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From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: axelrasmussen@google.com, david@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
	kasong@tencent.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
	lyugaofei@xiaomi.com, mhocko@kernel.org, qi.zheng@linux.dev,
	shakeel.butt@linux.dev, stevensd@chromium.org,
	weixugc@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, chenridong@xiaomi.com,
	zhangbo56@xiaomi.com, wangzicheng@honor.com, lianux.mm@gmail.com,
	Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 3/6] mm/mglru: improve readability of isolate_folios()
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:38:40 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731083843.37811-4-baohua@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731083843.37811-1-baohua@kernel.org>

From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>

The for_each_evictable_type() loop in isolate_folios()
is misleading: it does not actually iterate over each
evictable type. Instead, get_type_to_scan() selects the
type to scan, while the iterator `i` merely bounds the
number of attempts.

Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
Co-developed-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 31947fa60f18..0038f33aa318 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4828,35 +4828,42 @@ static int get_type_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, int swappiness)
 	return positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv);
 }
 
+static inline bool is_single_type_reclaim(int swappiness)
+{
+	return swappiness == MIN_SWAPPINESS ||
+	       swappiness == SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY;
+}
+
 static int isolate_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 			  struct scan_control *sc, int swappiness,
 			  struct list_head *list, int *isolated,
 			  int *isolate_type, int *isolate_scanned)
 {
-	int i;
-	int total_scanned = 0;
+	bool single_type = is_single_type_reclaim(swappiness);
 	int type = get_type_to_scan(lruvec, swappiness);
+	int total_scanned = 0, scanned, tier;
+	bool tried = false;
 
-	for_each_evictable_type(i, swappiness) {
-		int scanned;
-		int tier = get_tier_idx(lruvec, type);
+retry:
+	tier = get_tier_idx(lruvec, type);
+	scanned = scan_folios(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc,
+			      type, tier, list, isolated);
 
-		scanned = scan_folios(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc,
-				      type, tier, list, isolated);
+	total_scanned += scanned;
+	if (*isolated) {
+		*isolate_type = type;
+		*isolate_scanned = scanned;
+		return total_scanned;
+	}
 
-		total_scanned += scanned;
-		if (*isolated) {
-			*isolate_type = type;
-			*isolate_scanned = scanned;
-			break;
-		}
-		/*
-		 * If scanned > 0 and isolated == 0, avoid falling back to the
-		 * other type, as this type remains sufficient. Falling back
-		 * too readily can disrupt the positive_ctrl_err() bias.
-		 */
-		if (!scanned)
-			type = !type;
+	/*
+	 * We are running out of the current reclaim type. Fall back to
+	 * the other type if allowed.
+	 */
+	if (!tried && !scanned && !single_type) {
+		type = !type;
+		tried = true;
+		goto retry;
 	}
 
 	return total_scanned;
-- 
2.34.1



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31  8:38 [RFC PATCH v3 0/6] mm: mglru: fix swappiness behavior Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-07-31  8:38 ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/6] mm: mglru: prevent min_seq[type] from pointing to an empty generation Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-07-31  8:38 ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/6] mm: mglru: let scan_folios() scan both reclaimable generations Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-07-31  8:38 ` Barry Song (Xiaomi) [this message]
2026-07-31  8:38 ` [RFC PATCH v3 4/6] mm: mglru: improve scan_folios() exhaustion detection Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-07-31  8:38 ` [RFC PATCH v3 5/6] mm: mglru: run aging when pages are severely imbalanced across gens Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-07-31  8:38 ` [RFC PATCH v3 6/6] mm: mglru: run aging if the preferred type has no folios in reclaimable gens Barry Song (Xiaomi)

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