[PATCH v7 03/15] mm/mglru: relocate the LRU scan batch limit to callers

From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Apr 27 2026 - 14:16:36 EST


From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Same as active / inactive LRU, MGLRU isolates and scans folios in batches.
The batch split is done hidden deep in the helper, which makes the code
harder to follow. The helper's arguments are also confusing since callers
usually request more folios than the batch size, so the helper almost
never processes the full requested amount.

Move the batch splitting into the top loop to make it cleaner, there
should be no behavior change.

Reviewed-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7f011ff4c478..a011733a6392 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4695,10 +4695,10 @@ static int scan_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
int scanned = 0;
int isolated = 0;
int skipped = 0;
- int scan_batch = min(nr_to_scan, MAX_LRU_BATCH);
- int remaining = scan_batch;
+ unsigned long remaining = nr_to_scan;
struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;

+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_to_scan > MAX_LRU_BATCH);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(list));

if (get_nr_gens(lruvec, type) == MIN_NR_GENS)
@@ -4751,7 +4751,7 @@ static int scan_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, item, isolated);
mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGREFILL, sorted);
mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGSCAN_ANON + type, isolated);
- trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->reclaim_idx, sc->order, scan_batch,
+ trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->reclaim_idx, sc->order, nr_to_scan,
scanned, skipped, isolated,
type ? LRU_INACTIVE_FILE : LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
if (type == LRU_GEN_FILE)
@@ -4987,7 +4987,7 @@ static bool should_abort_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)

static bool try_to_shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
{
- long nr_to_scan;
+ long nr_batch, nr_to_scan;
unsigned long scanned = 0;
int swappiness = get_swappiness(lruvec, sc);

@@ -4998,7 +4998,8 @@ static bool try_to_shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
if (nr_to_scan <= 0)
break;

- delta = evict_folios(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, swappiness);
+ nr_batch = min(nr_to_scan, MAX_LRU_BATCH);
+ delta = evict_folios(nr_batch, lruvec, sc, swappiness);
if (!delta)
break;

@@ -5623,6 +5624,7 @@ static int run_aging(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq,
static int run_eviction(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq, struct scan_control *sc,
int swappiness, unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
{
+ int nr_batch;
DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(lruvec);

if (seq + MIN_NR_GENS > max_seq)
@@ -5639,8 +5641,8 @@ static int run_eviction(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq, struct scan_co
if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim)
return 0;

- if (!evict_folios(nr_to_reclaim - sc->nr_reclaimed, lruvec, sc,
- swappiness))
+ nr_batch = min(nr_to_reclaim - sc->nr_reclaimed, MAX_LRU_BATCH);
+ if (!evict_folios(nr_batch, lruvec, sc, swappiness))
return 0;

cond_resched();

--
2.54.0