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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/huge_memory: properly handle refcounted PUD mappings on fork" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x d90bdc02e36ec08d8248ebc6cdc52e12043eb28c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '[email protected]' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From d90bdc02e36ec08d8248ebc6cdc52e12043eb28c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:39:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: properly handle refcounted PUD mappings on
fork

copy_huge_pud() copies device-DAX entries without taking a folio reference or updating mapcounts and the child's RSS.

For example, MADV_GUARD_INSTALL sets VM_MAYBE_GUARD on a device-DAX VMA, forcing copy_page_range() to traverse the whole VMA on fork. Any remaining huge PUDs are then copied without accounting for the new mappings. Unmapping them in the child decrements accounting that was never added.

Use vm_normal_page_pud() to identify refcounted mappings. Take a folio reference and add the child's PUD rmap and RSS accounting before installing the copied entry. Pass src and dst VMAs consistently instead of src and dst MM. Move the TODO.

Fixes aed877c2b4257 ("device/dax: properly refcount device dax pages when mapping")
Cc [email protected]
Reviewed-by Zi Yan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by Pedro Falcato <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by Lance Yang <[email protected]>
Tested-by Muhammad Usama Anjum <[email protected]>
Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here
Signed-off-by David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/huge_mm.h |  5 ++---
 mm/huge_memory.c        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 mm/memory.c             |  4 +---
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
include/linux/huge_mm.h +2 -3
index c745f7ad22987..fac05120ab774 100644
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 		  pmd_t *dst_pmd, pmd_t *src_pmd, unsigned long addr,
 		  struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma);
 bool huge_pmd_set_accessed(struct vm_fault *vmf);
-int copy_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
-		  pud_t *dst_pud, pud_t *src_pud, unsigned long addr,
-		  struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+int copy_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
+		pud_t *dst_pud, pud_t *src_pud, unsigned long addr);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
 void huge_pud_set_accessed(struct vm_fault *vmf, pud_t orig_pud);
mm/huge_memory.c +19 -8
index 4c0194af9016d..283c4bc8b927c 100644
@@ -2072,11 +2072,13 @@ void touch_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		update_mmu_cache_pud(vma, addr, pud);
 }
 
-int copy_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
-		  pud_t *dst_pud, pud_t *src_pud, unsigned long addr,
-		  struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+int copy_huge_pud(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
+		pud_t *dst_pud, pud_t *src_pud, unsigned long addr)
 {
+	struct mm_struct *dst_mm = dst_vma->vm_mm;
+	struct mm_struct *src_mm = src_vma->vm_mm;
 	spinlock_t *dst_ptl, *src_ptl;
+	struct page *page;
 	pud_t pud;
 	int ret;
 

@@ -2089,11 +2091,20 @@ int copy_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 	if (unlikely(!pud_trans_huge(pud)))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: once we support anonymous pages, use
-	 * folio_try_dup_anon_rmap_*() and split if duplicating fails.
-	 */
-	if (vma_is_cow_mapping(vma) && pud_write(pud)) {
+	page = vm_normal_page_pud(src_vma, addr, pud);
+	if (page) {
+		struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
+
+		folio_get(folio);
+		/*
+		 * TODO: once we support anonymous pages, use
+		 * folio_try_dup_anon_rmap_*() and split if duplicating fails.
+		 */
+		folio_add_file_rmap_pud(folio, page, dst_vma);
+		add_mm_counter(dst_mm, mm_counter_file(folio), HPAGE_PUD_NR);
+	}
+
+	if (vma_is_cow_mapping(src_vma) && pud_write(pud)) {
 		pudp_set_wrprotect(src_mm, addr, src_pud);
 		pud = pud_wrprotect(pud);
 	}
mm/memory.c +1 -3
index 0fb676dd2bd63..5392bcb1d24d6 100644
@@ -1463,7 +1463,6 @@ copy_pud_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
 	       unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *dst_mm = dst_vma->vm_mm;
-	struct mm_struct *src_mm = src_vma->vm_mm;
 	pud_t *src_pud, *dst_pud;
 	unsigned long next;
 

@@ -1477,8 +1476,7 @@ copy_pud_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
 			int err;
 
 			VM_BUG_ON_VMA(next-addr != HPAGE_PUD_SIZE, src_vma);
-			err = copy_huge_pud(dst_mm, src_mm,
-					    dst_pud, src_pud, addr, src_vma);
+			err = copy_huge_pud(dst_vma, src_vma, dst_pud, src_pud, addr);
 			if (err == -ENOMEM)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			if (!err)
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