linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/4] mm: introduce snapshot

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Message-ID: <cover.1752499009.git.luizcap@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:16:50 -0400
From: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...hat.com>
To: david@...hat.com,
	willy@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	shivankg@....com,
	sj@...nel.org,
	harry.yoo@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] mm: introduce snapshot_page()

Hi,

The series introduction will follow the changelog. This is against bc9ff192a6c9 .

Changelog
=========

v2 -> v3
  - Small snapshot_page() refactor to simplify and fix stack-out-of-bugs bug
    reported by Harry Yoo
  - Use clear_compound_head() in snapshot_page() (Shivank)
  - Read head pointer from ps->page_snapshot() for tail page case (Shivank)
  - Improve comments and macro name in snapshot_page() (David)

v1 -> v2
  - Include is_huge_zero_pfn() patch and use it (David)
  - Move free page detection to snapshot_page() (David)
  - Changelog improvements (Shivank)
  - Added Acked-bys

RFC -> v1
  - Include <linux/page_idle.h> to avoid build error on sh arch

Introduction
============

This series introduces snapshot_page(), a helper function that can be used
to create a snapshot of a struct page and its associated struct folio.

This function is intended to help callers with a consistent view of a
a folio while reducing the chance of encountering partially updated or
inconsistent state, such as during folio splitting which could lead to
crashes and BUG_ON()s being triggered.

David Hildenbrand (1):
  mm/memory: introduce is_huge_zero_pfn() and use it in
    vm_normal_page_pmd()

Luiz Capitulino (3):
  mm/util: introduce snapshot_page()
  proc: kpagecount: use snapshot_page()
  fs: stable_page_flags(): use snapshot_page()

 fs/proc/page.c          | 50 +++++++++++++++-----------
 include/linux/huge_mm.h | 12 ++++++-
 include/linux/mm.h      | 19 ++++++++++
 mm/debug.c              | 42 +++-------------------
 mm/memory.c             |  2 +-
 mm/util.c               | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

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