Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: madvise: make MADV_NOHUGEPAGE a no-op if !THP
From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 11:42:18 EST
* Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> [250515 16:15]:
> From: Ignacio Moreno Gonzalez <Ignacio.MorenoGonzalez@xxxxxxxx>
>
> VM_NOHUGEPAGE is a no-op if CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is disabled. So
> it makes no sense to return an error when calling madvise() with
> MADV_NOHUGEPAGE in that case.
>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ignacio Moreno Gonzalez <Ignacio.MorenoGonzalez@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Nice to see you review this for yourself :)
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/huge_mm.h | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> index 2f190c90192d..1a8082c61e01 100644
> --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> @@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ bool unmap_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
>
> #else /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
>
> +#include <uapi/asm/mman.h>
> +
> static inline bool folio_test_pmd_mappable(struct folio *folio)
> {
> return false;
> @@ -595,6 +597,9 @@ static inline bool unmap_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> static inline int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long *vm_flags, int advice)
> {
> + /* On a !THP kernel, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE is a no-op, but MADV_HUGEPAGE is not supported */
> + if (advice == MADV_NOHUGEPAGE)
> + return 0;
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.49.0
>