+ mm-vmscan-simplify-the-folio-refcount-check-in-pageout.patch added to mm-new branch

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

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: vmscan: simplify the folio refcount check in pageout()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-vmscan-simplify-the-folio-refcount-check-in-pageout.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-vmscan-simplify-the-folio-refcount-check-in-pageout.patch

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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: mm: vmscan: simplify the folio refcount check in pageout()
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:46:54 +0800

Since we no longer attempt to write back filesystem folios in pageout()
(they will be filtered out by the following check in pageout()), and only
tmpfs/shmem folios and anonymous swapcache folios can be written back, we
can remove the redundant folio_test_private() when checking the folio's
refcount, as tmpfs/shmem and swapcache folios do not use the PG_private
flag.

While we're at it, we can open-code the folio refcount check instead of
adding a simple helper that has only one user.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4cbbec5bb92397aa4597105f1f499aabf7a1901c.1758166683.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/vmscan.c |   16 ++++------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-simplify-the-folio-refcount-check-in-pageout
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -477,17 +477,6 @@ static int reclaimer_offset(struct scan_
 	return PGSTEAL_DIRECT - PGSTEAL_KSWAPD;
 }
 
-static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct folio *folio)
-{
-	/*
-	 * A freeable page cache folio is referenced only by the caller
-	 * that isolated the folio, the page cache and optional filesystem
-	 * private data at folio->private.
-	 */
-	return folio_ref_count(folio) - folio_test_private(folio) ==
-		1 + folio_nr_pages(folio);
-}
-
 /*
  * We detected a synchronous write error writing a folio out.  Probably
  * -ENOSPC.  We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
@@ -696,8 +685,11 @@ static pageout_t pageout(struct folio *f
 	 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
 	 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
 	 * congestion state of the swapdevs.  Easy to fix, if needed.
+	 *
+	 * A freeable shmem or swapcache folio is referenced only by the
+	 * caller that isolated the folio and the page cache.
 	 */
-	if (!is_page_cache_freeable(folio))
+	if (folio_ref_count(folio) != 1 + folio_nr_pages(folio))
 		return PAGE_KEEP;
 	if (!mapping) {
 		/*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com are

mm-shmem-fix-the-strategy-for-the-tmpfs-huge=-options.patch
mm-vmscan-remove-folio_test_private-check-in-pageout.patch
mm-vmscan-simplify-the-folio-refcount-check-in-pageout.patch