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From: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	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>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
	Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
	Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] mm: unqueue deferred split folios outside the lruvec lock
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:13:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261013221307.850803-1-joannelkoong@gmail.com> (raw)

move_folios_to_lru(), folio_batch_move_lru() and folios_put_refs() call
folio_unqueue_deferred_split() on folios where the refcount has dropped
to zero. In these paths, folio_unqueue_deferred_split() is called with
the lruvec lock often held (move_folios_to_lru() always holds it and
folio_batch_move_lru()/folios_put_refs() usually hold it for every folio
in the batch except the first). However, it's not needed to hold the
lruvec lock.

The lruvec lock protects folio->lru and the reclaim LRU lists whereas
the deferred split queue lives on folio->_deferred_list in
deferred_split_lru. The deferred_split_lru is a list_lru with its own
per-memcg per-node lock.

There are already other existing callers that call
folio_unqueue_deferred_split() without holding the lruvec lock (eg
__folio_put(), shrink_folio_list(), __folio_migrate_mapping(), ...).

Add folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split() and use it in
move_folios_to_lru(), folio_batch_move_lru(), and folios_put_refs() to
unqueue each batch of zero-refcount folios from the deferred split list
after the lruvec lock is released and before
mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(). This helps shorten the lruvec lock's
critical sections, which run with IRQs disabled and are highly
contended.

Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
---
 mm/folio.c    | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 mm/internal.h |  1 +
 mm/vmscan.c   |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/folio.c b/mm/folio.c
index 35e242b48870..85144078e635 100644
--- a/mm/folio.c
+++ b/mm/folio.c
@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__folio_put);
 
 typedef void (*move_fn_t)(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio);
 
+/*
+ * Unqueue a batch of folios from the deferred split queue. This must be
+ * called after the folios' refcounts have dropped to zero and before they
+ * are uncharged (see comment above __folio_unqueue_deferred_split() for why).
+ */
+void folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(struct folio_batch *fbatch)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < folio_batch_count(fbatch); i++)
+		folio_unqueue_deferred_split(fbatch->folios[i]);
+}
+
 static void lru_add(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio)
 {
 	int was_unevictable = folio_test_clear_unevictable(folio);
@@ -177,14 +190,10 @@ static void folio_batch_move_lru(struct folio_batch *fbatch, move_fn_t move_fn)
 		 *
 		 * We're bypassing normal cleanup. Clear flags that are not
 		 * applicable to dead folios.
-		 *
-		 * Since the folio may be part of a huge page, unqueue from
-		 * deferred split list to avoid a dangling list entry.
 		 */
 		if (is_lru_add && folio_ref_freeze(folio, 1)) {
 			__folio_clear_active(folio);
 			__folio_clear_unevictable(folio);
-			folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
 			fbatch->folios[i] = NULL;
 			folio_batch_add(&free_fbatch, folio);
 			continue;
@@ -201,6 +210,11 @@ static void folio_batch_move_lru(struct folio_batch *fbatch, move_fn_t move_fn)
 
 	/* Cleanup filtered dead folios. */
 	if (is_lru_add) {
+		/*
+		 * Since the folios may be part of a huge page, unqueue them
+		 * from the deferred split list to avoid a dangling list entry.
+		 */
+		folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(&free_fbatch);
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_fbatch);
 		free_unref_folios(&free_fbatch);
 	}
@@ -1020,7 +1034,6 @@ void folios_put_refs(struct folio_batch *folios, unsigned int *refs)
 			free_huge_folio(folio);
 			continue;
 		}
-		folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
 		__page_cache_release(folio, &lruvec, &flags);
 
 		if (j != i)
@@ -1035,6 +1048,7 @@ void folios_put_refs(struct folio_batch *folios, unsigned int *refs)
 	}
 
 	folios->nr = j;
+	folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(folios);
 	mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(folios);
 	free_unref_folios(folios);
 }
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 0ca863f2639a..ac72577a6e3e 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ static inline bool folio_unqueue_deferred_split(struct folio *folio)
 
 	return __folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
 }
+void folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(struct folio_batch *fbatch);
 
 static inline struct folio *page_rmappable_folio(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 29b31446fc11..94859a830fb0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2007,9 +2007,9 @@ static unsigned int move_folios_to_lru(struct list_head *list, bool do_rotate)
 		if (unlikely(folio_put_testzero(folio))) {
 			__folio_clear_lru_flags(folio);
 
-			folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
 			if (folio_batch_add(&free_folios, folio) == 0) {
 				lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
+				folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(&free_folios);
 				mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
 				free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
 				lruvec = NULL;
@@ -2041,6 +2041,7 @@ static unsigned int move_folios_to_lru(struct list_head *list, bool do_rotate)
 		lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
 
 	if (free_folios.nr) {
+		folio_batch_unqueue_deferred_split(&free_folios);
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
 		free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
 	}
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-13 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-13 22:13 Joanne Koong [this message]
2026-10-14  3:07 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-14  3:13   ` Barry Song
2026-10-14  4:24     ` Lance Yang
2026-10-14  9:31 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)

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