linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: add VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() to catch lru folio in mem_cgroup

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Message-ID: <tyduss47imvg725gvm34djfficzvdof6k2r2ump25jejbqwq2l@yv67li65phld>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:03:09 -0700
From: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
To: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mhocko@...nel.org, roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, 
	muchun.song@...ux.dev, hannes@...xchg.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: add VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() to catch lru folio
 in mem_cgroup_migrate()

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 09:07:42AM GMT, Baolin Wang wrote:
> The mem_cgroup_migrate() will clear the memcg data of the old folio,
> therefore, the callers must make sure the old folio is no longer on
> the LRU list, otherwise the old folio can not get the correct lruvec
> object without the memcg data, which could lead to potential problems [1].
> 
> Thus adding a VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() to catch this issue.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/5ab860d8ee987955e917748f9d6da525d3b52690.1718326003.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com/
> Suggested-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>

Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>