From: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
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Subject: [PATCH RFC 04/11] mm/migrate: use a dedicated list for hugetlb folios
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 10:52:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902-migrate-refactor-shivank-v1-4-9dcca87669c4@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902-migrate-refactor-shivank-v1-0-9dcca87669c4@amd.com>
migrate_hugetlbs() scans the full source list on every retry pass, even
though it only handles hugetlb folios.
Move hugetlb folios to a local list before migration and move any remaining
folios to @ret_folios. This avoids scanning unrelated folios and removes
the later hugetlb check from migrate_pages().
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
---
mm/migrate.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 510dfffa7235..7a136cec275f 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1629,11 +1629,12 @@ struct migrate_pages_stats {
};
/*
- * Returns the number of hugetlb folios that were not migrated, or an error code
- * after NR_MAX_MIGRATE_PAGES_RETRY attempts or if no hugetlb folios are movable
- * any more because the list has become empty or no retryable hugetlb folios
- * exist any more. It is caller's responsibility to call putback_movable_pages()
- * only if ret != 0.
+ * Move hugetlb folios from @from to a local list and try to migrate each folio
+ * up to NR_MAX_MIGRATE_PAGES_RETRY times. Any remaining folios are moved to
+ * @ret_folios list.
+ *
+ * Return the number of failed folios, or a negative errno.
+ *
*/
static int migrate_hugetlbs(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
@@ -1646,16 +1647,18 @@ static int migrate_hugetlbs(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
int nr_retry_pages = 0;
int pass = 0;
struct folio *folio, *folio2;
- int rc, nr_pages;
+ int rc, ret, nr_pages;
+ LIST_HEAD(hugetlbs);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, from, lru)
+ if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
+ list_move_tail(&folio->lru, &hugetlbs);
for (pass = 0; pass < NR_MAX_MIGRATE_PAGES_RETRY && retry; pass++) {
retry = 0;
nr_retry_pages = 0;
- list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, from, lru) {
- if (!folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
- continue;
-
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, &hugetlbs, lru) {
nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
cond_resched();
@@ -1681,18 +1684,19 @@ static int migrate_hugetlbs(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
/*
* The rules are:
* 0: hugetlb folio will be put back
- * -EAGAIN: stay on the from list
- * -ENOMEM: stay on the from list
+ * -EAGAIN: stay on hugetlbs, retried by a later pass
+ * -ENOMEM: give up; rest of the list goes to ret_folios
* Other errno: put on ret_folios list
*/
- switch(rc) {
+ switch (rc) {
case -ENOMEM:
/*
* When memory is low, don't bother to try to migrate
* other folios, just exit.
*/
stats->nr_failed_pages += nr_pages + nr_retry_pages;
- return -ENOMEM;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
case -EAGAIN:
retry++;
nr_retry_pages += nr_pages;
@@ -1720,8 +1724,11 @@ static int migrate_hugetlbs(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
*/
nr_failed += retry;
stats->nr_failed_pages += nr_retry_pages;
+ ret = nr_failed;
+out:
+ list_splice_tail(&hugetlbs, ret_folios);
- return nr_failed;
+ return ret;
}
static void migrate_folios_move(struct list_head *src_folios,
@@ -2161,12 +2168,6 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
again:
nr_pages = 0;
list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, from, lru) {
- /* Retried hugetlb folios will be kept in list */
- if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
- list_move_tail(&folio->lru, &ret_folios);
- continue;
- }
-
nr_pages += folio_nr_pages(folio);
if (nr_pages >= NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION)
break;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 10:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 10:52 [PATCH RFC 00/11] mm/migrate: separate migration paths and carry migration policy Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 01/11] mm/migrate: extract folio unmap phase Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 02/11] mm/migrate: handle retries in migrate_folios_move() Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 03/11] mm/migrate: factor out folio splitting on allocation failure Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` Shivank Garg [this message]
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 05/11] mm/migrate: add a dedicated movable_ops migration pass Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 06/11] mm/migrate: rename migrate_pages_batch() to migrate_folios_batch() Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 07/11] mm/migrate: add migrate_lru_folios() entry point Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 08/11] mm/migrate: move LRU batching into migrate_lru_folios() Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 09/11] mm/migrate: thread migration policy through a control struct Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 11:19 ` [sos-linux-ext-patches] " Garg, Shivank
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 10/11] mm/migrate: pass migrate_control to migrate_pages() Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 10:52 ` [PATCH RFC 11/11] mm/migrate: pass migrate_control to migrate_folio() Shivank Garg
2026-09-02 11:10 ` Jan Kara
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