The patch titled Subject: mm/hugetlb: fix excessive IPI broadcasts when unsharing PMD tables using mmu_gather has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather.patch

This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches...

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days

------------------------------------------------------ From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" david@kernel.org Subject: mm/hugetlb: fix excessive IPI broadcasts when unsharing PMD tables using mmu_gather Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 22:35:58 +0100

As reported, ever since commit 1013af4f585f ("mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race") we can end up in some situations where we perform so many IPI broadcasts when unsharing hugetlb PMD page tables that it severely regresses some workloads.

In particular, when we fork()+exit(), or when we munmap() a large area backed by many shared PMD tables, we perform one IPI broadcast per unshared PMD table.

There are two optimizations to be had:

(1) When we process (unshare) multiple such PMD tables, such as during exit(), it is sufficient to send a single IPI broadcast (as long as we respect locking rules) instead of one per PMD table.

Locking prevents that any of these PMD tables could get reuse before we drop the lock.

(2) When we are not the last sharer (> 2 users including us), there is no need to send the IPI broadcast. The shared PMD tables cannot become exclusive (fully unshared) before an IPI will be broadcasted by the last sharer.

Concurrent GUP-fast could walk into a PMD table just before we unshared it. It could then succeed in grabbing a page from the shared page table even after munmap() etc succeeded (and supressed an IPI). But there is not difference compared to GUP-fast just sleeping for a while after grabbing the page and re-enabling IRQs.

Most importantly, GUP-fast will never walk into page tables that are no-longer shared, because the last sharer will issue an IPI broadcast.

(if ever required, checking whether the PUD changed in GUP-fast after grabbing the page like we do in the PTE case could handle this)

So let's rework PMD sharing TLB flushing + IPI sync to use the mmu_gather infrastructure so we can implement these optimizations and demystify the code at least a bit. Extend the mmu_gather infrastructure to be able to deal with our special hugetlb PMD table sharing implementation.

We'll consolidate the handling for (full) unsharing of PMD tables in tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc() and tlb_flush_unshared_tables(), and track in "struct mmu_gather" whether we had (full) unsharing of PMD tables.

Because locking is very special (concurrent unsharing+reuse must be prevented), we disallow deferring flushing to tlb_finish_mmu() and instead require an explicit earlier call to tlb_flush_unshared_tables().

From hugetlb code, we call huge_pmd_unshare_flush() where we make sure that the expected lock protecting us from concurrent unsharing+reuse is still held.

Check with a VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() in tlb_finish_mmu() that tlb_flush_unshared_tables() was properly called earlier.

Document it all properly.

Notes about tlb_remove_table_sync_one() interaction with unsharing:

There are two fairly tricky things:

(1) tlb_remove_table_sync_one() is a NOP on architectures without CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE.

Here, the assumption is that the previous TLB flush would send an IPI to all relevant CPUs. Careful: some architectures like x86 only send IPIs to all relevant CPUs when tlb->freed_tables is set.

The relevant architectures should be selecting MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE, but x86 might not do that in stable kernels and it might have been problematic before this patch.

Also, the arch flushing behavior (independent of IPIs) is different when tlb->freed_tables is set. Do we have to enlighten them to also take care of tlb->unshared_tables? So far we didn't care, so hopefully we are fine. Of course, we could be setting tlb->freed_tables as well, but that might then unnecessarily flush too much, because the semantics of tlb->freed_tables are a bit fuzzy.

This patch changes nothing in this regard.

(2) tlb_remove_table_sync_one() is not a NOP on architectures with CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE that actually don't need a sync.

Take x86 as an example: in the common case (!pv, !X86_FEATURE_INVLPGB) we still issue IPIs during TLB flushes and don't actually need the second tlb_remove_table_sync_one().

This optimized can be implemented on top of this, by checking e.g., in tlb_remove_table_sync_one() whether we really need IPIs. But as described in (1), it really must honor tlb->freed_tables then to send IPIs to all relevant CPUs.

Further note that the ptdesc_pmd_pts_dec() in huge_pmd_share() is not a concern, as we are holding the i_mmap_lock the whole time, preventing concurrent unsharing. That ptdesc_pmd_pts_dec() usage will be removed separately as a cleanup later.

There are plenty more cleanups to be had, but they have to wait until this is fixed.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251205213558.2980480-5-david@kernel.org Fixes: 1013af4f585f ("mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race") Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) david@kernel.org Reported-by: Uschakow, Stanislav" suschako@amazon.de Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4d3878531c76479d9f8ca9789dc6485d@amazon.de/ Tested-by: Laurence Oberman loberman@redhat.com Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" aneesh.kumar@kernel.org Cc: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de Cc: Jann Horn jannh@google.com Cc: Liam Howlett liam.howlett@oracle.com Cc: Liu Shixin liushixin2@huawei.com Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Cc: Nadav Amit nadav.amit@gmail.com Cc: Nicholas Piggin npiggin@gmail.com Cc: Oscar Salvador osalvador@suse.de Cc: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Cc: Prakash Sangappa prakash.sangappa@oracle.com Cc: Rik van Riel riel@surriel.com Cc: Vlastimil Babka vbabka@suse.cz Cc: Will Deacon will@kernel.org Cc: Lance Yang lance.yang@linux.dev Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org ---

include/asm-generic/tlb.h | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/hugetlb.h | 19 +++-- mm/hugetlb.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- mm/mmu_gather.c | 6 + mm/mprotect.c | 2 mm/rmap.c | 25 +++++-- 6 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

--- a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h @@ -364,6 +364,17 @@ struct mmu_gather { unsigned int vma_huge : 1; unsigned int vma_pfn : 1;

+ /* + * Did we unshare (unmap) any shared page tables? + */ + unsigned int unshared_tables : 1; + + /* + * Did we unshare any page tables such that they are now exclusive + * and could get reused+modified by the new owner? + */ + unsigned int fully_unshared_tables : 1; + unsigned int batch_count;

#ifndef CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER @@ -400,6 +411,7 @@ static inline void __tlb_reset_range(str tlb->cleared_pmds = 0; tlb->cleared_puds = 0; tlb->cleared_p4ds = 0; + tlb->unshared_tables = 0; /* * Do not reset mmu_gather::vma_* fields here, we do not * call into tlb_start_vma() again to set them if there is an @@ -484,7 +496,7 @@ static inline void tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly * these bits. */ if (!(tlb->freed_tables || tlb->cleared_ptes || tlb->cleared_pmds || - tlb->cleared_puds || tlb->cleared_p4ds)) + tlb->cleared_puds || tlb->cleared_p4ds || tlb->unshared_tables)) return;

tlb_flush(tlb); @@ -773,6 +785,61 @@ static inline bool huge_pmd_needs_flush( } #endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PMD_PAGE_TABLE_SHARING +static inline void tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct ptdesc *pt, + unsigned long addr) +{ + /* + * The caller must make sure that concurrent unsharing + exclusive + * reuse is impossible until tlb_flush_unshared_tables() was called. + */ + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(pt)); + ptdesc_pmd_pts_dec(pt); + + /* Clearing a PUD pointing at a PMD table with PMD leaves. */ + tlb_flush_pmd_range(tlb, addr & PUD_MASK, PUD_SIZE); + + /* + * If the page table is now exclusively owned, we fully unshared + * a page table. + */ + if (!ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(pt)) + tlb->fully_unshared_tables = true; + tlb->unshared_tables = true; +} + +static inline void tlb_flush_unshared_tables(struct mmu_gather *tlb) +{ + /* + * As soon as the caller drops locks to allow for reuse of + * previously-shared tables, these tables could get modified and + * even reused outside of hugetlb context. So flush the TLB now. + * + * Note that we cannot defer the flush to a later point even if we are + * not the last sharer of the page table. + */ + if (tlb->unshared_tables) + tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb); + + /* + * Similarly, we must make sure that concurrent GUP-fast will not + * walk previously-shared page tables that are getting modified+reused + * elsewhere. So broadcast an IPI to wait for any concurrent GUP-fast. + * + * We only perform this when we are the last sharer of a page table, + * as the IPI will reach all CPUs: any GUP-fast. + * + * Note that on configs where tlb_remove_table_sync_one() is a NOP, + * the expectation is that the tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly() would have issued + * required IPIs already for us. + */ + if (tlb->fully_unshared_tables) { + tlb_remove_table_sync_one(); + tlb->fully_unshared_tables = false; + } +} +#endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PMD_PAGE_TABLE_SHARING */ + #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */

#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC__TLB_H */ --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h @@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct * pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz); unsigned long hugetlb_mask_last_page(struct hstate *h); -int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep); +int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep); +void huge_pmd_unshare_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma); void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);

@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ void hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(struct vm_ int hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma); void hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma); void hugetlb_vma_lock_release(struct kref *kref); -long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, +long hugetlb_change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags); void hugetlb_unshare_all_pmds(struct vm_area_struct *vma); @@ -300,13 +301,17 @@ static inline struct address_space *huge return NULL; }

-static inline int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, - struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) +static inline int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mmu_gather *tlb, + struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) { return 0; }

+static inline void huge_pmd_unshare_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb, + struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ +} + static inline void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible( struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) @@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ static inline void move_hugetlb_state(st { }

-static inline long hugetlb_change_protection( +static inline long hugetlb_change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags) --- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -5096,8 +5096,9 @@ int move_hugetlb_page_tables(struct vm_a unsigned long last_addr_mask; pte_t *src_pte, *dst_pte; struct mmu_notifier_range range; - bool shared_pmd = false; + struct mmu_gather tlb;

+ tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm); mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, mm, old_addr, old_end); adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, &range.start, &range.end); @@ -5122,12 +5123,12 @@ int move_hugetlb_page_tables(struct vm_a if (huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(mm, old_addr, src_pte))) continue;

- if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, old_addr, src_pte)) { - shared_pmd = true; + if (huge_pmd_unshare(&tlb, vma, old_addr, src_pte)) { old_addr |= last_addr_mask; new_addr |= last_addr_mask; continue; } + tlb_remove_huge_tlb_entry(h, &tlb, src_pte, old_addr);

dst_pte = huge_pte_alloc(mm, new_vma, new_addr, sz); if (!dst_pte) @@ -5136,13 +5137,13 @@ int move_hugetlb_page_tables(struct vm_a move_huge_pte(vma, old_addr, new_addr, src_pte, dst_pte, sz); }

- if (shared_pmd) - flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, range.start, range.end); - else - flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, old_end - len, old_end); + tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(&tlb); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(&tlb, vma); + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range); i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping); hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);

return len + old_addr - old_end; } @@ -5161,7 +5162,6 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_g unsigned long sz = huge_page_size(h); bool adjust_reservation; unsigned long last_addr_mask; - bool force_flush = false;

WARN_ON(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)); BUG_ON(start & ~huge_page_mask(h)); @@ -5184,10 +5184,8 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_g }

ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep); - if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, ptep)) { + if (huge_pmd_unshare(tlb, vma, address, ptep)) { spin_unlock(ptl); - tlb_flush_pmd_range(tlb, address & PUD_MASK, PUD_SIZE); - force_flush = true; address |= last_addr_mask; continue; } @@ -5303,14 +5301,7 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_g } tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma);

- /* - * There is nothing protecting a previously-shared page table that we - * unshared through huge_pmd_unshare() from getting freed after we - * release i_mmap_rwsem, so flush the TLB now. If huge_pmd_unshare() - * succeeded, flush the range corresponding to the pud. - */ - if (force_flush) - tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(tlb, vma); }

void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma, @@ -6399,7 +6390,7 @@ out_release_nounlock: } #endif /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */

-long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, +long hugetlb_change_protection(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags) { @@ -6409,7 +6400,6 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm pte_t pte; struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma); long pages = 0, psize = huge_page_size(h); - bool shared_pmd = false; struct mmu_notifier_range range; unsigned long last_addr_mask; bool uffd_wp = cp_flags & MM_CP_UFFD_WP; @@ -6452,7 +6442,7 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm } } ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep); - if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, ptep)) { + if (huge_pmd_unshare(tlb, vma, address, ptep)) { /* * When uffd-wp is enabled on the vma, unshare * shouldn't happen at all. Warn about it if it @@ -6461,7 +6451,6 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm WARN_ON_ONCE(uffd_wp || uffd_wp_resolve); pages++; spin_unlock(ptl); - shared_pmd = true; address |= last_addr_mask; continue; } @@ -6522,22 +6511,16 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm pte = huge_pte_clear_uffd_wp(pte); huge_ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, address, ptep, old_pte, pte); pages++; + tlb_remove_huge_tlb_entry(h, tlb, ptep, address); }

next: spin_unlock(ptl); cond_resched(); } - /* - * There is nothing protecting a previously-shared page table that we - * unshared through huge_pmd_unshare() from getting freed after we - * release i_mmap_rwsem, so flush the TLB now. If huge_pmd_unshare() - * succeeded, flush the range corresponding to the pud. - */ - if (shared_pmd) - flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, range.start, range.end); - else - flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, start, end); + + tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(tlb, vma); /* * No need to call mmu_notifier_arch_invalidate_secondary_tlbs() we are * downgrading page table protection not changing it to point to a new @@ -6904,18 +6887,27 @@ out: return pte; }

-/* - * unmap huge page backed by shared pte. +/** + * huge_pmd_unshare - Unmap a pmd table if it is shared by multiple users + * @tlb: the current mmu_gather. + * @vma: the vma covering the pmd table. + * @addr: the address we are trying to unshare. + * @ptep: pointer into the (pmd) page table. + * + * Called with the page table lock held, the i_mmap_rwsem held in write mode + * and the hugetlb vma lock held in write mode. * - * Called with page table lock held. + * Note: The caller must call huge_pmd_unshare_flush() before dropping the + * i_mmap_rwsem. * - * returns: 1 successfully unmapped a shared pte page - * 0 the underlying pte page is not shared, or it is the last user + * Returns: 1 if it was a shared PMD table and it got unmapped, or 0 if it + * was not a shared PMD table. */ -int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) +int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) { unsigned long sz = huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma)); + struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr); p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr); pud_t *pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr); @@ -6927,18 +6919,36 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *m i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma); pud_clear(pud); - /* - * Once our caller drops the rmap lock, some other process might be - * using this page table as a normal, non-hugetlb page table. - * Wait for pending gup_fast() in other threads to finish before letting - * that happen. - */ - tlb_remove_table_sync_one(); - ptdesc_pmd_pts_dec(virt_to_ptdesc(ptep)); + + tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc(tlb, virt_to_ptdesc(ptep), addr); + mm_dec_nr_pmds(mm); return 1; }

+/* + * huge_pmd_unshare_flush - Complete a sequence of huge_pmd_unshare() calls + * @tlb: the current mmu_gather. + * @vma: the vma covering the pmd table. + * + * Perform necessary TLB flushes or IPI broadcasts to synchronize PMD table + * unsharing with concurrent page table walkers (TLB, GUP-fast, etc.). + * + * This function must be called after a sequence of huge_pmd_unshare() + * calls while still holding the i_mmap_rwsem. + */ +void huge_pmd_unshare_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ + /* + * We must synchronize page table unsharing such that nobody will + * try reusing a previously-shared page table while it might still + * be in use by previous sharers (TLB, GUP_fast). + */ + i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); + + tlb_flush_unshared_tables(tlb); +} + #else /* !CONFIG_HUGETLB_PMD_PAGE_TABLE_SHARING */

pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, @@ -6947,12 +6957,16 @@ pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct * return NULL; }

-int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) +int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep) { return 0; }

+void huge_pmd_unshare_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ +} + void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) { @@ -7219,6 +7233,7 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct unsigned long sz = huge_page_size(h); struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; struct mmu_notifier_range range; + struct mmu_gather tlb; unsigned long address; spinlock_t *ptl; pte_t *ptep; @@ -7229,6 +7244,7 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct if (start >= end) return;

+ tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm); flush_cache_range(vma, start, end); /* * No need to call adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(), because @@ -7248,10 +7264,10 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct if (!ptep) continue; ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep); - huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, ptep); + huge_pmd_unshare(&tlb, vma, address, ptep); spin_unlock(ptl); } - flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, start, end); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(&tlb, vma); if (take_locks) { i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); @@ -7261,6 +7277,7 @@ static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct * Documentation/mm/mmu_notifier.rst. */ mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); }

/* --- a/mm/mmu_gather.c~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/mm/mmu_gather.c @@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ void tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm(struct mmu_ga void tlb_finish_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb) { /* + * We expect an earlier huge_pmd_unshare_flush() call to sort this out, + * due to complicated locking requirements with page table unsharing. + */ + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(tlb->fully_unshared_tables); + + /* * If there are parallel threads are doing PTE changes on same range * under non-exclusive lock (e.g., mmap_lock read-side) but defer TLB * flush by batching, one thread may end up seeing inconsistent PTEs --- a/mm/mprotect.c~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/mm/mprotect.c @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ long change_protection(struct mmu_gather #endif

if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) - pages = hugetlb_change_protection(vma, start, end, newprot, + pages = hugetlb_change_protection(tlb, vma, start, end, newprot, cp_flags); else pages = change_protection_range(tlb, vma, start, end, newprot, --- a/mm/rmap.c~mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather +++ a/mm/rmap.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ #include <linux/mm_inline.h> #include <linux/oom.h>

-#include <asm/tlbflush.h> +#include <asm/tlb.h>

#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/events/migrate.h> @@ -2008,13 +2008,17 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct foli * if unsuccessful. */ if (!anon) { + struct mmu_gather tlb; + VM_BUG_ON(!(flags & TTU_RMAP_LOCKED)); if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma)) goto walk_abort; - if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, pvmw.pte)) { + + tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm); + if (huge_pmd_unshare(&tlb, vma, address, pvmw.pte)) { hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); - flush_tlb_range(vma, - range.start, range.end); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(&tlb, vma); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); /* * The PMD table was unmapped, * consequently unmapping the folio. @@ -2022,6 +2026,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct foli goto walk_done; } hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); } pteval = huge_ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, pvmw.pte); if (pte_dirty(pteval)) @@ -2398,17 +2403,20 @@ static bool try_to_migrate_one(struct fo * fail if unsuccessful. */ if (!anon) { + struct mmu_gather tlb; + VM_BUG_ON(!(flags & TTU_RMAP_LOCKED)); if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma)) { page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw); ret = false; break; } - if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, vma, address, pvmw.pte)) { - hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); - flush_tlb_range(vma, - range.start, range.end);

+ tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm); + if (huge_pmd_unshare(&tlb, vma, address, pvmw.pte)) { + hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); + huge_pmd_unshare_flush(&tlb, vma); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); /* * The PMD table was unmapped, * consequently unmapping the folio. @@ -2417,6 +2425,7 @@ static bool try_to_migrate_one(struct fo break; } hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma); + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); } /* Nuke the hugetlb page table entry */ pteval = huge_ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, pvmw.pte); _

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@kernel.org are

mm-hugetlb-fix-hugetlb_pmd_shared.patch mm-hugetlb-fix-two-comments-related-to-huge_pmd_unshare.patch mm-rmap-fix-two-comments-related-to-huge_pmd_unshare.patch mm-hugetlb-fix-excessive-ipi-broadcasts-when-unsharing-pmd-tables-using-mmu_gather.patch