From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,kasong@tencent.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: + mm-huge_memory-drop-the-unused-do_lru-argument-of-the-file-split-helper.patch added to mm-unstable branch
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:32:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923223250.2388A1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The patch titled
Subject: mm/huge_memory: drop the unused do_lru argument of the file split helper
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-huge_memory-drop-the-unused-do_lru-argument-of-the-file-split-helper.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-huge_memory-drop-the-unused-do_lru-argument-of-the-file-split-helper.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Subject: mm/huge_memory: drop the unused do_lru argument of the file split helper
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:32:45 +0200
The only caller of __folio_freeze_split_file() always passes do_lru as
true, so the argument and the branches gated on it are dead code. Drop
it.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260923-swap-thp-cleanup-v6-14-ba1b4ba72c6f@tencent.com
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
Cc: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Cc: Kairui Song <ryncsn@gmail.com>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-drop-the-unused-do_lru-argument-of-the-file-split-helper
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -4136,8 +4136,7 @@ out_unlock:
static int __folio_freeze_split_file(struct folio *folio,
unsigned int new_order, struct page *split_at,
- bool do_lru, struct list_head *list,
- enum split_type split_type)
+ struct list_head *list, enum split_type split_type)
{
struct address_space *mapping = folio->mapping;
XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, folio->index);
@@ -4231,9 +4230,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_file(str
}
/* lock lru list/PageCompound, ref frozen by page_ref_freeze */
- if (do_lru)
- lruvec = folio_lruvec_lock(folio);
-
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec_lock(folio);
ret = __split_frozen_folio(folio, new_order, split_at, &xas,
mapping, split_type);
@@ -4255,8 +4252,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_file(str
folio_ref_unfreeze(new_folio,
folio_cache_ref_count(new_folio) + 1);
- if (do_lru)
- lru_add_split_folio(folio, new_folio, lruvec, list);
+ lru_add_split_folio(folio, new_folio, lruvec, list);
/* Add the new folio to the page cache. */
if (new_folio->index < end) {
@@ -4282,9 +4278,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_file(str
* and its caller can see stale page cache entries.
*/
folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1);
-
- if (do_lru)
- lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
+ lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
fail:
xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
fail_mmap_unlock:
@@ -4360,7 +4354,7 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *f
true, list, split_type);
else
ret = __folio_freeze_split_file(folio, new_order, split_at,
- true, list, split_type);
+ list, split_type);
/*
* Unlock all after-split folios except the one containing
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kasong@tencent.com are
mm-memcontrol-move-the-lru_zone_size-sanity-check-to-the-reader-side.patch
mm-mglru-introduce-helpers-for-manipulating-gen-and-refs-flags.patch
mm-migrate-copy-all-referenced-state-via-folio_migrate_lru_refs.patch
mm-mglru-move-max_seq-read-into-walk_update_folio.patch
mm-mglru-use-explicit-tier-range-in-read_ctrl_pos.patch
mm-mglru-fix-potential-generation-folio-number-leak.patch
mm-swap-fix-off-by-one-in-swap-cache-replace-sanity-check.patch
mm-huge_memory-fix-rejection-of-swap-cache-folios-with-a-mapping.patch
mm-huge_memory-invert-folio_ref_freeze-check-to-reduce-indentation.patch
mm-huge_memory-split-the-routine-for-splitting-anon-and-file-folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-rename-__split_unmapped_folio-to-__split_frozen_folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-consolidate-irq-and-locking-for-folio-split.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-eof-trimming-into-the-file-split-helper.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-unmap-and-remap-into-the-split-helpers.patch
mm-huge_memory-rename-remap_page-to-remap_anon_folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-the-racy-refcount-check-into-unmap_folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-filemap-management-into-the-file-split-helper.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-anon_vma-handling-into-the-anon-split-helper.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-memcg-switch-into-the-file-split-helper.patch
mm-huge_memory-drop-the-unused-do_lru-argument-of-the-file-split-helper.patch
mm-huge_memory-clean-up-after-split-folio-freeing-in-__folio_split.patch
mm-huge_memory-count-only-swap-cache-refs-in-anon-folio-split.patch
mm-huge_memory-drop-the-redundant-mapping-argument-of-__split_frozen_folio.patch
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