linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/8] mm: vmscan: add validation before spliting shmem large folio

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 19:03:12 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/8] mm: vmscan: add validation before spliting shmem large folio

Add swap available space validation before spliting shmem large folio to
avoid redundant split, since we can not write shmem folio to the swap device
in this case.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6981a71c8ef0..bf11c0cbf12e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,14 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 			}
 		} else if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
 			   folio_test_large(folio)) {
+
+			/*
+			 * Do not split shmem folio if no swap memory
+			 * available.
+			 */
+			if (!total_swap_pages)
+				goto activate_locked;
+
 			/* Split shmem folio */
 			if (split_folio_to_list(folio, folio_list))
 				goto keep_locked;
-- 
2.39.3