[PATCH] mm/khugepaged: remove READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS check in hugepage_pmd_enabled()

From: Zi Yan

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 13:52:50 EST


Remove READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS and khugepaged for file-backed pmd-sized
hugepages are enabled by the global transparent hugepage control.
khugepaged can still be enabled by per-size control for anon and shmem when
the global control is off.

Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index b8452dbdb043..586d27ce896e 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -406,18 +406,8 @@ static inline int collapse_test_exit_or_disable(struct=
mm_struct *mm)
mm_flags_test(MMF_DISABLE_THP_COMPLETELY, mm);
}

-static bool hugepage_pmd_enabled(void)
+static inline bool anon_hpage_pmd_enabled()
{
- /*
- * We cover the anon, shmem and the file-backed case here; file-backed
- * hugepages, when configured in, are determined by the global control.
- * Anon pmd-sized hugepages are determined by the pmd-size control.
- * Shmem pmd-sized hugepages are also determined by its pmd-size control,
- * except when the global shmem_huge is set to SHMEM_HUGE_DENY.
- */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS) &&
- hugepage_global_enabled())
- return true;
if (test_bit(PMD_ORDER, &huge_anon_orders_always))
return true;
if (test_bit(PMD_ORDER, &huge_anon_orders_madvise))
@@ -425,6 +415,20 @@ static bool hugepage_pmd_enabled(void)
if (test_bit(PMD_ORDER, &huge_anon_orders_inherit) &&
hugepage_global_enabled())
return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
+static bool hugepage_pmd_enabled(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Anon, shmem and file-backed pmd-sized hugepages are all determined by
+ * the global control. If the global control is off, anon and shmem
+ * pmd-sized hugepages are also determined by its per-size control.
+ */
+ if (hugepage_global_enabled())
+ return true;
+ if (anon_hpage_pmd_enabled())
+ return true;
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHMEM) && shmem_hpage_pmd_enabled())
return true;
return false;
--=20
2.43.0



Best Regards,
Yan, Zi