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
next prev 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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