[PATCH] mm/hugetlb: fix subpool accounting after cgroup charge failure
From: Catherine
Date: Mon Apr 27 2026 - 10:57:49 EST
alloc_hugetlb_folio() calls hugepage_subpool_get_pages() when map_chg
is set. For subpools with max_hpages, that increments used_hpages even
when the returned gbl_chg is positive.
If a later hugetlb cgroup charge fails, the cleanup currently calls
hugepage_subpool_put_pages() only for !gbl_chg. The gbl_chg > 0 path
therefore leaks one used_hpages charge per failure.
Always undo the subpool charge after a successful subpool get. Keep the
global reservation accounting under !gbl_chg, because only that path
consumed a reservation from the subpool.
Signed-off-by: Catherine <enderaoelyther@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f24bf49be..b3ad024a0 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3026,12 +3026,14 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
h_cg);
out_subpool_put:
/*
- * put page to subpool iff the quota of subpool's rsv_hpages is used
- * during hugepage_subpool_get_pages.
+ * map_chg means hugepage_subpool_get_pages() succeeded above.
+ * Always undo the subpool quota charge; only drop global reservation
+ * accounting if the subpool consumed a reservation.
*/
- if (map_chg && !gbl_chg) {
+ if (map_chg) {
gbl_reserve = hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
- hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_reserve);
+ if (!gbl_chg)
+ hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -gbl_reserve);
}
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)