linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 22/26] mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting traditional LRU folios

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Message-ID: <aSA64yzMrILT8sR2@hyeyoo>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:11:47 +0900
From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>
To: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@...ux.dev>
Cc: hannes@...xchg.org, hughd@...gle.com, mhocko@...e.com,
        roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, shakeel.butt@...ux.dev,
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        Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 22/26] mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting traditional
 LRU folios

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 09:58:35PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
> 
> To reslove the dying memcg issue, we need to reparent LRU folios of child
> memcg to its parent memcg. For traditional LRU list, each lruvec of every
> memcg comprises four LRU lists. Due to the symmetry of the LRU lists, it
> is feasible to transfer the LRU lists from a memcg to its parent memcg
> during the reparenting process.
> 
> This commit implements the specific function, which will be used during
> the reparenting process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
> ---

I tried my best to find flaws or pathological cases affecting
the memory manager, but I couldn't spot anything, so:

Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>