On 7 May 2026, at 11:29, Lance Yang wrote:

> On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 09:48:40PM -0600, Nico Pache wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/29/26 9:29 AM, Zi Yan wrote:
>>> collapse_file() requires FSes supporting large folio with at least
>>> PMD_ORDER, so replace the READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS check with that.
>>> MADV_COLLAPSE ignores shmem huge config, so exclude the check for shmem.
>>>
>>> While at it, replace VM_BUG_ON with VM_WARN_ON_ONCE.
>>>
>>> Add a helper function mapping_pmd_folio_support() for FSes supporting large
>>> folio with at least PMD_ORDER.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>
>>> Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <[email protected]>
>>> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>>   include/linux/pagemap.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   mm/khugepaged.c         | 10 ++++++++--
>>>   2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
>>> index 1f50991b43e3b..1fed3414fe9b8 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
>>> @@ -513,6 +513,32 @@ static inline bool mapping_large_folio_support(const 
>>> struct address_space *mappi
>>>     return mapping_max_folio_order(mapping) > 0;
>>>   }
>>>
>>> +/**
>>> + * mapping_pmd_folio_support() - Check if a mapping support PMD-sized folio
>>> + * @mapping: The address_space
>>> + *
>>> + * Some file supports large folio but does not support as large as PMD 
>>> order.
>>> + * If a PMD-sized pagecache folio is attempted to be created on a 
>>> filesystem,
>>> + * this check needs to be performed first.
>>> + *
>>> + * Return: true - PMD-sized folio is supported, false - PMD-sized folio is 
>>> not
>>> + * supported.
>>> + */
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>>> +static inline bool mapping_pmd_folio_support(const struct address_space 
>>> *mapping)
>>> +{
>>> +   /* AS_FOLIO_ORDER is only reasonable for pagecache folios */
>>> +   VM_WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)mapping & FOLIO_MAPPING_ANON);
>>> +
>>> +   return mapping_max_folio_order(mapping) >= PMD_ORDER;
>>
>> Probably a stupid question, but I dont know FS thats well.
>>
>> Here we are checking that the max allowed folio order is greater than
>> (or eq) to the PMD_ORDER. Yet the function asks if PMD specifically is
>> supported. In the future could we have some FS that does not support PMD
>> orders, but does support larger orders (eg. PUD)?
>
> Good point.
>
> IIUC, mapping_max_folio_order() means "maximum supported order" not
> "the only supported order", so mapping_pmd_folio_support() just means
> "PMD order is within the supported range".
>
> Also, mapping_set_large_folios() sets the range to:
>
> mapping_set_folio_order_range(mapping, 0, MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER);
>
> and __filemap_get_folio_mpol() treats max as a cap, then falls back down
> towards min.
>
> That said, if we want the helper name to mean "PMD order specifically is
> supported", the more future-proof test would be:
>
> mapping_min_folio_order(mapping) <= PMD_ORDER &&
> mapping_max_folio_order(mapping) >= PMD_ORDER
>
> Thoughs?

Thank both for raising this up. I agree just <= PMD_ORDER might not cover
the exact requirement here. Let me send a fixup.


Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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