[RFC PATCH v2 1/1] mm/damon: support MADV_COLLAPSE via DAMOS_COLLAPSE scheme action

From: gutierrez.asier

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 14:40:40 EST


From: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch set introces a new action: DAMOS_COLLAPSE.

For DAMOS_HUGEPAGE and DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE to work, khugepaged should be
working, since it relies on hugepage_madvise to add a new slot. This
slot should be picked up by khugepaged and eventually collapse (or
not, if we are using DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE) the pages. If THP is not
enabled, khugepaged will not be working, and therefore no collapse
will happen.

DAMOS_COLLAPSE eventually calls madvise_collapse, which will collapse
the address range synchronously.

This new action may be required to support autotuning with hugepage as
a goal.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260314165156.86647-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst | 4 ++++
include/linux/damon.h | 1 +
mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c | 4 ++++
mm/damon/vaddr.c | 3 +++
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
index 29fff20b3c2a..3b1461f42987 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ that supports each action are as below.
Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
- ``nohugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE``.
Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
+ - ``collapse``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLLAPSE``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set. When
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is disabled, the application of the action will just
+ fail.
- ``lru_prio``: Prioritize the region on its LRU lists.
Supported by ``paddr`` operations set.
- ``lru_deprio``: Deprioritize the region on its LRU lists.
diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index 3a441fbca170..6720dc70c487 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ enum damos_action {
DAMOS_PAGEOUT,
DAMOS_HUGEPAGE,
DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE,
+ DAMOS_COLLAPSE,
DAMOS_LRU_PRIO,
DAMOS_LRU_DEPRIO,
DAMOS_MIGRATE_HOT,
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 5186966dafb3..aa08a8f885fb 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -2041,6 +2041,10 @@ static struct damos_sysfs_action_name damos_sysfs_action_names[] = {
.action = DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE,
.name = "nohugepage",
},
+ {
+ .action = DAMOS_COLLAPSE,
+ .name = "collapse",
+ },
{
.action = DAMOS_LRU_PRIO,
.name = "lru_prio",
diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index b069dbc7e3d2..dd5f2d7027ac 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -903,6 +903,9 @@ static unsigned long damon_va_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
case DAMOS_NOHUGEPAGE:
madv_action = MADV_NOHUGEPAGE;
break;
+ case DAMOS_COLLAPSE:
+ madv_action = MADV_COLLAPSE;
+ break;
case DAMOS_MIGRATE_HOT:
case DAMOS_MIGRATE_COLD:
return damos_va_migrate(t, r, scheme, sz_filter_passed);
--
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