From: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@meta.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org, david@kernel.org,
vbabka@kernel.org, jannh@google.com, rppt@kernel.org,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, shuah@kernel.org,
"Gregory Price (Meta)" <gourry@gourry.net>
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] mm/madvise: factor shared LRU folio handling
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:58:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922235830.2350770-4-gourry@gourry.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260922235830.2350770-1-gourry@gourry.net>
The huge-PMD and PTE paths duplicate folio filtering, reference clearing,
deactivation and pageout isolation. Keeping both copies synchronized
obscures the page-table-specific control flow.
Factor the common filtering and LRU operation into helpers. Keep the
lock-before-reference sequence visible at each split site because an early
reference can prevent split_folio() from succeeding.
No functional change intended.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@gourry.net>
---
mm/madvise.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 83d54ab385da8..c345fef23f15d 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -361,6 +361,39 @@ static inline int madvise_folio_pte_batch(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
FPB_MERGE_YOUNG_DIRTY);
}
+static inline void
+madvise_lru_folio(struct folio *folio, bool pageout,
+ struct list_head *folio_list)
+{
+ /*
+ * Clear references before deactivating or reclaiming the folio. This can
+ * make idle-page tracking miss recent accesses.
+ */
+ folio_clear_referenced(folio);
+ folio_test_clear_young(folio);
+ if (folio_test_active(folio))
+ folio_set_workingset(folio);
+
+ if (!pageout) {
+ folio_deactivate(folio);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!folio_isolate_lru(folio))
+ return;
+ if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
+ folio_putback_lru(folio);
+ else
+ list_add(&folio->lru, folio_list);
+}
+
+static bool madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(struct folio *folio,
+ bool pageout_anon_only)
+{
+ return folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio) ||
+ (pageout_anon_only && !folio_test_anon(folio));
+}
+
static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
{
@@ -373,15 +406,14 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
spinlock_t *ptl;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
- bool pageout_anon_only_filter;
unsigned int batch_count = 0;
+ bool pageout_anon_only;
int nr;
if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
return -EINTR;
-
- pageout_anon_only_filter = pageout && !vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
- !can_do_file_pageout(vma);
+ pageout_anon_only = pageout && !vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
+ !can_do_file_pageout(vma);
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
@@ -407,11 +439,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
goto huge_unlock;
- /* Do not interfere with other mappings of this folio */
- if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio))
- goto huge_unlock;
-
- if (pageout_anon_only_filter && !folio_test_anon(folio))
+ if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, pageout_anon_only))
goto huge_unlock;
if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
@@ -437,19 +465,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
}
- folio_clear_referenced(folio);
- folio_test_clear_young(folio);
- if (folio_test_active(folio))
- folio_set_workingset(folio);
- if (pageout) {
- if (folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
- if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
- folio_putback_lru(folio);
- else
- list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
- }
- } else
- folio_deactivate(folio);
+ madvise_lru_folio(folio, pageout, &folio_list);
huge_unlock:
spin_unlock(ptl);
if (pageout)
@@ -502,9 +518,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
if (nr < folio_nr_pages(folio)) {
int err;
- if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio))
- continue;
- if (pageout_anon_only_filter && !folio_test_anon(folio))
+ if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, pageout_anon_only))
continue;
if (!folio_trylock(folio))
continue;
@@ -537,7 +551,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
folio_mapcount(folio) != folio_nr_pages(folio))
continue;
- if (pageout_anon_only_filter && !folio_test_anon(folio))
+ if (pageout_anon_only && !folio_test_anon(folio))
continue;
if (!pageout && pte_young(ptent)) {
@@ -546,25 +560,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
tlb_remove_tlb_entries(tlb, pte, nr, addr);
}
- /*
- * We are deactivating a folio for accelerating reclaiming.
- * VM couldn't reclaim the folio unless we clear PG_young.
- * As a side effect, it makes confuse idle-page tracking
- * because they will miss recent referenced history.
- */
- folio_clear_referenced(folio);
- folio_test_clear_young(folio);
- if (folio_test_active(folio))
- folio_set_workingset(folio);
- if (pageout) {
- if (folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
- if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
- folio_putback_lru(folio);
- else
- list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
- }
- } else
- folio_deactivate(folio);
+ madvise_lru_folio(folio, pageout, &folio_list);
}
out:
@@ -651,8 +647,8 @@ static long madvise_pageout(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
* owner nor write capable of the file. We allow private file mappings
* further to pageout dirty anon pages.
*/
- if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && (!can_do_file_pageout(vma) &&
- (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)))
+ if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !can_do_file_pageout(vma) &&
+ (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
return 0;
lru_add_drain();
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 23:58 [PATCH 00/10] mm/madvise: refactor cold and pageout page table walks Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 01/10] selftests/mm: exercise MADV_COLD and MADV_PAGEOUT Gregory Price
2026-09-23 14:26 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 14:44 ` Gregory Price
2026-09-23 14:46 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 11:32 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-24 14:01 ` Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 02/10] mm/madvise: name the shared LRU PMD callback Gregory Price
2026-09-23 14:44 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 23:58 ` Gregory Price [this message]
2026-09-23 16:00 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm/madvise: factor shared LRU folio handling Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm/madvise: use the PMD softleaf validity helper Gregory Price
2026-09-23 16:02 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 05/10] mm/madvise: factor huge-PMD folio processing Gregory Price
2026-09-23 16:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 17:06 ` Gregory Price
2026-09-23 17:14 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 17:26 ` Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm/madvise: separate huge PMDs from the PTE walk Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 07/10] mm/madvise: separate PTE-batch folio processing Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 08/10] mm/madvise: separate the PTL-held PTE scan Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 09/10] mm/madvise: make cold and pageout PTE lock ownership explicit Gregory Price
2026-09-22 23:58 ` [PATCH 10/10] mm/madvise: share cold and pageout walk setup Gregory Price
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