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>,
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"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
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Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
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Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
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Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>, Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
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Subject: [PATCH v5 17/17] mm/page-flags: remove PG_private
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:28:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920-remove-pg_private-v5-17-bb68b6a21869@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260920-remove-pg_private-v5-0-bb68b6a21869@nvidia.com>
folio->private != NULL indicates a folio carries private data, replacing
PG_private. All PG_private users are converted. Remove PG_private and
reserve the space as PG_folio for future use. Unused PG_private functions
are removed too.
Assisted-by: LLM
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Young <ruirui.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
---
include/linux/page-flags.h | 18 +-----------------
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 2 +-
kernel/vmcore_info.c | 1 -
3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 6d839f50bdcb7..b0ddc652e76cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
* Consequently, PG_reserved for a page mapped into user space can indicate
* the zero page, the vDSO, MMIO pages or device memory.
*
- * The PG_private bitflag is set on pagecache pages if they contain filesystem
- * specific data (which is normally at page->private). It can be used by
- * private allocations for its own usage.
- *
* During initiation of disk I/O, PG_locked is set. This bit is set before I/O
* and cleared when writeback _starts_ or when read _completes_. PG_writeback
* is set before writeback starts and cleared when it finishes.
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ enum pageflags {
PG_owner_2, /* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use */
PG_arch_1,
PG_reserved,
- PG_private, /* If pagecache, has fs-private data */
+ PG_folio, /* Do not use: reserved for folio identification */
PG_private_2, /* If pagecache, has fs aux data */
PG_reclaim, /* To be reclaimed asap */
PG_swapbacked, /* Page is backed by RAM/swap */
@@ -588,18 +584,6 @@ static __always_inline bool folio_test_private(const struct folio *folio)
return data_race(folio->private);
}
-static __always_inline int PagePrivate(const struct page *page)
-{
- /* See folio_test_private() for data_race() use */
- return !!data_race(page->private);
-}
-
-/* no-ops during transition */
-static __always_inline void folio_set_private(struct folio *folio) { }
-static __always_inline void folio_clear_private(struct folio *folio) { }
-static __always_inline void SetPagePrivate(struct page *page) { }
-static __always_inline void ClearPagePrivate(struct page *page) { }
-
FOLIO_FLAG(private_2, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
/* owner_2 can be set on tail pages for anon memory */
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index ef9aa388b84f7..3c153b3ad8450 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(___GFP_LAST_BIT);
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(owner_2), \
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(arch_1), \
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(reserved), \
- DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(private), \
+ DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(folio), \
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(private_2), \
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(writeback), \
DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(head), \
diff --git a/kernel/vmcore_info.c b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
index 8614430ca212a..5a417f8a922ab 100644
--- a/kernel/vmcore_info.c
+++ b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(free_area.free_list, MIGRATE_TYPES);
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(NR_FREE_PAGES);
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_lru);
- VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_private);
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapcache);
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapbacked);
#define PAGE_SLAB_MAPCOUNT_VALUE (PGTY_slab << 24)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 2:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 2:27 [PATCH v5 00/17] Remove PG_private by using page/folio->private checks instead Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/17] mm/zsmalloc: replace PG_private with pointer comparison Zi Yan
2026-09-21 6:02 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/17] perf/ring_buffer: stop using PG_private as AUX page high-order marker Zi Yan
2026-09-21 6:19 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/17] xen/grant-table: stop setting PG_private on pages for grant mapping Zi Yan
2026-09-21 7:00 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 04/17] fscrypt: stop setting PG_private on bounce page Zi Yan
2026-09-21 7:03 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 05/17] mm/hugetlb: use direct assignment instead of folio_change_private() Zi Yan
2026-09-21 7:11 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 06/17] f2fs: stop using PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-21 7:24 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 07/17] f2fs: convert the ->private flag helpers to folio-only Zi Yan
2026-09-21 7:39 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 08/17] erofs: mm/pagemap: add readahead_folio_last() to avoid folio->private Zi Yan
2026-09-21 8:20 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 09/17] erofs: use folio_attach/detach_private() instead of direct assignment Zi Yan
2026-09-21 8:45 ` Lance Yang
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 10/17] mm/page-flags: check page/folio->private instead of PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-21 9:22 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 11/17] treewide: remove folio_set/clear_private() usage Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 12/17] ceph: replace PagePrivate() with page_private() Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 13/17] md: Use folio_alloc_buffers() Zi Yan
2026-09-21 9:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 14/17] md: Use folio APIs in free_page() Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 15/17] md: Remove the last use of page_buffers() Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:28 ` [PATCH v5 16/17] treewide: remove PagePrivate() and PG_private from comments and docs Zi Yan
2026-09-21 2:28 ` Zi Yan [this message]
2026-09-21 2:55 ` [PATCH v5 17/17] mm/page-flags: remove PG_private sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 15:36 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-21 4:08 ` [PATCH v5 00/17] Remove PG_private by using page/folio->private checks instead Andrew Morton
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