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mm/hugetlb: update nr_huge_pages and surplus_huge_pages together
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In alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(), we increase nr_huge_pages and
surplus_huge_pages separately.  In the middle window, if we set
nr_hugepages to smaller and satisfy count < persistent_huge_pages(h), the
surplus_huge_pages will be increased by adjust_pool_surplus().

After adding delay in the middle window, we can reproduce the problem
easily by following step:

 1. echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages
 2. mmap two hugepages. When nr_huge_pages=2 and surplus_huge_pages=1,
    goto step 3.
 3. echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_huge_pages

Finally, nr_huge_pages is less than surplus_huge_pages.

To fix the problem, call only_alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio() instead and
move down __prep_account_new_huge_page() into the hugetlb_lock.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250305035409.2391344-1-liushixin2@huawei.com
Fixes: 0c397da ("mm, hugetlb: further simplify hugetlb allocation API")
Signed-off-by: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Liu Shixin authored and Andrew Morton committed Mar 18, 2025
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion mm/hugetlb.c
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Expand Up @@ -2259,11 +2259,20 @@ static struct folio *alloc_surplus_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
goto out_unlock;
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);

folio = alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp_mask, nid, nmask);
folio = only_alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio(h, gfp_mask, nid, nmask, NULL);
if (!folio)
return NULL;

hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio);

spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
/*
* nr_huge_pages needs to be adjusted within the same lock cycle
* as surplus_pages, otherwise it might confuse
* persistent_huge_pages() momentarily.
*/
__prep_account_new_huge_page(h, nid);

/*
* We could have raced with the pool size change.
* Double check that and simply deallocate the new page
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