
>HPAGE_PMD_NR);
>+              }

I think this is reasonable.

Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>

>       } else {
>               entry = pmd_mkhuge(pfn_pmd(fop.pfn, prot));
>               entry = pmd_mkspecial(entry);
>-- 
>2.50.1
>

-- 
Wei Yang
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