From: Wandun Chen <chenwandun1@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, vbabka@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
mhocko@suse.com, jackmanb@google.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
ziy@nvidia.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm/compaction: skip isolate mlocked folios when compact_unevictable_allowed=0
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 10:38:10 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604023812.3700316-2-chenwandun1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604023812.3700316-1-chenwandun1@gmail.com>
From: Wandun Chen <chenwandun@lixiang.com>
compact_unevictable_allowed is default 0 under PREEMPT_RT,
isolate_migratepages_block() skips folios with PG_unevictable set.
However, mlock_folio() sets PG_mlocked immediately but defers
PG_unevictable to mlock_folio_batch(), result in a folio with
PG_mlocked=1 but PG_unevictable=0. Compaction will isolate such a
folio.
Fix by checking folio_test_mlocked() together with the existing
folio_test_unevictable() check.
A similar issue has been reported by Alexander Krabler on a 6.12-rt
aarch64 system. Vlastimil suggested to check the mlocked flag [1].
Reported-by: Alexander Krabler <Alexander.Krabler@kuka.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/DU0PR01MB10385345F7153F334100981888259A@DU0PR01MB10385.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com/
Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Wandun Chen <chenwandun@lixiang.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/33275585-f2db-4779-89f0-3ae24b455a67@suse.cz/ [1]
---
mm/compaction.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index b776f35ad020..7e07b792bcb5 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,8 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
is_unevictable = folio_test_unevictable(folio);
/* Compaction might skip unevictable pages but CMA takes them */
- if (!(mode & ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE) && is_unevictable)
+ if (!(mode & ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE) &&
+ (is_unevictable || folio_test_mlocked(folio)))
goto isolate_fail_put;
/*
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 2:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 2:38 [RFC PATCH 0/3] mm/compaction: honour compact_unevictable_allowed in mlock race and alloc_contig path Wandun Chen
2026-06-04 2:38 ` Wandun Chen [this message]
2026-06-04 2:38 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] mm/compaction: add per-folio isolation tracepoint Wandun Chen
2026-06-04 2:38 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/compaction: respect compact_unevictable_allowed in alloc_contig path Wandun Chen
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