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From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, kasong@tencent.com,
	shakeel.butt@linux.dev, baohua@kernel.org,
	axelrasmussen@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, weixugc@google.com,
	hannes@cmpxchg.org, harry@kernel.org, muchun.song@linux.dev,
	peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn, mhocko@kernel.org,
	roman.gushchin@linux.dev, ljs@kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm: mglru: fix stale batch updates after memcg reparenting
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:37:03 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622073703.79258-1-qi.zheng@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A9E929D82717101+12fcf643-efb8-4b9a-a53a-1e28cc894f0b@smail.nju.edu.cn>

From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>

The mglru page table walker batches per-generation size deltas in
walk->nr_pages while walking page tables without holding the lruvec lock.
The reset_batch_size() later folds those deltas into walk->lruvec under
the lruvec lock.

The page table walker can run concurrently with the memcg reparenting path
as follows:

CPU0                           CPU1
====                           ====

walk_mm
--> walk_page_range
    --> update_batch_size
        --> walk->nr_pages += delta

                              mem_cgroup_css_offline
                              --> memcg_reparent_objcgs
                                  --> lock lruvec
                                      lru_gen_reparent_memcg
                                      --> reparent child folios to parent
                                      unlock lruvec

    lock lruvec
    reset_batch_size
    --> child lrugen->nr_pages += delta

This can trigger the following warning:

WARNING: mm/vmscan.c:5867 at lru_gen_exit_memcg+0x26f/0x300
RIP: 0010:lru_gen_exit_memcg+0x26f/0x300 mm/vmscan.c:5867
Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  mem_cgroup_free mm/memcontrol.c:3972 [inline]
  mem_cgroup_css_free+0x76/0xb0 mm/memcontrol.c:4241
  css_free_rwork_fn+0x125/0x1260 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5575
  process_one_work+0xa0d/0x1c30 kernel/workqueue.c:3314
  process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3397 [inline]
  worker_thread+0x645/0xe80 kernel/workqueue.c:3478
  kthread+0x367/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
  ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
  </TASK>

To fix it, add lrugen->reparented to remember the new owner of a
reparented lruvec, and make reset_batch_size() charge pending deltas to
that owner.

Reported-by: Peiyang He <peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5A9E929D82717101+12fcf643-efb8-4b9a-a53a-1e28cc894f0b@smail.nju.edu.cn
Fixes: f304652609ea ("mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting MGLRU folios")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
---
 include/linux/mmzone.h |  4 ++++
 mm/vmscan.c            | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ca2712187147..0d572db2ef64 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ struct lru_gen_folio {
 	u8 gen;
 	/* the list segment this lru_gen_folio belongs to */
 	u8 seg;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+	/* the lruvec this lruvec has been reparented to */
+	struct lruvec *reparented;
+#endif
 	/* per-node lru_gen_folio list for global reclaim */
 	struct hlist_nulls_node list;
 };
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 35c3bb15ae96..64362cbed814 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3262,10 +3262,37 @@ static void update_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk, struct folio *folio,
 	walk->nr_pages[new_gen][type][zone] += delta;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+static struct lruvec *lock_batch_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
+{
+	struct lruvec *reparented;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+
+		reparented = lruvec->lrugen.reparented;
+		if (!reparented)
+			break;
+
+		lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
+		lruvec = reparented;
+	}
+
+	return lruvec;
+}
+#else
+static struct lruvec *lock_batch_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
+{
+	lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+
+	return lruvec;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void reset_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
 {
 	int gen, type, zone;
-	struct lruvec *lruvec = walk->lruvec;
+	struct lruvec *lruvec = lock_batch_lruvec(walk->lruvec);
 	struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
 
 	walk->batched = 0;
@@ -3285,6 +3312,8 @@ static void reset_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
 			lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
 		__update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, zone, delta);
 	}
+
+	lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
 }
 
 static int should_skip_vma(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *args)
@@ -3779,11 +3808,8 @@ static void walk_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
 			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		}
 
-		if (walk->batched) {
-			lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+		if (walk->batched)
 			reset_batch_size(walk);
-			lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
-		}
 
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (err == -EAGAIN);
@@ -4563,6 +4589,8 @@ void lru_gen_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct mem_cgroup *parent,
 			mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(parent_lruvec, lru, zid, size);
 		}
 	}
+
+	child_lruvec->lrugen.reparented = parent_lruvec;
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
@@ -4867,9 +4895,7 @@ static int evict_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 	walk = current->reclaim_state->mm_walk;
 	if (walk && walk->batched) {
 		walk->lruvec = lruvec;
-		lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
 		reset_batch_size(walk);
-		lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
 	}
 
 	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc),
@@ -5784,6 +5810,9 @@ void lru_gen_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
 
 	lrugen->max_seq = MIN_NR_GENS + 1;
 	lrugen->enabled = lru_gen_enabled();
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+	lrugen->reparented = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= MIN_NR_GENS + 1; i++)
 		lrugen->timestamps[i] = jiffies;
-- 
2.54.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-22  7:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-21 13:50 [BUG] mm: mglru: stale aging batch triggers lru_gen_exit_memcg warning Peiyang He
2026-06-22  3:12 ` Qi Zheng
2026-06-22  7:37 ` Qi Zheng [this message]
2026-06-22  8:24   ` [PATCH] mm: mglru: fix stale batch updates after memcg reparenting Peiyang He
2026-06-22  8:31     ` Qi Zheng

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