Re: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put()

From: Dev Jain

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 06:22:11 EST




On 26/05/26 3:43 pm, Yin Tirui wrote:
> __split_huge_pmd_locked() updates the file/shmem RSS counter after
> dropping the PMD mapping's folio reference. If folio_put() drops the
> last reference, mm_counter_file() can later read freed folio state via
> folio_test_swapbacked().
>
> Move the counter update before folio_put().
>
> Fixes: fadae2953072 ("thp: use mm_file_counter to determine update which rss counter")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yin Tirui <yintirui@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>

> mm/huge_memory.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 0135c29a4372..a5f4a48b7b77 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -3145,7 +3145,9 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> if (!folio_test_referenced(folio) && pmd_young(old_pmd))
> folio_set_referenced(folio);
> folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, page, vma);
> + add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(folio), -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> folio_put(folio);
> + return;
> }
> add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(folio), -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> return;