From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
david@kernel.org, chrisl@kernel.org, kasong@tencent.com,
ljs@kernel.org, ziy@nvidia.com
Cc: ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com, Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
willy@infradead.org, youngjun.park@lge.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
riel@surriel.com, shakeel.butt@linux.dev, alex@ghiti.fr,
kas@kernel.org, baohua@kernel.org, dev.jain@arm.com,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, npache@redhat.com,
Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
lance.yang@linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
nphamcs@gmail.com, shikemeng@huaweicloud.com,
kernel-team@meta.com, Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Subject: [v2 02/16] mm: extract mm_prepare_for_swap_entries() helper
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:24:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260602142537.198755-3-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602142537.198755-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
When a swap entry is installed in a page table, the mm must be added
to init_mm.mmlist so that swapoff can find and unuse its swap entries.
This double-checked locking pattern is currently open-coded in
try_to_unmap_one() and copy_nonpresent_pte().
Move it into mm_prepare_for_swap_entries() in mm/internal.h and convert
both callers so it can be reused by upcoming PMD-level swap entry code
paths that also need to register the mm with swapoff.
copy_nonpresent_pte() previously inserted into &src_mm->mmlist rather
than &init_mm.mmlist, but the insertion point is irrelevant, mmlist
is a circular list and swapoff walks it entirely from init_mm.mmlist,
so only membership matters, not position.
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
mm/internal.h | 13 +++++++++++++
mm/memory.c | 9 +--------
mm/rmap.c | 7 +------
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 181e79f1d6a2..ace2f8ef1d35 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1951,4 +1951,17 @@ static inline int get_sysctl_max_map_count(void)
bool may_expand_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, const vma_flags_t *vma_flags,
unsigned long npages);
+/*
+ * Ensure @mm is on the init_mm.mmlist so swapoff can find it.
+ */
+static inline void mm_prepare_for_swap_entries(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ if (list_empty(&mm->mmlist)) {
+ spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&mm->mmlist))
+ list_add(&mm->mmlist, &init_mm.mmlist);
+ spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
+ }
+}
+
#endif /* __MM_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 56be920c56d7..137f34c3fd32 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -953,14 +953,7 @@ copy_nonpresent_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
if (swap_dup_entry_direct(entry) < 0)
return -EIO;
- /* make sure dst_mm is on swapoff's mmlist. */
- if (unlikely(list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))) {
- spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
- if (list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))
- list_add(&dst_mm->mmlist,
- &src_mm->mmlist);
- spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
- }
+ mm_prepare_for_swap_entries(dst_mm);
/* Mark the swap entry as shared. */
if (pte_swp_exclusive(orig_pte)) {
pte = pte_swp_clear_exclusive(orig_pte);
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 1c77d5dc06e9..b93caabd186f 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -2304,12 +2304,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
goto walk_abort;
}
- if (list_empty(&mm->mmlist)) {
- spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
- if (list_empty(&mm->mmlist))
- list_add(&mm->mmlist, &init_mm.mmlist);
- spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
- }
+ mm_prepare_for_swap_entries(mm);
dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
inc_mm_counter(mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
swp_pte = swp_entry_to_pte(entry);
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-02 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 14:24 [v2 00/16] mm: PMD-level swap entries for anonymous THPs Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 01/16] mm: add softleaf_to_pmd() and convert existing callers Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 03/16] fs/proc: use softleaf_has_pfn() in pagemap PMD walker Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 04/16] mm/huge_memory: move softleaf_to_folio() inside migration branch Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 05/16] mm/migrate_device: move softleaf_to_folio() inside device-private branch Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 06/16] mm: rename ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION to ARCH_SUPPORTS_PMD_SOFTLEAF Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 07/16] mm: add PMD swap entry detection support Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 08/16] mm: add PMD swap entry splitting support Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 09/16] mm: handle PMD swap entries in fork path Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 10/16] mm: swap in PMD swap entries as whole THPs during swapoff Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 11/16] mm: handle PMD swap entries in non-present PMD walkers Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 12/16] mm: handle PMD swap entries in MADV_WILLNEED Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 13/16] mm: handle PMD swap entries in UFFDIO_MOVE Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 14/16] mm: handle PMD swap entry faults on swap-in Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 15/16] mm: install PMD swap entries on swap-out Usama Arif
2026-06-02 14:24 ` [v2 16/16] selftests/mm: add PMD swap entry tests Usama Arif
2026-06-09 14:29 ` [v2 00/16] mm: PMD-level swap entries for anonymous THPs Usama Arif
2026-06-10 12:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-10 13:01 ` Lance Yang
2026-06-10 13:48 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-10 14:44 ` Usama Arif
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