+ vmscan-convert-page-buffer-handling-to-use-folios.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: vmscan: convert page buffer handling to use folios
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     vmscan-convert-page-buffer-handling-to-use-folios.patch

This patch should soon appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: vmscan: convert page buffer handling to use folios

This mostly just removes calls to compound_head() although nr_reclaimed
should be incremented by the number of pages, not just 1.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220504182857.4013401-11-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/vmscan.c |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-convert-page-buffer-handling-to-use-folios
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1859,38 +1859,40 @@ retry:
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
-		 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
-		 * the page as well.
+		 * If the folio has buffers, try to free the buffer
+		 * mappings associated with this folio. If we succeed
+		 * we try to free the folio as well.
 		 *
-		 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
-		 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
-		 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
-		 * clean (all its buffers are clean).  This happens if the
-		 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
-		 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
-		 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
-		 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
+		 * We do this even if the folio is dirty.
+		 * filemap_release_folio() does not perform I/O, but it
+		 * is possible for a folio to have the dirty flag set,
+		 * but it is actually clean (all its buffers are clean).
+		 * This happens if the buffers were written out directly,
+		 * with submit_bh(). ext3 will do this, as well as
+		 * the blockdev mapping.  filemap_release_folio() will
+		 * discover that cleanness and will drop the buffers
+		 * and mark the folio clean - it can be freed.
 		 *
-		 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping.  These are
-		 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
-		 * truncate_cleanup_page().  We try to drop those buffers here
-		 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
-		 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
-		 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
+		 * Rarely, folios can have buffers and no ->mapping.
+		 * These are the folios which were not successfully
+		 * invalidated in truncate_cleanup_folio().  We try to
+		 * drop those buffers here and if that worked, and the
+		 * folio is no longer mapped into process address space
+		 * (refcount == 1) it can be freed.  Otherwise, leave
+		 * the folio on the LRU so it is swappable.
 		 */
-		if (page_has_private(page)) {
-			if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
+		if (folio_has_private(folio)) {
+			if (!filemap_release_folio(folio, sc->gfp_mask))
 				goto activate_locked;
-			if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1) {
-				unlock_page(page);
-				if (put_page_testzero(page))
+			if (!mapping && folio_ref_count(folio) == 1) {
+				folio_unlock(folio);
+				if (folio_put_testzero(folio))
 					goto free_it;
 				else {
 					/*
 					 * rare race with speculative reference.
 					 * the speculative reference will free
-					 * this page shortly, so we may
+					 * this folio shortly, so we may
 					 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
 					 * leave it off the LRU).
 					 */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@infradead.org are

shmem-convert-shmem_alloc_hugepage-to-use-vma_alloc_folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-convert-do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page-to-use-vma_alloc_folio.patch
alpha-fix-alloc_zeroed_user_highpage_movable.patch
mm-remove-alloc_pages_vma.patch
vmscan-use-folio_mapped-in-shrink_page_list.patch
vmscan-convert-the-writeback-handling-in-shrink_page_list-to-folios.patch
swap-turn-get_swap_page-into-folio_alloc_swap.patch
swap-convert-add_to_swap-to-take-a-folio.patch
vmscan-convert-dirty-page-handling-to-folios.patch
vmscan-convert-page-buffer-handling-to-use-folios.patch
vmscan-convert-lazy-freeing-to-folios.patch
vmscan-move-initialisation-of-mapping-down.patch
vmscan-convert-the-activate_locked-portion-of-shrink_page_list-to-folios.patch
mm-allow-can_split_folio-to-be-called-when-thp-are-disabled.patch
vmscan-remove-remaining-uses-of-page-in-shrink_page_list.patch
mm-shmem-use-a-folio-in-shmem_unused_huge_shrink.patch
mm-swap-add-folio_throttle_swaprate.patch
mm-shmem-convert-shmem_add_to_page_cache-to-take-a-folio.patch
mm-shmem-turn-shmem_should_replace_page-into-shmem_should_replace_folio.patch
mm-shmem-add-shmem_alloc_folio.patch
mm-shmem-convert-shmem_alloc_and_acct_page-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-shmem-convert-shmem_getpage_gfp-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-shmem-convert-shmem_swapin_page-to-shmem_swapin_folio.patch
mm-add-folio_mapping_flags.patch
mm-add-folio_test_movable.patch
mm-migrate-convert-move_to_new_page-into-move_to_new_folio.patch