From: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
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>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>,
Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>,
Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>, Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/14] mm/page-flags: introduce folio_test_fs_private()
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:56:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907-remove-pg_private-v3-10-6ae22f9d9272@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907-remove-pg_private-v3-0-6ae22f9d9272@nvidia.com>
folio_test_fs_private() wraps folio->private != NULL check and excludes
swapcache and hugetlb folios, since swapcache uses swp_entry_t overlapping
with folio->private and hugetlb sets its own flags in folio->private.
Replace open code with the helper, since core MM does this check
frequently.
No functional change intended.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>
Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
include/linux/mm.h | 4 +---
include/linux/page-flags.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
include/trace/events/pagemap.h | 4 +---
mm/huge_memory.c | 4 +---
mm/migrate.c | 3 +--
mm/page-writeback.c | 5 +----
mm/vmscan.c | 3 +--
7 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5eb8a62fafb56..c861525cda83f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3053,9 +3053,7 @@ static inline int folio_expected_ref_count(const struct folio *folio)
* One reference from filesystem private data.
* Use data_race() since folio might not be locked.
*/
- ref_count += data_race(folio_test_private(folio)) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio) &&
- !folio_test_swapbacked(folio);
+ ref_count += data_race(folio_test_fs_private(folio));
}
/* One reference per page table mapping. */
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 9cb4d64739798..ce7fccd90367b 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -1210,6 +1210,28 @@ static __always_inline void __ClearPageAnonExclusive(struct page *page)
(0xffUL /* order */ | 1UL << PG_has_hwpoisoned | \
1UL << PG_large_rmappable | 1UL << PG_partially_mapped)
+/**
+ * folio_test_fs_private - check if the folio has filesystem private data
+ * @folio: The folio to check.
+ *
+ * Use this in code that may encounter swapcache or hugetlb folios but only
+ * wants to detect filesystem private data. Swapcache stores swp_entry_t in
+ * folio->swap, a union with folio->private, and hugetlb stores its own flags
+ * in folio->private; both are excluded.
+ *
+ * NOTE: For swapcache, folio->swap.val PG_swapcache are not set as a whole,
+ * so folio_test_swapcache() is not reliable to exclude swapcache.
+ * Use folio_test_swapbacked() instead, since it remains set when a folio is
+ * added to/removed from swapcache.
+ *
+ * Return: true if folio->private is set and the folio is neither swapcache
+ * nor hugetlb.
+ */
+static inline bool folio_test_fs_private(const struct folio *folio)
+{
+ return folio_test_private(folio) && !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
+ !folio_test_hugetlb(folio);
+}
/**
* folio_has_private - Determine if folio has private stuff
* @folio: The folio to be checked
@@ -1219,9 +1241,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ClearPageAnonExclusive(struct page *page)
*/
static inline int folio_has_private(const struct folio *folio)
{
- return (!!folio->private && !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) ||
- folio_test_private_2(folio);
+ return folio_test_fs_private(folio) || folio_test_private_2(folio);
}
#undef PF_ANY
diff --git a/include/trace/events/pagemap.h b/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
index 8193f91216822..547a550b81ee1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
(folio_test_swapbacked(folio) ? PAGEMAP_SWAPBACKED : 0) | \
(folio_test_mappedtodisk(folio) ? PAGEMAP_MAPPEDDISK : 0) | \
/* data_race() is used to read folio->private locklessly */ \
- (data_race(folio_test_private(folio)) && \
- !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) && \
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio) ? PAGEMAP_BUFFERS : 0) \
+ (data_race(folio_test_fs_private(folio)) ? PAGEMAP_BUFFERS : 0) \
)
TRACE_EVENT(mm_lru_insertion,
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9b2a9d0794a61..4cb7d9bc47544 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -4833,9 +4833,7 @@ static int split_huge_pages_pid(int pid, unsigned long vaddr_start,
* can be split or not. So skip the check here.
* data_race() is used to read folio->private locklessly.
*/
- if (!(data_race(folio_test_private(folio)) &&
- !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) &&
+ if (!data_race(folio_test_fs_private(folio)) &&
folio_expected_ref_count(folio) != folio_ref_count(folio))
goto next;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index f6befd3ff1c46..2e133d533c8da 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1327,8 +1327,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
* free the metadata, so the page can be freed.
*/
if (!src->mapping) {
- if (folio_test_private(src) && !folio_test_swapbacked(src) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(src)) {
+ if (folio_test_fs_private(src)) {
try_to_free_buffers(src);
goto out;
}
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 02ad49b10be07..e7389020d2a56 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2706,10 +2706,7 @@ bool filemap_dirty_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio)
return false;
/* data_race() is used to read folio->private locklessly */
- __folio_mark_dirty(folio, mapping,
- !(data_race(folio_test_private(folio)) &&
- !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio)));
+ __folio_mark_dirty(folio, mapping, !data_race(folio_test_fs_private(folio)));
if (mapping->host) {
/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9348ebf9de882..47352bafc5b6f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -978,8 +978,7 @@ static void folio_check_dirty_writeback(struct folio *folio,
*writeback = folio_test_writeback(folio);
/* Verify dirty/writeback state if the filesystem supports it */
- if (!(folio_test_private(folio) && !folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
- !folio_test_hugetlb(folio)))
+ if (!folio_test_fs_private(folio))
return;
mapping = folio_mapping(folio);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 2:56 [PATCH v3 00/14] Remove PG_private by using page/folio->private checks instead Zi Yan
2026-09-08 2:56 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] mm/page-flags: check page/folio->private instead of PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-08 16:56 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 2:08 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-08 2:56 ` Zi Yan [this message]
2026-09-08 16:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] mm/page-flags: introduce folio_test_fs_private() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-08 17:22 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-08 2:56 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] mm/page-flags: remove PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-09 14:31 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 14:48 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-09 14:50 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 14:51 ` Zi Yan
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