From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
llvm@lists.linux.dev, kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/shmem: drop the second folio batch from shmem_undo_range()
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:33:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8fb62131-db10-491c-9839-a3835d7aaf32@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <787a1ba3-df93-45f9-abe1-3fcdefbe41cc@linux.alibaba.com>
On 11/12/26 09:05, Baolin Wang wrote:
>
>
> On 11/12/26 11:39 AM, Qiliang Yuan wrote:
>> shmem_undo_range() keeps a folio_batch and an array of FOLIO_BATCH_SIZE
>> indices on its stack. Removing truncated folios from the page cache in
>> batches added a second folio_batch to collect the folios to delete.
>>
>> That grows the stack frame by about 200 bytes, past the 1024 byte limit
>> of mips eyeq6_defconfig built with clang.
>>
>> Pass fbatch itself to delete_from_page_cache_batch() once the swap
>> entries are gone, as truncate_inode_pages_range() does. Undoing a failed
>> fallocate() only removes the folios that are not uptodate, so remove
>> those one at a time with truncate_inode_folio() as before.
>>
>> Stack frame of shmem_undo_range() built with clang 18:
>>
>> config before (bytes) after (bytes) change
>> mips eyeq6_defconfig 928 720 -22%
>> x86_64 920 712 -23%
>>
>> Fixes: b97fbd541ecba ("mm/shmem: remove truncated folios from the page cache
>> in batches")
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202611112032.TMyPU6Rm-
>> lkp@intel.com/
>> Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
>> ---
>> David, this applies on top of b97fbd541ecba in shmem-7.5.misc; please
>> fold it in if you prefer.
>> ---
>
> I think you should send out a complete v2, and David could queue your new version.
Yes please. I'll drop the old patch from core.git. Should be gone later today.
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 8:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-12 3:39 Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-12 8:05 ` Baolin Wang
2026-11-12 8:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-11-12 9:11 ` Qiliang Yuan
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