Subject: [RFC v2 12/21] mm: thp: handle split failure in device migration

From: Usama Arif <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:23:41 -0800

Device memory migration has two call sites that split huge PMDs:

migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio():
  Called from migrate_vma_pages() when migrating a PMD-mapped THP to a
  destination that doesn't support compound pages.  It splits the PMD
  then splits the folio via folio_split_unmapped().

  If the PMD split fails, folio_split_unmapped() would operate on an
  unsplit folio with inconsistent page table state.  Propagate -ENOMEM
  to skip this page's migration. This is safe as folio_split_unmapped
  failure would be propagated in a similar way.

migrate_vma_insert_page():
  Called from migrate_vma_pages() when inserting a page into a VMA
  during migration back from device memory.  If a huge zero PMD exists
  at the target address, it must be split before PTE insertion.

  If the split fails, the subsequent pte_alloc() and set_pte_at() would
  operate on a PMD slot still occupied by the huge zero entry.  Use
  goto abort, consistent with other allocation failures in this function.

Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <[email-masked]>
---
 mm/migrate_device.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index 78c7acf024615..bc53e06fd9735 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -909,7 +909,13 @@ static int migrate_vma_split_unmapped_folio(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	folio_get(folio);
-	split_huge_pmd_address(migrate->vma, addr, true);
+	/*
+	 * If PMD split fails, folio_split_unmapped would operate on an
+	 * unsplit folio with inconsistent page table state.
+	 */
+	ret = split_huge_pmd_address(migrate->vma, addr, true);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	ret = folio_split_unmapped(folio, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1005,7 +1011,13 @@ static void migrate_vma_insert_page(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmdp)) {
 			if (!is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmdp))
 				goto abort;
-			split_huge_pmd(vma, pmdp, addr);
+			/*
+			 * If split fails, the huge zero PMD remains and
+			 * pte_alloc/PTE insertion that follows would be
+			 * incorrect.
+			 */
+			if (split_huge_pmd(vma, pmdp, addr))
+				goto abort;
 		} else if (pmd_leaf(*pmdp))
 			goto abort;
 	}
-- 
2.47.3