From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
To: <brauner@kernel.org>, <djwong@kernel.org>, <cem@kernel.org>,
<akpm@linux-foundation.org>, <vbabka@kernel.org>,
<surenb@google.com>, <mhocko@suse.com>,
<brendan.jackman@linux.dev>, <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
<ziy@nvidia.com>, <david@kernel.org>, <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
<shakeel.butt@linux.dev>, <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-mm@kvack.org>, Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] mm: replace PF_KSWAPD flag with kthread_func() check
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 21:16:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902131653.1338227-4-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902131653.1338227-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
The preceding commits removed the last consumer that propagated
PF_KSWAPD beyond kswapd itself (XFS btree split worker inheritance).
The only remaining setter of PF_KSWAPD is kswapd(), and every
current_is_kswapd() caller only needs to check whether the current
task *is* the kswapd thread, not whether it inherited the flag.
Replace the flag-based test with kthread_func(current) == kswapd,
freeing the 0x00020000 PF flag bit.
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 2 +-
include/linux/swap.h | 7 +------
mm/vmscan.c | 10 ++++++++--
tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h | 1 -
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8b3d47a325cc..86394121b6c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ extern struct pid *cad_pid;
#define PF_USER_WORKER 0x00004000 /* Kernel thread cloned from userspace thread */
#define PF_NOFREEZE 0x00008000 /* This thread should not be frozen */
#define PF_KCOMPACTD 0x00010000 /* I am kcompactd */
-#define PF_KSWAPD 0x00020000 /* I am kswapd */
+#define PF__HOLE__00020000 0x00020000
#define PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS 0x00040000 /* All allocations inherit GFP_NOFS. See memalloc_nfs_save() */
#define PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO 0x00080000 /* All allocations inherit GFP_NOIO. See memalloc_noio_save() */
#define PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE 0x00100000 /* Throttle writes only against the bdi I write to,
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a72ecf12c00d..fc290e29e4a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@
#define SWAP_FLAGS_VALID (SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_MASK | SWAP_FLAG_PREFER | \
SWAP_FLAG_DISCARD | SWAP_FLAG_DISCARD_ONCE | \
SWAP_FLAG_DISCARD_PAGES)
-
-static inline int current_is_kswapd(void)
-{
- return current->flags & PF_KSWAPD;
-}
-
/*
* MAX_SWAPFILES defines the maximum number of swaptypes: things which can
* be swapped to. The swap type and the offset into that swap type are
@@ -339,6 +333,7 @@ void check_move_unevictable_folios(struct folio_batch *fbatch);
extern void __meminit kswapd_run(int nid);
extern void __meminit kswapd_stop(int nid);
+bool current_is_kswapd(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
int add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page,
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 07ba86634b84..775d3f71a9de 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -7468,7 +7468,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
* us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
* trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
*/
- tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_KSWAPD;
+ tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
set_freezable();
WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_order, 0);
@@ -7518,11 +7518,17 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
goto kswapd_try_sleep;
}
- tsk->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_KSWAPD);
+ tsk->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
return 0;
}
+bool current_is_kswapd(void)
+{
+ return kthread_func(current) == kswapd;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(current_is_kswapd);
+
/*
* A zone is low on free memory or too fragmented for high-order memory. If
* kswapd should reclaim (direct reclaim is deferred), wake it up for the zone's
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
index 76f5e025e107..3e095343ae84 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
#define PF_IO_WORKER 0x00000010 /* Task is an IO worker */
#define PF_WQ_WORKER 0x00000020 /* I'm a workqueue worker */
#define PF_KCOMPACTD 0x00010000 /* I am kcompactd */
-#define PF_KSWAPD 0x00020000 /* I am kswapd */
#define PF_KTHREAD 0x00200000 /* I am a kernel thread */
#define PF_EXITING 0x00000004
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC 1
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 13:16 [PATCH 0/4] mm: replace PF_KCOMPACTD/PF_KSWAPD with kthread_func() Kefeng Wang
2026-09-02 13:16 ` [PATCH 1/4] xfs: remove dead kswapd flag inheritance from btree split worker Kefeng Wang
2026-09-02 14:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-02 15:33 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-09-02 13:16 ` [PATCH 2/4] iomap: simplify writepages reclaim guard Kefeng Wang
2026-09-02 14:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-03 13:46 ` Kefeng Wang
2026-09-02 15:34 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-09-02 13:16 ` Kefeng Wang [this message]
2026-09-02 15:36 ` [PATCH 3/4] mm: replace PF_KSWAPD flag with kthread_func() check Shakeel Butt
2026-09-02 16:35 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-02 16:39 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-02 13:16 ` [PATCH 4/4] mm: replace PF_KCOMPACTD " Kefeng Wang
2026-09-02 15:37 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-09-02 16:36 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-02 16:40 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 0/4] mm: replace PF_KCOMPACTD/PF_KSWAPD with kthread_func() Shakeel Butt
2026-09-02 20:44 ` Andrew Morton
2026-09-03 13:37 ` [PATCH] xfs: fix NOFS state corruption in btree split worker Kefeng Wang
2026-09-03 13:52 ` Brian Foster
2026-09-04 0:41 ` Kefeng Wang
2026-09-04 11:57 ` Brian Foster
2026-09-03 13:40 ` [PATCH 0/4] mm: replace PF_KCOMPACTD/PF_KSWAPD with kthread_func() Kefeng Wang
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