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12 hoursMerge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git ↵David Hildenbrand (Arm)
mm-unstable into for-next Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> # Conflicts: # mm/sparse-vmemmap.c # Conflict resolution: # # diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c # index 11543f4b6304..5d7e982f94d0 100644 # --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c # +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c # @@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ # #include "mm_init.h" # #include "sparse.h" # # -<<<<<<< HEAD # -void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node) # -======= # void __ref *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node) # ->>>>>>> akpm/mm-unstable # { # /* If the main allocator is up use that, fallback to bootmem. */ # if (slab_is_available()) { # @@ -60,11 +56,7 @@ void __ref *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node) # } # return NULL; # } else # -<<<<<<< HEAD # return memmap_alloc(size, size, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), node); # -======= # - return memmap_alloc(size, size, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), node, false); # ->>>>>>> akpm/mm-unstable # } # # static void * __meminit altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size,
19 hoursDocs/mm/damon/design: document damos quota goal complement flagSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added damos quota goal metric value complement flag. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260929080113.41708-7-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
3 daysdocs/mm: describe set_memory() and set_direct_map() APIsMike Rapoport (Microsoft)
The set_memory() and set_direct_map() APIs change permissions of existing kernel mappings, but their semantics are only described by the code, and that code differs from architecture to architecture. Add Documentation/mm/kernel-page-tables.rst that briefly describes what the kernel page tables consist of, defines the semantics both APIs have in common, including the parts that are easy to get wrong, and lists the differences between the architecture implementations. Add kernel-doc comments for the generic set_memory() and set_direct_map() stubs and link them into Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst. [rppt@kernel.org: fix phrasing, per Kevin] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/arJNn2QD_pY6e14R@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260919-set-memory-docs-v2-1-a2a4b3657690@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com> Assisted-by: copilot:claude-opus Cc: "David Hildenbrand (arm)" <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
3 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: clarify bp is basis pointSJ Park
DAMON design document uses "bp" for "basis point" in multiple places. Because it is not clearly mentioned, it is difficult to understand what "bp" stands for. Add the clarification. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260917142210.90829-11-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/107dc6ba-697e-4b25-ba3e-8ce2499cac9a@infradead.org Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Zenghui Yu (Huawei) <zenghui.yu@linux.dev> Cc: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@huawei-partners.com> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Gow <davidgow@davidgow.net> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
3 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: update for hugepage_size probe filterSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added hugepage_size data attribute probe filter type. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260915143359.91472-7-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
3 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: fix typos in temporal auto-tuning algorithm sectionLiew Rui Yan
Correct incorrect references of "quota" to "goal" in the temporal auto-tuning algorithm description and fix the square bracket formatting. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260914141952.91465-7-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Gow <davidgow@davidgow.net> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lian Wang <lianux.mm@gmail.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: "Zenghui Yu (Huawei)" <zenghui.yu@linux.dev>
3 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: clarify when qt_exceeds increasesLiew Rui Yan
qt_exceeds counts how many times a scheme's quota has been exceeded. When using the temporal auto-tuning algorithm, the effective size quota becomes zero once the goal is [over-]achieved. In this case, the quotas are still set, so qt_exceeds keeps increasing once per quota reset interval while the goal stays achieved. Clarify this behavior in the design document. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260914141952.91465-6-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Gow <davidgow@davidgow.net> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lian Wang <lianux.mm@gmail.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: "Zenghui Yu (Huawei)" <zenghui.yu@linux.dev>
7 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: update for probe_hits_wsum DAMOS core filterSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added probe hits weighted sum based DAMOS core filter type. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260911135510.96914-7-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
7 daysDocumentation/mm: update DAX vmemmap deduplication docsMuchun Song
Device DAX now uses the common per-zone shared tail page for vmemmap deduplication. The old documentation still described a DAX-specific layout with a separately populated tail vmemmap page and half the HugeTLB savings. Update the generic and powerpc documentation to describe the shared layout. In the powerpc document, keep the radix and 64K-specific details, drop the duplicated 4K PUD arithmetic, and replace the repeated device-dax diagrams with a single parameterized PMD/PUD diagram. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930140627.57431-13-songmuchun@bytedance.com Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Cc: Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org> Cc: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com> Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
7 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: update for pgidle_set probe filterSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added pgidle_set probe filter type. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260910142234.171562-6-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
7 daysmm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docsLorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
Now that page tables are freed after an RCU grace period, it is safe for read-only page table walkers to walk page table ranges that are being concurrently torn down, provided the mm is kept alive via mmgrab(). It is however unsafe for writers to do so, as they must obtain an appropriate lock to do so safely. Update the pte_offset_map_lock()'s comment block to reflect this. Similarly update the process addresses documentation. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260925-rcu-pagetable-freeing-v5-12-31e91065fea4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org> Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev> Cc: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev> Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org> Cc: Brian Cain <bcain@kernel.org> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org> Cc: Simon Schuster <schuster.simon@siemens-energy.com> Cc: Jonas Bonn <jonas@southpole.se> Cc: Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@saunalahti.fi> Cc: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> Cc: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu> Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr> Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Cc: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> Cc: James Bottomley <james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
7 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: fix broken :ref: usage and a typoZenghui Yu (Huawei)
The Statistics section refers readers to the DAMON sysfs interface documentation for how to read the statistics, using a ':ref:' role. However, the role name has a superfluous 's' appended (':ref:s' instead of ':ref:'). Moreover, its target label 'sysfs_stats' does not exist; the correct label is 'sysfs_schemes_stats'. Fix both. Also fix a typo, 'frequenceis' -> 'frequencies', in the Adaptive Regions Adjustment section. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908135257.97523-1-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu (Huawei) <zenghui.yu@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
7 daysdocs/mm: ksm: use the renamed ksm structure namesKarl Mehltretter
The Reference section of ksm.rst asks mm/ksm.c for mm_slot, stable_node and rmap_item. Commit 21fbd59136e0 ("ksm: add the ksm prefix to the names of the ksm private structures") renamed them to ksm_mm_slot, ksm_stable_node and ksm_rmap_item. Since then only ksm_scan is rendered and the three structures are missing from the generated documentation. Use the current names. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260905084034.39521-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com Fixes: 21fbd59136e0 ("ksm: add the ksm prefix to the names of the ksm private structures") Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LLM
7 daysDocs/mm/damon/maintainer-profile: update AI review for Sashiko repliesSJ Park
In the past, sharing Sashiko review results was tedious. Also it was suggested to minimize the recipients on the sharing mails. Hence the AI review section of DAMON maintainer profile document was updated to give guidance about available tools for making the sharing easier, and how the recipients list should be managed. Now DAMON is onboarded [1] to Sashiko's automatic review replies feature. Sashiko directly sends its reviews as replies to the patch mail thread. It also reduces the recipients list to deliver the reporting to only the author and the mailing list. Remove the old guidance that is no more necessary but only confusing. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260902054747.99370-12-sj@kernel.org Link: https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/commit/b554c7b6e733 [1] Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Gow <davidgow@davidgow.net> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
9 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: document probe prepsSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added DAMON probe preps feature. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260901132506.99243-16-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: document pgidle_unset probe filter typeSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added pgidle_unset probe filter type. Also use a list for the types, as it becomes not very easy to read the whole types in a simple sentence. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260901132506.99243-5-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daysDocs/mm/damon/design: cocument hugepage_mem_bp target metricAsier Gutierrez
Document hugepage_mem_bp metric exposed by sysfs. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831144732.80910-4-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@huawei-partners.com> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daysdocs/mm/damon/design: fix typo of max_nr_snapshotsLiew Rui Yan
Fix a typo (nr_snapshots -> max_nr_snapshots) and corrects a grammar error. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831150227.83416-4-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daysdocs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshotsLiew Rui Yan
Explain the difference between nr_snapshots reaches max_nr_snapshots and watermarks. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831150227.83416-3-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daysdocs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics of nr_snapshotsLiew Rui Yan
Patch series "docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots", v3. Add an explanation of nr_snapshots to avoid misunderstandings. This patch (of 3): Change "tried to be applied" -> "completely tried to be applied" to maintain consistency between the documentation and the code. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831150227.83416-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831150227.83416-2-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
9 daystools/mm/page_owner_sort: add module name sort/cull/filter supportYe Liu
Page owner stack traces already contain kernel module names in the "[module]" format produced by %pS, but page_owner_sort has no way to sort, cull, or filter by module. Extract the first module name from each record's stack trace using the regex \[([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\]. Records whose stack traces contain no module frames are assigned "vmlinux". New options: -M Sort by module name --sort=mod Sort by module name (supports +/- prefix) --cull=mod Cull (aggregate) by module name --module <modlist> Filter to records matching the given module(s) The module field is also printed in cull output when relevant. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260819021611.2910835-3-ye.liu@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Liu Jing <liujing@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@uniontech.com>
2026-09-23mm/memory_hotplug: optimize zone contiguous check when changing pfn rangeYuan Liu
When move_pfn_range_to_zone() or remove_pfn_range_from_zone() updates a zone, set_zone_contiguous() rescans the entire zone pageblock-by-pageblock to rebuild zone->contiguous. For large zones this is a significant cost during memory hotplug and hot-unplug. Add a new zone member, pages_with_online_memmap, that tracks the number of pages within the zone span that have an online memory map, including present pages and memory holes whose memory map has been initialized and for which pfn_to_online_page() succeeds. For early boot memory, pages_with_online_memmap is calculated in memmap_init_zone_range(). PFNs initialized by memmap_init_range() are included in pages_with_online_memmap, and hole PFNs for which pfn_to_online_page() succeeds are also counted in init_unavailable_range(). For hotplugged memory, pages_with_online_memmap is updated through adjust_present_page_count(), which is called during memory online and offline operations. When spanned_pages == pages_with_online_memmap, every PFN in the zone span has a valid memmap entry, so pfn_to_page() can be called for any PFN within the zone span without an additional pfn_valid() check. Note: this counter may temporarily undercount when pages with an online memory map exist outside the current zone span. Such pages are only created during boot, when initializing the memory map of pages that do not fall into any zone span. The undercount itself can only happen after boot, during memory hotplug, when growing the zone to cover such pages and later shrinking it back, which may result in a "too small" value. This is safe: it merely prevents detecting a contiguous zone. Here is an example (page numbers are just for illustration purposes): after boot: [ zone span ] [ zone pages ] spanned=10, initialized=15, online=10 online == spanned -> contiguous growing after hotplug (hotplug 5): [ zone span ] [ zone pages ] [ zone pages ] spanned=30, initialized=20, online=15 online != spanned -> not contiguous shrinking after hotunplug (hotunplug 5 again): [ zone span ] [ zone pages ] spanned=15, initialized=15, online=10 online != spanned -> not contiguous although contiguous The contiguity check using pages_with_online_memmap is stricter than the old pageblock-by-pageblock scan. The old set_zone_contiguous() iterated at pageblock granularity via pageblock_pfn_to_page(), so a zone could be marked contiguous even if a subsection-sized hole existed within a pageblock. The new check requires spanned_pages == pages_with_online_memmap, meaning every PFN in the zone span must satisfy pfn_to_online_page(). The following test cases of memory hotplug for a VM [1], tested in the environment [2], show that this optimization can significantly reduce the memory hotplug time [3]. +----------------+------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | | Size | Time (before) | Time (after) | Time Reduction | | +------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | Plug Memory | 256G | 10s | 3s | 70% | | +------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | | 512G | 36s | 7s | 81% | +----------------+------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ +----------------+------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | | Size | Time (before) | Time (after) | Time Reduction | | +------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | Unplug Memory | 256G | 11s | 4s | 64% | | +------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ | | 512G | 36s | 9s | 75% | +----------------+------+---------------+--------------+----------------+ [1] Qemu commands to hotplug 256G/512G memory for a VM: object_add memory-backend-ram,id=hotmem0,size=256G/512G,share=on device_add virtio-mem-pci,id=vmem1,memdev=hotmem0,bus=port1 qom-set vmem1 requested-size 256G/512G (Plug Memory) qom-set vmem1 requested-size 0G (Unplug Memory) [2] Hardware : Intel Icelake server Guest Kernel : v7.3-rc3 Qemu : v9.0.0 Launch VM : qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm -cpu host \ -drive file=./Centos10_cloud.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=virtio \ -drive file=./seed.img,format=raw,if=virtio \ -smp 3,cores=3,threads=1,sockets=1,maxcpus=3 \ -m 2G,slots=10,maxmem=2052472M \ -device pcie-root-port,id=port1,bus=pcie.0,slot=1,multifunction=on \ -device pcie-root-port,id=port2,bus=pcie.0,slot=2 \ -nographic -machine q35 \ -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::3000-:22 Guest kernel auto-onlines newly added memory blocks: echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/auto_online_blocks [3] The time from typing the QEMU commands in [1] to when the output of 'grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo' on Guest reflects that all hotplugged memory is recognized. Reported-by: Nanhai Zou <nanhai.zou@intel.com> Reported-by: Chen Zhang <zhangchen.kidd@jd.com> Tested-by: Yuan Liu <yuan1.liu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Zeng <jason.zeng@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Pan Deng <pan.deng@intel.com> Co-developed-by: Tianyou Li <tianyou.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tianyou Li <tianyou.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Yuan Liu <yuan1.liu@intel.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260920084946.3266279-3-yuan1.liu@intel.com Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
2026-08-27Merge tag 'mm-stable-2026-08-26-15-22' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Pull more MM updates from Andrew Morton: - "mm/rmap: index MAP_PRIVATE file-backed folios by anonymous pgoff" (Lorenzo Stoakes) Index MAP_PRIVATE file-backed folios by their anonymous page offset to resolve confusion around reverse mapping for zeroed and CoW'd file-backed memory. Use this new VMA anonymous page offset tracking to eliminate index conflicts and lay the foundation for scalable CoW performance improvements. - "promote mapped executable folios after first usage for MGLRU" (Baolin Wang) Make MGLRU's protection of mapped executable file folios more reliable. Follow the classical LRU's logic, promoting mapped executable file folios after their first usage to give executable code a better chance to stay in memory and improve workload performance. - "mm: vmscan: fix node reclaim ignoring swappiness parameter" (Ridong Chen) Fix per-node proactive reclaim interface's ignoring the swappiness parameter when CONFIG_MEMCG is disabled by consolidating sc_swappiness() into a single function that checks proactive_swappiness regardless of kernel configuration. - "mm/vmscan: reduce lru_lock contention via vmstat-derived scan-balance cost" (Usama Arif) Reduce lru_lock contention in the reclaim path by deriving scan-balance costs from vmstat counters rather than lock-acquired producer updates. Read and decay these cost signals on the reclaim side under a dedicated per-lruvec lock, reducing total LRU lock wait time by over 60% without impacting scan throughput. - "zram: fix zram issues reported by sashiko" (Sergey Senozhatsky) Fix two low-risk zram bugs which Sashiko spotted in drive-by review. - "Honor XA_FLAGS_ACCOUNT in xas_split_alloc() and charge to folio's memcg" (Zi Yan) Fix xas_split_alloc() by enabling target folio memcg charging during splits and adding the missing __GFP_ACCOUNT flag for proper XArray node memory accounting. - "selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore" (Pratyush Mallick) Replace hardcoded binary names in selftests/mm/.gitignore with a generic pattern-matching rule to automatically ignore generated test files and avoid manual updates when adding new tests. - "mm/page_ext: remove pgdat_page_ext_init()" (Sang-Heon Jeon) Make the incompatibility between FLATMEM and NUMA explicit in mm/Kconfig and remove the unused pgdat_page_ext_init() function. - "zram: fix zstd error paths and add parameter validation" (Haoqin Huang) Clean up zram compression backends by removing redundant error cleanup, adding parameter and dictionary validation, auto-prefixing algorithm error logs, and resetting parameters prior to reinitialization. - "zram: fix stale scan bounds after reinitialization" (Longlong Xia) Prevent out-of-bounds slot accesses during concurrent zram resets by moving table scan bound calculations under dev_lock in writeback_store() and read_block_state(). - "add anon mTHP collapse test cases" (Baolin Wang) Extend selftests helper functions to support arbitrary page orders and add new test cases and options for mTHP collapse in khugepaged. - "selftests/mm: Handle unsupported and transient test conditions" (Muhammad Usama Anjum) Update MM selftests to report a SKIP status instead of a failure when required kernel or filesystem features are unsupported, while adding retry logic for transient page migration errors. - "mm/zswap: Fixes and improves the zswap shrink" (Hao Jia) Fix the missing zswap global shrinker when CONFIG_MEMCG is disabled and extend shrink_memcg() to support batch writeback for improved writeback efficiency. - "alloc_tag: introduce IOCTL-based filtering for MAP" (Suren Baghdasaryan) Introduce an IOCTL-based binary interface for memory allocation profiling that enables kernel-side filtering before per-CPU counter aggregation. This eliminates the text-parsing overhead of /proc/allocinfo and provides up to a 20x speedup by transferring only filtered allocation data to userspace. - "better block swap batching and a different take on swap_ops v5" (Christoph Hellwig) Refactor block swap I/O to use swap_iocb for batching instead of single-bio requests and rebase the swap_ops interface, achieving faster swap throughput during kernel builds. - "mm: kmemleak: reduce transient false positives by confirming leaks" (Catalin Marinas) Reduce false-positive kmemleak reports by combining two kmemleak enhancements that add a second confirmation scan and a configurable minimum unreferenced scan count module parameter. - "mm: kmemleak: default min_unref_scans to 2 for verbose kernels" (Breno Leitao) Auto-scanning kernels can generate false-positive memory leak reports on single scans, so this patch defaults min_unref_scans to 2 when CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_VERBOSE is enabled to require a second confirming scan. - "swap_ops updates" (Christoph Hellwig) Batching I/O for synchronous swap devices causes performance regressions and filesystem-based swap suffers from double-indirection overhead. This series resolves both issues by reintroducing per-folio writes for synchronous swap and allowing filesystems to directly export their own swap_ops. - "mm/khugepaged: several cleanups" (Nico Pache) khugepaged accumulated redundant state-checking patterns and outdated comments following mTHP integration. Introduce dedicated helpers for PTE validation and event counting while refreshing the internal documentation. - "maple_tree: lock checking and clean ups" (Liam Howlett) Syzbot reports incorrectly blame memory management exit paths for locking bugs, maple tree erase operations risk allocation failures without gfp flags and internal documentation lacks clarity. Improve lock error detection, update docs, fix race and allocation edge cases and optimize erase allocations using a fallback to GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFAIL. * tag 'mm-stable-2026-08-26-15-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (172 commits) selftests/proc: make proc-maps-race work with READ_IMPLIES_EXEC memcg: move LRU size accounting on reparenting instead of copying it mm/vmscan: fix comment logic in balance_pgdat maple_tree: add helper mas_make_walkable() maple_tree: avoid extra gap calculation maple_tree: fix argument name in header maple_tree: change two GFP flags in tests maple_tree: document erase and allocations better maple_tree: avoid mas_erase() and mtree_erase() failures maple_tree: document that erase may use GFP_KERNEL for allocations maple_tree: catch race in mas_alloc_cyclic() maple_tree: add bulk parent set helper maple_tree: micro optimisation of mas_wr_store_type() maple_tree: optimise mas_wr_node_store() when not in rcu mode maple_tree: use prefetched value in mas_wr_store_type() maple_tree: clarify comments on mas_nomem() maple_tree: drop MAPLE_ALLOC_SLOTS maple_tree: drop dead code from mas_extend_spanning_null() maple_tree: documentation fix maple_tree: add write lock checking with lockdep sequence numbers ...
2026-08-24Docs/mm: fix outdated "radix tree" in page_migrationSong Hu
Steps 7 and 9 of the migration description still say "radix tree", unlike steps 5 and 11 which already use "i_pages lock". The page cache moved to the XArray at mapping->i_pages long ago. Use "page cache tree" for the two remaining references. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260812075739.325441-1-husong@kylinos.cn Signed-off-by: Song Hu <husong@kylinos.cn> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-24alloc_tag: add ioctl to /proc/allocinfoSuren Baghdasaryan
Patch series "alloc_tag: introduce IOCTL-based filtering for MAP", v8. Currently, memory allocation profiling data is primarily exposed through /proc/allocinfo. While useful for manual inspection, this text-based interface poses challenges for production monitoring and large-scale analysis: 1. Userspace must parse large amounts of text to extract specific fields. 2. To find specific tags, userspace must read the entire dataset, requiring many context switches and high data copying. 3. The kernel currently aggregates per-CPU counters for every allocation size, even those the user intends to filter out immediately. This series introduces a new IOCTL-based binary interface for allocinfo that supports kernel-side filtering. By allowing the user to specify a filter mask, we significantly reduce the work performed in-kernel and the amount of data transferred to userspace. The IOCTL mechanism was chosen for allocinfo to address the per-CPU counter aggregation bottleneck. A traditional read() operation must report the total allocation count and sizes for every code tag in the system. Doing so requires iterating across all CPUs to sum their per-CPU counters for thousands of tags, which introduces substantial runtime overhead. The IOCTL interface allows userspace to push selective filtering criteria directly into the kernel before the per-CPU counter aggregation. The kernel aggregates per-CPU counters only for a small subset of tags that match the filter. This results in significant performance improvement. Beyond fast filtered retrieval, the IOCTL foundation allows introducing a context capture mechanism in the future to capture the context for specific allocations. Performance measurements were conducted on an Intel Xeon Platinum 8481C (224 CPUs) with caches dropped before each run. The IOCTL mechanism shows a ~20x performance improvement for filtered queries. The kernel avoids the expensive per-CPU counter aggregation (alloc_tag_read) for any tags that fail the initial string or location filters. Scenario 1: Specific File Filtering (arch/x86/events/rapl.c) 1. Traditional (cat /proc/allocinfo | grep): 22ms (sys) 2. IOCTL Interface: 1ms (sys) Scenario 2: Compound Filtering (Filename + Size) 1. Traditional: (cat ... | grep | awk): 21ms (sys) 2. IOCTL Interface: 1ms (sys) Scenario 3: Size-Based Filtering (min_size = 1MB) 1. Traditional: (cat ... | awk): 21ms (sys) 2. IOCTL Interface: 14ms (sys) This patch (of 6): Add the following ioctl commands for /proc/allocinfo file: ALLOCINFO_IOC_CONTENT_ID - gets content identifier which can be used to check whether the file content has changed specifically due to module load/unload. Every time a module is loaded / unloaded, the returned value will be different. By comparing the identifier value at the beginning and at the end of the content retrieval operation, users can validate retrieved information for consistency. ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_AT - gets the record at the specified position. This is the position of a record in /proc/allocinfo. ALLOCINFO_IOC_GET_NEXT - gets the record next to the last retrieved one. If no records were previously retrieved, returns the first record. Note, function file and module names often have the same prefixes, therefore when filtering for them, we compare the last 64 characters to minimize the chances of name collisions. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: include compat.h, per Suren] Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202607091820.qbjlGhKK-lkp@intel.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/cover.1783532853.git.abhishekbapat@google.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/15596de2607ef13e7c77c6d74763f4ae992ec475.1783532853.git.abhishekbapat@google.com Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com> Acked-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-24alloc_tag: expose boot-time compression configurationAbhishek Bapat
Currently, userspace has limited visibility into the exact active runtime state of memory allocation profiling and its page extension compression ('sysctl.vm.mem_profiling={0|1|never}[,compressed]'). While reading the sysctl provides basic on/off status, it is currently impossible for userspace to natively determine whether page-tag compression was successfully enabled without scraping dmesg boot logs. Add a new read-only sysctl representing how compression was configured at boot time. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c795f8089f82841e8a6e00d7ca286da2b23aeb7b.1785950530.git.abhishekbapat@google.com Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com> Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-24ksm: update comments and docs to reference folio->mappingHongfu Li
The KSM code already stores and checks the stable node key via folio->mapping, but the comment in ksm_get_folio() and the reverse mapping documentation in ksm.rst still refer to page->mapping. This is a pure wording update to match the folio-based implementation. No functional change is intended. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260805105927.41987-1-hongfu.li@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Xu Xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn> Reviewed-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn> Cc: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> Cc: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-24Merge tag 'slab-for-7.3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab Pull slab updates from Vlastimil Babka: - Add kfree_rcu_nolock() that can be used from contexts where spinning on a lock might be unsafe, such as a BPF program attached to an arbitrary function, or in NMI context. This complements the existing kfree_nolock() support (Harry Yoo) - Runtime instead of compile-time slabobj_ext sizing. Avoid wasting memory when memory allocation profiling is compiled but not enabled, with initial partial support to also avoid wasting memory for objcg pointers when those are not needed, while profiling is enabled (Vlastimil Babka) - Various non-urgent fixes, cleanups and optimizations (Hao Li, Hongling Zeng, Li RongQing, Li Xiasong, Seongjun Hong, Shengming Hu) * tag 'slab-for-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab: (31 commits) mm/slab, kfence, memcg: completely remove obj_ext for kfence objects mm/slab: stop allocating objcg pointers when unnecessary mm/slab: add cache_ and slab_needs_objcg() helpers mm/slab: stop exporting kvfree_rcu_barrier[_on_cache]() slub_kunit: extend the test for kfree_rcu_nolock() mm/slab: introduce kfree_rcu_nolock() mm/slab: introduce struct kvfree_rcu_head for kvfree_rcu batching mm/slab: reduce slabobj_ext memory with allocation profiling disabled mm/slab: introduce slab_obj_ext_has_codetag() mm/slab: allow kfree_rcu_sheaf() on PREEMPT_RT mm/slab: extend deferred free mechanism to handle rcu sheaves mm/slab: use call_rcu() in unknown context if irqs are enabled mm/slab: handle the !allow_spin case in kfree_rcu_sheaf() mm/slab: change struct slabobj_ext to a union mm/slab: replace slab.stride with obj_exts_in_object mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.ref access mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.objcg access mm/slab: make slab_obj_ext() determine object index mm: move struct slabobj_ext to mm/slab.h mm/slab: remove objs_per_slab() ...
2026-08-06docs/mm: Physical Memory: remove deferred_split_queueZenghui Yu (Huawei)
deferred_split_queue was removed from struct pglist_data {} in commit fafaeceb89a5 ("mm: switch deferred split shrinker to list_lru"). Remove its description in doc as well. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260721111919.22923-1-zenghui.yu@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu (Huawei) <zenghui.yu@linux.dev> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-06docs/mm: fix bracesManuel Ebner
Correct typos in mm documentation by balancing parentheses. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629161156.90213-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Vishal Moola <vishal.moola@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-04mm/hmm: add hmm_range_fault_unlocked_timeout() for mmap lock-drop supportStanislav Kinsburskii
hmm_range_fault() requires the caller to hold the mmap read lock for the duration of the call. This is incompatible with mappings whose fault handler may release the mmap lock, notably userfaultfd-managed regions, where handle_mm_fault() can return VM_FAULT_RETRY or VM_FAULT_COMPLETED after dropping the lock. Drivers that need to populate device page tables for such mappings have no way to do so today. Add hmm_range_fault_unlocked_timeout() for callers that do not need to hold mmap_lock across any work outside the HMM fault itself. The helper takes mmap_read_lock_killable() internally, calls the common HMM fault implementation, and releases the lock before returning if it is still held. The timeout is specified in jiffies; passing 0 retries indefinitely, while a non-zero timeout makes the helper return -EBUSY when the retry budget expires. The retry deadline is set before refreshing the notifier sequence and acquiring mmap_lock, so contended mmap_lock acquisition is included in the retry budget. After acquiring mmap_lock, the helper also rejects unstable address spaces before walking page tables. When handle_mm_fault() drops mmap_lock, or when the range is invalidated, hmm_range_fault_unlocked_timeout() refreshes range->notifier_seq and retries the walk internally. If the lock was dropped, the retry deadline is also restarted because a lock-dropping fault handler made progress. Ordinary -EBUSY retries keep the existing deadline, preserving the caller's timeout policy for repeated mmu-notifier invalidations. The caller only needs to perform the usual post-success mmu_interval_read_retry() check while holding its update lock before consuming the pfns. If mmap_lock acquisition is interrupted or a fatal signal is pending during retry handling, -EINTR is returned instead. The common implementation conditionally sets FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE only for hmm_range_fault_unlocked_timeout(). The existing hmm_range_fault() path still passes no locked state, does not allow handle_mm_fault() to drop mmap_lock, and remains a thin wrapper preserving the existing API contract for current callers. The previous refactor that moved page fault handling out of the page-table walk callbacks is what makes this change small. Faults now run after walk_page_range() has unwound, with only mmap_lock held, so dropping it does not interact with the walker's pte spinlock or hugetlb_vma_lock. Hugetlb regions therefore participate in the unlocked path uniformly with PTE- and PMD-level mappings; no special case is required. Documentation/mm/hmm.rst is updated with a description of the new API and the recommended caller pattern. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260723-hmm-v10-v11-2-c55b003a4b61@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@gmail.com> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@amd.com> Cc: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Lyude <lyude@redhat.com> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Thomas Zimemrmann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-04Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: document weight sysfs fileSJ Park
Update DAMON usage document for newly added probe weight file. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710134651.18084-19-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-08-04Docs/mm/damon/design: document attrs-only monitoringSJ Park
Update DAMON design document for the attributes only monitoring mode. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710134651.18084-18-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-07-31mm/slab: skip kfence objects in allocation profilingVlastimil Babka (SUSE)
struct kfence_metadata only contains struct slabobj_ext with CONFIG_MEMCG, which is then used for the "fake" slab's obj_exts field. If CONFIG_MEMCG is enabled, the struct can also end up used for memory allocation profiling. If CONFIG_MEMCG is disabled but profiling is enabled, it will end up allocating its obj_exts via prepare_slab_obj_exts_hook() and assigning them to the fake struct slab. These will probably then never be freed. So things sorta work, but not always in the intended and optimal way. The upcoming changes to slabobj_ext layout would additionally need a proper refactoring to keep working. However, there's little benefit in accounting KFENCE objects. KFENCE allocations are rare and there can be only CONFIG_KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS (default to 255) outstanding ones at any time. For any callsite prominent enough in the memory allocation profiling stats, allocations served from KFENCE will be lost in the noise. Thus let's not complicate things and simply stop accounting KFENCE objects in allocation profiling and skip them in the related slab hooks. We also need to skip kfence objects in mark_obj_codetag_empty() in case a sheaf is allocated from kfence, per earlier sashiko review. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727-b4-objext_split-v3-1-c29ef0f1f257@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
2026-07-30Docs/mm/damon/design: update for DAMOS_QUOTA_NODE_ELIGIBLE_MEM_BPSJ Park
Patch series "mm/damon: update, optimize, and clean up doc, tests, and code". Patches 1 and 2 update the design and ABI documents for recently added DAMON features. Patches 3-7 add or update more unit and self tests for DAMON to cover recently changed or added functions and sysfs files. Patch 8 optimizes damon_commit_target_regions() to skip unnecessary adjacent ranges setup. Patches 9-11 clean and fix up recently added DAMON sysfs interface code for readability. This patch (of 11): Commit 9138e27a3bc3 ("mm/damon: add node_eligible_mem_bp goal metric") introduced DAMOS_QUOTA_NODE_ELIGIBLE_MEM_BP but forgot updating the DAMON design document for that. Update. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260630141726.92246-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260630141726.92246-2-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-07-30Docs/{admin-guide,mm}/damon: fix DAMON documentation detailsDoehyun Baek
Fix minor DAMON documentation issues. Correct the sysfs scheme file name apply_interval_us, the DAMON_STAT module count, a malformed reference, a misplaced label indentation, and a few typos. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629145538.134832-4-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Doehyun Baek <doehyunbaek@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Cc: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@huawei-partners.com> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: Philippe Laferriere <plafer@proton.me> Cc: Sailesh Nandanavanam <saileshnandanavanam@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-07-28mm/page_owner: document page_owner filterZhen Ni
Add documentation for the page_owner_filter userspace tool and kernel-level filtering features. [rdunlap@infradead.org: avoid docs build warning] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260708213548.469155-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260707115411.1714314-5-zhen.ni@easystack.cn Signed-off-by: Zhen Ni <zhen.ni@easystack.cn> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org> Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-06-25Merge tag 'docs-7.2-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of late-arriving docs fixes, along with one document update that fell through the cracks before" * tag 'docs-7.2-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux: docs: tools: Fix typo 'ackward' to 'awkward' in unittest.rst kdoc: xforms: ignore special static/inline macros kdoc: xforms_lists: handle DECLARE_PER_CPU() in kernel-doc MAINTAINERS: Fix regex for kdoc docs: kgdb: Fix path of driver options Documentation: tracing: fix typo in events documentation Docs/driver-api/uio-howto: document mmap_prepare callback docs/mm: clarify that we are not looking for LLM generated content kernel-doc: xforms: support __SYSFS_FUNCTION_ALTERNATIVE()
2026-06-23docs/mm: clarify that we are not looking for LLM generated contentDavid Hildenbrand (Arm)
Let's make it clear that we are not looking for LLM generated content from contributors not familiar with the details of MM, as it shifts the real work onto reviewers. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org> Acked-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Acked-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260420-llmdoc-v1-1-47d2091177c4@kernel.org>
2026-06-21Merge tag 'liveupdate-v7.2-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/liveupdate/linux Pull liveupdate updates from Mike Rapoport: "Kexec Handover (KHO): - make memory preservation compatible with deferred initialization of the memory map Live Update Orchestrator (LUO): - add LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl and parameter verification for LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION ioctl - documentation updates for liveupdate=on command line option, systemd support and the current compatibility status - remove the fixed limits on the number of files that can be preserved within a single session, and the total number of sessions managed by the LUO Misc fixes: - reference count incoming File-Lifecycle-Bound (FLB) data so it cannot be freed while a subsystem is still using it - fixes for a TOCTOU race in luo_session_retrieve(), a use- after-free in the file finish and unpreserve paths, concurrent session mutations during reboot and serialization on preserve_context kexec - make sure ioctls for incoming LUO sessions are blocked for outgoing sessions and vice versa - make sure KHO scratch size is always aligned by CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES - fix memblock tests build issue introduced by KHO changes" * tag 'liveupdate-v7.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/liveupdate/linux: (36 commits) liveupdate: Document that retrieve failure is permanent docs: memfd_preservation: fix rendering of ABI documentation selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files kexec test selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of files per session liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of sessions liveupdate: defer session block allocation and physical address setting kho: add support for linked-block serialization liveupdate: Extract luo_session_deserialize_one helper liveupdate: Extract luo_file_deserialize_one helper liveupdate: register luo_ser as KHO subtree liveupdate: centralize state management into struct luo_ser liveupdate: avoid mixing cleanup guards with goto in luo_session_retrieve_fd liveupdate: change file_set->count type to u64 for type safety liveupdate: Remove unused ser field from struct luo_session liveupdate: fix u-a-f in luo_file_unpreserve_files() and luo_file_finish() liveupdate: block session mutations during reboot liveupdate: fix TOCTOU race in luo_session_retrieve() liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec ...
2026-06-07docs: memfd_preservation: fix rendering of ABI documentationPratyush Yadav (Google)
The "memfd Live Update ABI" section in include/linux/kho/abi/memfd.h currently does not render in the exported documentation. This is because it should not include the "DOC:" in its reference. Drop it to ensure correct rendering. Tested by running make htmldocs. Fixes: 15fc11bb2cb6 ("docs: add documentation for memfd preservation via LUO") Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260605160645.3650271-1-pratyush@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
2026-06-02Docs/mm/damon/design: fix three typosSakurai Shun
L140: "unsinged" -> "unsigned" L371: "sampleing" -> "sampling" L387: "multipled" -> "multiplied" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260520012104.93602-3-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sakurai Shun <ssh1326@icloud.com> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: niecheng <niecheng1@uniontech.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Cc: Zenghui Yu <zenghui.yu@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-06-02Docs/mm/damon/design: update for memcg damon filterSeongJae Park
Update DAMON design document for the newly added belonging memory cgroup attribute monitoring feature. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260518234119.97569-28-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-06-02Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: document data attributes monitoringSeongJae Park
Update DAMON usage document for the newly added data attributes monitoring feature. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260518234119.97569-22-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-06-02Docs/mm/damon/design: document data attributes monitoringSeongJae Park
Update DAMON design document for newly added data attributes monitoring feature. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260518234119.97569-21-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-06-02docs/mm: fix typo in process_addrs.rstSakurai Shun
Replace "presense" with "presence" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260517103640.45444-1-ssh1326@icloud.com Signed-off-by: Sakurai Shun <ssh1326@icloud.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-05-28Docs/mm/damon/design: update for context pause/resume featureSeongJae Park
Update DAMON design document for the context execution pause/resume feature. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260427151231.113429-4-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-05-28mm/damon: support MADV_COLLAPSE via DAMOS_COLLAPSE scheme actionAsier Gutierrez
This patch set introces a new action: DAMOS_COLLAPSE. For DAMOS_HUGEPAGE and DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE to work, khugepaged should be working, since it relies on hugepage_madvise to add a new slot. This slot should be picked up by khugepaged and eventually collapse (or not, if we are using DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE) the pages. If THP is not enabled, khugepaged will not be working, and therefore no collapse will happen. DAMOS_COLLAPSE eventually calls madvise_collapse, which will collapse the address range synchronously. In cases where there is a large VMA (databases, for example), DAMOS_COLLAPSE allows us to collapse only the hot region, and not the entire VMA. This new action may be required to support autotuning with hugepage as a goal[1]. ========= Benchmarks: ========= MySQL ===== Tests were performed in an ARM physical server with MariaDB 10.5 and sysbench. Read only benchmark was perform with gaussian row hitting, which follows a normal distribution. T n, D h: THP set to never, DAMON action set to hugepage T m, D h: THP set to madvise, DAMON action set to hugepage T n, D c: THP set to never, DAMON action set to collapse Memory consumption. Lower is better. +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ | | T n, D h | T m, D h | T n, D c | +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ | Total memory use | 2.13 | 2.20 | 2.20 | | Huge pages | 0 | 1.3 | 1.27 | +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ Performance in TPS (Transactions Per Second). Higher is better. T n, D h: 18225.58 T m, D h 18252.93 T n, D c: 18270.21 Performance counter I got the number of L1 D/I TLB accesses and the number a D/I TLB accesses that triggered a page walk. I divided the second by the first to get the percentage of page walkes per TLB access. The lower the better. +---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | | T n, D h | T m, D h | T n, D c | +---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | L1 DTLB | 127248242753 | 125431020479 | 125327001821 | | L1 ITLB | 80332558619 | 79346759071 | 79298139590 | | DTLB walk | 75011087 | 52800418 | 55895794 | | ITLB walk | 71577076 | 71505137 | 67262140 | | DTLB % misses | 0.058948623 | 0.042095183 | 0.044599961 | | ITLB % misses | 0.089100954 | 0.090117275 | 0.084821839 | +---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ Masim ===== I used masim with the "demo" configuration, but changing the times to 100 seconds for the initial phase and 50 seconds for the rest of the phases. Memory consumption: +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ | | T n, D h | T m, D h | T n, D c | +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ | Total memory use | 2.38 GB | 2.36 GB | 2.37 GB | | Huge pages | 0 | 190 MB | 188 MB | +------------------+----------+----------+----------+ Performance: THP never, DAMOS_HUGEPAGE initial phase: 40,491 accesses/msec, 100001 msecs run low phase 0: 39,658 accesses/msec, 50002 msecs run high phase 0: 41,678 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run low phase 1: 39,625 accesses/msec, 50003 msecs run high phase 1: 41,658 accesses/msec, 50002 msecs run low phase 2: 39,642 accesses/msec, 50002 msecs run high phase 2: 41,640 accesses/msec, 50001 msecs run THP madvise, DAMOS_HUGEPAGE initial phase: 51,977 accesses/msec, 100000 msecs run low phase 0: 86,953 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run high phase 0: 94,812 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run low phase 1: 101,017 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run high phase 1: 94,841 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run low phase 2: 100,993 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run high phase 2: 94,791 accesses/msec, 50001 msecs run THP never, DAMOS_COLLAPSE initial phase: 93,678 accesses/msec, 100001 msecs run low phase 0: 101,475 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run high phase 0: 98,589 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run low phase 1: 101,531 accesses/msec, 50001 msecs run high phase 1: 98,506 accesses/msec, 50001 msecs run low phase 2: 101,458 accesses/msec, 50001 msecs run high phase 2: 98,555 accesses/msec, 50000 msecs run Memory consumption dynamic (how quickly collapses occur): It shows in seconds how many huge pages are allocated. +----+----------+----------+ | | T m, D h | T n, D c | +----+----------+----------+ | 5 | 32 | 188 | | 10 | 48 | 188 | | 15 | 64 | 188 | | 20 | 96 | 188 | | 30 | 112 | 188 | | 35 | 144 | 188 | | 40 | 160 | 188 | | 45 | 190 | 188 | | 50 | 190 | 188 | | 55 | 190 | 188 | | 60 | 190 | 188 | +----+----------+----------+ ========= - We can see that DAMOS "hugepage" action works only when THP is set to madvise. "collapse" action works even when THP is set to never. - Performance for "collapse" action is slightly lower than "hugepage" action and THP madvise. This is due to the fact that collapases occur synchronously. With "hugepage" they may occur during page faults. - Memory consumption is slighly lower for "collapse" than "hugepage" with THP madvise. This is due to the khugepage collapses all VMAs, while "collapse" action only collapses the VMAs in the hot region. - There is an improvement in TLB utilization when collapse through "hugepage" or "collapse" actions are triggered. The amount of TLB misses is lower. - "collapse" action is performance synchronously, which means that page collapses happen earlier and more rapidly. This can be useful or not, depending on the scenario. - "hugepage" action may trigger a VMA split in some scenarios, since it needs to change the flag of the VMA to THP enabled. This may lead to additional overhead. Collapse action just adds a new option to chose the correct system balance. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260426231619.107231-5-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/damon/20260313000816.79933-1-sj@kernel.org/ [1] Signed-off-by: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@huawei-partners.com> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Cheng-Han Wu <hank20010209@gmail.com> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-05-28Docs/mm/damon/maintainer-profile: add AI review usage guidelineSeongJae Park
DAMON is opted-in for DAMON patches scanning [1] and email delivery [2]. Clarify how that could be used on DAMON maintainer profile. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260412211932.89038-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/commit/ad9f4a98f958 [1] Link: https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/commit/b554c7b6e733 [2] Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-05-28Docs/mm/damon/design: document fail_charge_{num,denom}SeongJae Park
Update DAMON design document for the DAMOS action failed region quota charge ratio. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260428013402.115171-6-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>