From: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] mm/khugepaged: add kerneldoc to prepare_collapse_file_folio()
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:29:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720142913.846902-6-pfalcato@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720142913.846902-1-pfalcato@suse.de>
The input-output expectations are not entirely clear, thus document it.
Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index d170b64378e6..db1f765b6ead 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -2256,6 +2256,21 @@ static struct folio *collapse_read_folio(pgoff_t index, struct collapse_file_sta
return folio;
}
+
+/**
+ * prepare_collapse_file_folio() - Prepare the collapsing of a single file folio
+ * @index: folio index in the page cache
+ * @state: helper struct of state being passed back and forth.
+ *
+ * prepare_collapse_file_folio() helps prepare the THP collapsing of file folios
+ * (both shmem and !shmem), including the reading of folios, initial tests for
+ * dirty/writeback, locking, etc.
+ *
+ * Context: Expects @state->mapping->i_pages->xa_lock to be held. Releases the same xa_lock.
+ * On success, returns a refcounted and locked folio in @state->folio (that may
+ * not be the same that was passed in).
+ * Return: Appropriate scan_result value (on success, SCAN_SUCCEED).
+ */
static enum scan_result prepare_collapse_file_folio(pgoff_t index, struct collapse_file_state *state)
{
struct address_space *mapping = state->mapping;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 14:29 [PATCH 0/8] mm/khugepaged: collapse_file() cleanups Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm/khugepaged: separate out windy folio logic from collapse_file Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 15:38 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-07-20 15:39 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 2/8] mm/khugepaged: factor out page cache folio reading Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 16:53 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 3/8] mm/khugepaged: factor out and simplify dirty/writeback handling Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm/khugepaged: simplify prepare folio locking and exit paths Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 14:29 ` Pedro Falcato [this message]
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 6/8] mm/khugepaged: hoist isolation into collapse_isolate_folio() Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 7/8] mm/khugepaged: hoist more code " Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 14:29 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm/khugepaged: fix and flesh out try_to_unmap_flush() comment Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 15:21 ` [PATCH 0/8] mm/khugepaged: collapse_file() cleanups Nico Pache
2026-07-20 19:49 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-07-20 20:14 ` Nico Pache
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