linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 04/29] mm/page_alloc: allow for making page types sticky until freed

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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:39:47 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH RFC 04/29] mm/page_alloc: allow for making page types sticky until freed

Let's allow for not clearing a page type before freeing a page to the
buddy.

We'll focus on having a type set on the first page of a larger
allocation only.

With this change, we can reliably identify typed folios even though
they might be in the process of getting freed, which will come in handy
in migration code (at least in the transition phase).

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 858bc17653af9..44e56d31cfeb1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,9 @@ __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 			mod_mthp_stat(order, MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON, -1);
 		page->mapping = NULL;
 	}
+	if (unlikely(page_has_type(page)))
+		page->page_type = UINT_MAX;
+
 	if (is_check_pages_enabled()) {
 		if (free_page_is_bad(page))
 			bad++;
-- 
2.49.0