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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
To: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: axelrasmussen@google.com, baoquan.he@linux.dev,
	chenridong@xiaomi.com, david@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
	kasong@tencent.com, lianux.mm@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
	lyugaofei@xiaomi.com, mhocko@kernel.org, qi.zheng@linux.dev,
	shakeel.butt@linux.dev, stevensd@chromium.org,
	wangzicheng@honor.com, weixugc@google.com, yuanchu@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm/mglru: improve readability of isolate_folios()
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:02:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f16fbf4f-e9e2-4a3b-b618-87b29e80693c@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820045603.68809-2-baohua@kernel.org>



On 8/20/26 12:56 PM, Barry Song (Xiaomi) wrote:
> From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
> 
> The for_each_evictable_type() loop in isolate_folios()
> is misleading: it does not actually iterate over each
> evictable type. Instead, get_type_to_scan() selects the
> type to scan, while the iterator `i` merely bounds the
> number of attempts.
> 
> Make the fallback behavior explicit in the code and remove the
> opaque for_each_evictable_type(i, swappiness).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xiaomi.com>
> Co-developed-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
> ---

LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>

>   mm/vmscan.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>   1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index c1404a59523d..d5cc30b667ad 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -4833,35 +4833,41 @@ static int get_type_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, int swappiness)
>   	return positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv);
>   }
>   
> +static inline bool is_single_type_reclaim(int swappiness)
> +{
> +	return swappiness == MIN_SWAPPINESS ||
> +	       swappiness == SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY;
> +}

I can't think of a better function name either, so I'm fine with it :)

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-20  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-20  4:56 [PATCH 0/3] mm/mglru: clean up isolate_folios and scan_folios for readability and clarity Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-20  4:56 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm/mglru: improve readability of isolate_folios() Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-20  9:02   ` Baolin Wang [this message]
2026-08-20  9:22   ` Kairui Song
2026-08-20  4:56 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm/mglru: improve scan_folios() exhaustion detection Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-20  4:56 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm/mglru: retry the same type once if isolation fails due to races Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-20  7:56 ` [PATCH 0/3] mm/mglru: clean up isolate_folios and scan_folios for readability and clarity Lian Wang (ProcessMission)

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