On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 09:04:30PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios() uses incorrect arguments when handling
> bootmem HugeTLB folios.
>
> The section number passed to register_page_bootmem_memmap() is derived from
> the vmemmap virtual address of folio->page instead of the folio PFN, so the
> bootmem memmap metadata can be registered against the wrong section. The
> helper is also given HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE even though it expects a
> page count, not a size in bytes. In addition, the write-protect range is
> based on pages_per_huge_page(h), which does not cover the full HugeTLB
> vmemmap area and can leave part of the shared tail vmemmap mapping writable.
>
> Fix the section lookup to use folio_pfn(folio), use
> HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_PAGES when registering the reserved memmap pages, and
> use hugetlb_vmemmap_size(h) for the write-protect range.
>
> Fixes: 752fe17af693 ("mm/hugetlb: add pre-HVO framework")
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Oscar Salvador <[email protected]>
did you observe any Ooops or malfunctioning or was just code reviewing?
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs
