linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/12] mm: add PG

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Message-ID: <20241220154831.1086649-5-axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:47:42 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: hannes@...xchg.org,
	clm@...a.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	willy@...radead.org,
	kirill@...temov.name,
	bfoster@...hat.com,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/12] mm: add PG_dropbehind folio flag

Add a folio flag that file IO can use to indicate that the cached IO
being done should be dropped from the page cache upon completion.

Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
 include/linux/page-flags.h     | 5 +++++
 include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index cf46ac720802..16607f02abd0 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ enum pageflags {
 	PG_reclaim,		/* To be reclaimed asap */
 	PG_swapbacked,		/* Page is backed by RAM/swap */
 	PG_unevictable,		/* Page is "unevictable"  */
+	PG_dropbehind,		/* drop pages on IO completion */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	PG_mlocked,		/* Page is vma mlocked */
 #endif
@@ -562,6 +563,10 @@ PAGEFLAG(Reclaim, reclaim, PF_NO_TAIL)
 FOLIO_FLAG(readahead, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
 	FOLIO_TEST_CLEAR_FLAG(readahead, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
 
+FOLIO_FLAG(dropbehind, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
+	FOLIO_TEST_CLEAR_FLAG(dropbehind, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
+	__FOLIO_SET_FLAG(dropbehind, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 /*
  * Must use a macro here due to header dependency issues. page_zone() is not
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index bb8a59c6caa2..3bc8656c8359 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(head),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(reclaim),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(swapbacked),					\
-	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(unevictable)					\
+	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(unevictable),					\
+	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(dropbehind)					\
 IF_HAVE_PG_MLOCK(mlocked)						\
 IF_HAVE_PG_HWPOISON(hwpoison)						\
 IF_HAVE_PG_IDLE(idle)							\
-- 
2.45.2