linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 4/4] mm/huge_memory: work on folio->swap instead of page->private when splitting folio

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:16:13 -0700
From:   Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 4/4] mm/huge_memory: work on folio->swap
 instead of page->private when splitting folio

Hi David,

Reviewed-by: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>

Chris


Chris

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:09 AM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Let's work on folio->swap instead. While at it, use folio_test_anon() and
> folio_test_swapcache() -- the original folio remains valid even after
> splitting (but is then an order-0 folio).
>
> We can probably convert a lot more to folios in that code, let's focus
> on folio->swap handling only for now.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index c04702ae71d2..4465915711c3 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2401,10 +2401,16 @@ static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *tail,
>         }
>  }
>
> -static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
> +static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct folio *folio, int tail,
>                 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *list)
>  {
> +       struct page *head = &folio->page;
>         struct page *page_tail = head + tail;
> +       /*
> +        * Careful: new_folio is not a "real" folio before we cleared PageTail.
> +        * Don't pass it around before clear_compound_head().
> +        */
> +       struct folio *new_folio = (struct folio *)page_tail;
>
>         VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(atomic_read(&page_tail->_mapcount) != -1, page_tail);
>
> @@ -2453,8 +2459,8 @@ static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
>                 VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE(true, page_tail);
>                 page_tail->private = 0;
>         }
> -       if (PageSwapCache(head))
> -               set_page_private(page_tail, (unsigned long)head->private + tail);
> +       if (folio_test_swapcache(folio))
> +               new_folio->swap.val = folio->swap.val + tail;
>
>         /* Page flags must be visible before we make the page non-compound. */
>         smp_wmb();
> @@ -2500,11 +2506,9 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
>         /* complete memcg works before add pages to LRU */
>         split_page_memcg(head, nr);
>
> -       if (PageAnon(head) && PageSwapCache(head)) {
> -               swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(head) };
> -
> -               offset = swp_offset(entry);
> -               swap_cache = swap_address_space(entry);
> +       if (folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_swapcache(folio)) {
> +               offset = swp_offset(folio->swap);
> +               swap_cache = swap_address_space(folio->swap);
>                 xa_lock(&swap_cache->i_pages);
>         }
>
> @@ -2514,7 +2518,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
>         ClearPageHasHWPoisoned(head);
>
>         for (i = nr - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
> -               __split_huge_page_tail(head, i, lruvec, list);
> +               __split_huge_page_tail(folio, i, lruvec, list);
>                 /* Some pages can be beyond EOF: drop them from page cache */
>                 if (head[i].index >= end) {
>                         struct folio *tail = page_folio(head + i);
> @@ -2559,11 +2563,8 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
>
>         remap_page(folio, nr);
>
> -       if (PageSwapCache(head)) {
> -               swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(head) };
> -
> -               split_swap_cluster(entry);
> -       }
> +       if (folio_test_swapcache(folio))
> +               split_swap_cluster(folio->swap);
>
>         for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
>                 struct page *subpage = head + i;
> --
> 2.41.0
>
>