linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 20/26] mm: workingset: prevent lruvec release in workingset

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:58:33 +0800
From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@...ux.dev>
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	Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v1 20/26] mm: workingset: prevent lruvec release in workingset_activation()

From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>

In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
memory cgroup. So an lruvec returned by folio_lruvec() could be
released without the rcu read lock or a reference to its memory
cgroup.

In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
against the release of the lruvec in workingset_activation().

This serves as a preparatory measure for the reparenting of the
LRU pages.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
---
 mm/workingset.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c
index a69cc7bf9246d..d0eb3636dcd1d 100644
--- a/mm/workingset.c
+++ b/mm/workingset.c
@@ -595,8 +595,11 @@ void workingset_activation(struct folio *folio)
 	 * Filter non-memcg pages here, e.g. unmap can call
 	 * mark_page_accessed() on VDSO pages.
 	 */
-	if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || folio_memcg_charged(folio))
+	if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || folio_memcg_charged(folio)) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		workingset_age_nonresident(folio_lruvec(folio), folio_nr_pages(folio));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.20.1