From: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com
Since the introduction of commit c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context"), which supports deferring the freeing of hugetlb pages, the allocation of contiguous memory through cma_alloc() may fail probabilistically.
In the CMA allocation process, if it is found that the CMA area is occupied by in-use hugetlb folios, these in-use hugetlb folios need to be migrated to another location. When there are no available hugetlb folios in the free hugetlb pool during the migration of in-use hugetlb folios, new folios are allocated from the buddy system. A temporary state is set on the newly allocated folio. Upon completion of the hugetlb folio migration, the temporary state is transferred from the new folios to the old folios. Normally, when the old folios with the temporary state are freed, it is directly released back to the buddy system. However, due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb pages, the PageBuddy() check fails, ultimately leading to the failure of cma_alloc().
Here is a simplified call trace illustrating the process: cma_alloc() ->__alloc_contig_migrate_range() // Migrate in-use hugetlb folios ->unmap_and_move_huge_page() ->folio_putback_hugetlb() // Free old folios ->test_pages_isolated() ->__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock() ->PageBuddy(page) // Check if the page is in buddy
To resolve this issue, we have implemented a function named wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(). This function ensures that the hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system after their migration is completed. By invoking wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() before calling PageBuddy(), we ensure that PageBuddy() will succeed.
Fixes: c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context") Signed-off-by: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org ---
V3: - adjust code and message suggested by Muchun and David
V2: - flush all folios at once suggested by David
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 5 +++++ mm/hugetlb.c | 5 +++++ mm/page_isolation.c | 10 ++++++++++ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h index 6c6546b..0c54b3a 100644 --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h @@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ bool hugetlb_bootmem_page_zones_valid(int nid, struct huge_bootmem_page *m);
int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list); int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn); +void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void); struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, bool cow_from_owner); struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask(struct hstate *h, int preferred_nid, @@ -1092,6 +1093,10 @@ static inline int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, return 0; }
+static inline void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{ +} + static inline struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, bool cow_from_owner) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index 30bc34d..b4630b3 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -2955,6 +2955,11 @@ int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn) return ret; }
+void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{ + flush_work(&free_hpage_work); +} + typedef enum { /* * For either 0/1: we checked the per-vma resv map, and one resv diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c index 8ed53ee0..b2fc526 100644 --- a/mm/page_isolation.c +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c @@ -615,6 +615,16 @@ int test_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn, int ret;
/* + * Due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb folios, the hugepage folios may + * not immediately release to the buddy system. This can cause PageBuddy() + * to fail in __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock(). To ensure that the + * hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system, we + * invoke the wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() function to wait for the + * release to complete. + */ + wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(); + + /* * Note: pageblock_nr_pages != MAX_PAGE_ORDER. Then, chunks of free * pages are not aligned to pageblock_nr_pages. * Then we just check migratetype first.
On 18.02.25 12:40, yangge1116@126.com wrote:
From: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com
Since the introduction of commit c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context"), which supports deferring the freeing of hugetlb pages, the allocation of contiguous memory through cma_alloc() may fail probabilistically.
In the CMA allocation process, if it is found that the CMA area is occupied by in-use hugetlb folios, these in-use hugetlb folios need to be migrated to another location. When there are no available hugetlb folios in the free hugetlb pool during the migration of in-use hugetlb folios, new folios are allocated from the buddy system. A temporary state is set on the newly allocated folio. Upon completion of the hugetlb folio migration, the temporary state is transferred from the new folios to the old folios. Normally, when the old folios with the temporary state are freed, it is directly released back to the buddy system. However, due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb pages, the PageBuddy() check fails, ultimately leading to the failure of cma_alloc().
Here is a simplified call trace illustrating the process: cma_alloc() ->__alloc_contig_migrate_range() // Migrate in-use hugetlb folios ->unmap_and_move_huge_page() ->folio_putback_hugetlb() // Free old folios ->test_pages_isolated() ->__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock() ->PageBuddy(page) // Check if the page is in buddy
To resolve this issue, we have implemented a function named wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(). This function ensures that the hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system after their migration is completed. By invoking wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() before calling PageBuddy(), we ensure that PageBuddy() will succeed.
Fixes: c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context") Signed-off-by: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand david@redhat.com
+void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{
- flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
BTW, I was wondering if we could optimize out some calls here by sensing if there is actually work.
In most cases, we'll never ever have to actually wait here, especially on systems without any configured hugetlb pages etc ...
It's rather a corner case that we have to wait here on most systems.
在 2025/2/18 19:45, David Hildenbrand 写道:
On 18.02.25 12:40, yangge1116@126.com wrote:
From: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com
Since the introduction of commit c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context"), which supports deferring the freeing of hugetlb pages, the allocation of contiguous memory through cma_alloc() may fail probabilistically.
In the CMA allocation process, if it is found that the CMA area is occupied by in-use hugetlb folios, these in-use hugetlb folios need to be migrated to another location. When there are no available hugetlb folios in the free hugetlb pool during the migration of in-use hugetlb folios, new folios are allocated from the buddy system. A temporary state is set on the newly allocated folio. Upon completion of the hugetlb folio migration, the temporary state is transferred from the new folios to the old folios. Normally, when the old folios with the temporary state are freed, it is directly released back to the buddy system. However, due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb pages, the PageBuddy() check fails, ultimately leading to the failure of cma_alloc().
Here is a simplified call trace illustrating the process: cma_alloc() ->__alloc_contig_migrate_range() // Migrate in-use hugetlb folios ->unmap_and_move_huge_page() ->folio_putback_hugetlb() // Free old folios ->test_pages_isolated() ->__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock() ->PageBuddy(page) // Check if the page is in buddy
To resolve this issue, we have implemented a function named wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(). This function ensures that the hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system after their migration is completed. By invoking wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() before calling PageBuddy(), we ensure that PageBuddy() will succeed.
Fixes: c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context") Signed-off-by: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand david@redhat.com
+void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{ + flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
BTW, I was wondering if we could optimize out some calls here by sensing if there is actually work.
for_each_hstate(h) { if (hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable(h)) { flush_work(&free_hpage_work); break; } } Is this adjustment okay?
In most cases, we'll never ever have to actually wait here, especially on systems without any configured hugetlb pages etc ...
It's rather a corner case that we have to wait here on most systems.
On 18.02.25 13:19, Ge Yang wrote:
在 2025/2/18 19:45, David Hildenbrand 写道:
On 18.02.25 12:40, yangge1116@126.com wrote:
From: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com
Since the introduction of commit c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context"), which supports deferring the freeing of hugetlb pages, the allocation of contiguous memory through cma_alloc() may fail probabilistically.
In the CMA allocation process, if it is found that the CMA area is occupied by in-use hugetlb folios, these in-use hugetlb folios need to be migrated to another location. When there are no available hugetlb folios in the free hugetlb pool during the migration of in-use hugetlb folios, new folios are allocated from the buddy system. A temporary state is set on the newly allocated folio. Upon completion of the hugetlb folio migration, the temporary state is transferred from the new folios to the old folios. Normally, when the old folios with the temporary state are freed, it is directly released back to the buddy system. However, due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb pages, the PageBuddy() check fails, ultimately leading to the failure of cma_alloc().
Here is a simplified call trace illustrating the process: cma_alloc() ->__alloc_contig_migrate_range() // Migrate in-use hugetlb folios ->unmap_and_move_huge_page() ->folio_putback_hugetlb() // Free old folios ->test_pages_isolated() ->__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock() ->PageBuddy(page) // Check if the page is in buddy
To resolve this issue, we have implemented a function named wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(). This function ensures that the hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system after their migration is completed. By invoking wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() before calling PageBuddy(), we ensure that PageBuddy() will succeed.
Fixes: c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context") Signed-off-by: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand david@redhat.com
+void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{ + flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
BTW, I was wondering if we could optimize out some calls here by sensing if there is actually work.
for_each_hstate(h) { if (hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable(h)) { flush_work(&free_hpage_work); break;> } } Is this adjustment okay?
I think that's better, except that it would still trigger in scenarios where hugetlb is completely unused if CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP is around.
Can't we check hpage_freelist?
if (llist_empty(&hpage_freelist)) return; flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
It should be able to deal with races (we don't care if something is getting added concurrently, only if there is something right now).
在 2025/2/19 1:22, David Hildenbrand 写道:
On 18.02.25 13:19, Ge Yang wrote:
在 2025/2/18 19:45, David Hildenbrand 写道:
On 18.02.25 12:40, yangge1116@126.com wrote:
From: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com
Since the introduction of commit c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context"), which supports deferring the freeing of hugetlb pages, the allocation of contiguous memory through cma_alloc() may fail probabilistically.
In the CMA allocation process, if it is found that the CMA area is occupied by in-use hugetlb folios, these in-use hugetlb folios need to be migrated to another location. When there are no available hugetlb folios in the free hugetlb pool during the migration of in-use hugetlb folios, new folios are allocated from the buddy system. A temporary state is set on the newly allocated folio. Upon completion of the hugetlb folio migration, the temporary state is transferred from the new folios to the old folios. Normally, when the old folios with the temporary state are freed, it is directly released back to the buddy system. However, due to the deferred freeing of hugetlb pages, the PageBuddy() check fails, ultimately leading to the failure of cma_alloc().
Here is a simplified call trace illustrating the process: cma_alloc() ->__alloc_contig_migrate_range() // Migrate in-use hugetlb folios ->unmap_and_move_huge_page() ->folio_putback_hugetlb() // Free old folios ->test_pages_isolated() ->__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock() ->PageBuddy(page) // Check if the page is in buddy
To resolve this issue, we have implemented a function named wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(). This function ensures that the hugetlb folios are properly released back to the buddy system after their migration is completed. By invoking wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios() before calling PageBuddy(), we ensure that PageBuddy() will succeed.
Fixes: c77c0a8ac4c52 ("mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context") Signed-off-by: Ge Yang yangge1116@126.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand david@redhat.com
+void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void) +{ + flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
BTW, I was wondering if we could optimize out some calls here by sensing if there is actually work.
for_each_hstate(h) { if (hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable(h)) { flush_work(&free_hpage_work); break;> } } Is this adjustment okay?
I think that's better, except that it would still trigger in scenarios where hugetlb is completely unused if CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP is around.
Can't we check hpage_freelist?
if (llist_empty(&hpage_freelist)) return; flush_work(&free_hpage_work);
Ok, thanks.
It should be able to deal with races (we don't care if something is getting added concurrently, only if there is something right now).
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