From: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>, Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>,
Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>, Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>,
Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>, Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>,
Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>,
Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@google.com>, Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>,
Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/3] mm: swap: move LRU insertion out of the swap cache allocator
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:20:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911092012.92399-2-alex@ghiti.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911092012.92399-1-alex@ghiti.fr>
This is a preparatory patch.
__swap_cache_alloc_folio() adds the new folio to the LRU itself, which
leaves its callers no way to act on the folio before it becomes visible
to reclaim. Two users need exactly that:
- moving the refault evaluation out of the swap cache folio allocation
requires it to happen before folio_add_lru(): that consumes PG_active
to file the folio on the inactive or the active list, and under MGLRU
it also reads PG_workingset to pick the generation. Setting either
flag afterwards does not move the folio;
- zswap writeback dropbehind needs the buffer folio to stay off the LRU
entirely, as the per-CPU LRU batch would hold a reference on it and
keep remove_mapping() from freeing it once writeback completes.
Defer the LRU insertion to the callers of __swap_cache_alloc_folio():
each of them adds the folio right after the allocation, so there is no
functional change intended.
Suggested-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
---
mm/swap.h | 6 +++---
mm/swap_state.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
mm/swapfile.c | 2 +-
mm/zswap.c | 5 +++--
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/swap.h b/mm/swap.h
index 90a551a88df6..8679cb61268e 100644
--- a/mm/swap.h
+++ b/mm/swap.h
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ bool swap_cache_has_folio(swp_entry_t entry);
struct folio *swap_cache_get_folio(swp_entry_t entry);
void *swap_cache_get_shadow(swp_entry_t entry);
void swap_cache_del_folio(struct folio *folio);
-struct folio *swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t target_entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long orders, struct vm_fault *vmf,
- struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx);
+struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t target_entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ unsigned long orders, struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx);
/* Below helpers require the caller to lock and pass in the swap cluster. */
void __swap_cache_add_folio(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry);
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index b76eb3d876fd..bf8ff2d2dbf1 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -489,13 +489,11 @@ static struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
node_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_PAGES, nr_pages);
lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_SWAPCACHE, nr_pages);
- /* Caller will initiate read into locked new_folio */
- folio_add_lru(folio);
return folio;
}
/**
- * swap_cache_alloc_folio - Allocate folio for swapped out slot in swap cache.
+ * __swap_cache_alloc_folio - Allocate folio for swapped out slot in swap cache.
* @targ_entry: swap entry indicating the target slot
* @gfp: memory allocation flags
* @orders: allocation orders, must be non zero
@@ -507,13 +505,17 @@ static struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
* doing IO (e.g. swap in or zswap writeback). The swap slot indicated by
* @targ_entry must have a non-zero swap count (swapped out).
*
+ * The returned folio is locked and is NOT on the LRU. The caller must either
+ * add it to the LRU with folio_add_lru() so page reclaim can find it, or free
+ * it directly once done; a folio left off the LRU is unreclaimable and leaks.
+ *
* Context: Caller must protect the swap device with reference count or locks.
* Return: Returns the folio if allocation succeeded and folio is in the swap
* cache. Returns error code if failed due to race, OOM or invalid arguments.
*/
-struct folio *swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t targ_entry, gfp_t gfp,
- unsigned long orders, struct vm_fault *vmf,
- struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx)
+struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t targ_entry, gfp_t gfp,
+ unsigned long orders, struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx)
{
int order, err;
struct folio *ret;
@@ -649,12 +651,13 @@ static struct folio *swap_cache_read_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx,
folio = swap_cache_get_folio(entry);
if (folio)
return folio;
- folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp, BIT(0), NULL, mpol, ilx);
+ folio = __swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp, BIT(0), NULL, mpol, ilx);
} while (PTR_ERR(folio) == -EEXIST);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio))
return NULL;
+ folio_add_lru(folio);
swap_read_folio(ctx, folio);
if (readahead) {
folio_set_readahead(folio);
@@ -690,12 +693,13 @@ struct folio *swapin_sync(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp, unsigned long orders,
folio = swap_cache_get_folio(entry);
if (folio)
return folio;
- folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp, orders, vmf, mpol, ilx);
+ folio = __swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp, orders, vmf, mpol, ilx);
} while (PTR_ERR(folio) == -EEXIST);
if (IS_ERR(folio))
return folio;
+ folio_add_lru(folio);
swap_read_folio(&ctx, folio);
swap_read_submit(&ctx);
return folio;
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 51f5a525bb61..bfd0fb46b0ad 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ void folio_put_swap(struct folio *folio, struct page *page)
* CPU1 CPU2
* do_swap_page()
* ... swapoff+swapon
- * swap_cache_alloc_folio()
+ * __swap_cache_alloc_folio()
* // check swap_map
* // verify PTE not changed
*
diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 37f34e406c8e..0d2efe21f18a 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1001,8 +1001,8 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
return -EEXIST;
mpol = get_task_policy(current);
- folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(swpentry, GFP_KERNEL, BIT(0), NULL, mpol,
- NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX);
+ folio = __swap_cache_alloc_folio(swpentry, GFP_KERNEL, BIT(0), NULL, mpol,
+ NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX);
put_swap_device(si);
/*
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
*/
if (IS_ERR(folio))
return PTR_ERR(folio);
+ folio_add_lru(folio);
/*
* folio is locked, and the swapcache is now secured against
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 9:20 [PATCH v4 0/3] mm: fix workingset refaults in the zswap writeback path Alexandre Ghiti
2026-09-11 9:20 ` Alexandre Ghiti [this message]
2026-09-11 9:20 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] mm: swap: refault on swap-in, not in the swap cache allocator Alexandre Ghiti
2026-09-11 9:20 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] mm: zswap: preserve the workingset shadow across writeback Alexandre Ghiti
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-08-25 13:52 [PATCH v4 0/3] mm: zswap: free cold writeback folios promptly Alexandre Ghiti
2026-08-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] mm: swap: move LRU insertion out of the swap cache allocator Alexandre Ghiti
2026-09-08 9:37 ` Kunwu Chan
2026-09-08 18:26 ` Nhat Pham
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