Re: [PATCH v4] mm: Use a folio in the softleaf_is_device_private path

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 02:25:44 EST


On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 11:15:54AM +0800, Hongfu Li wrote:
> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use the folio APIs in the device_private migration path of do_swap_page(),
> replacing four calls to compound_head() with one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Anshumman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> v4:
> - Drop the do_non_swap_page() extraction (patch 2/2 from v2)
> - Added Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260723030752.16979-1-hongfu.li@xxxxxxxxx/
> v3:
> - Please ignore v3.
> v2:
> - Drop fault_folio, reuse the existing folio variable instead
> - Refresh commit messages
> - Update comment to use "folio" instead of "page" in the
> device_private path
> - Add Acked-by: David Hildenbrand
> - Add patch 2/2 to extract do_non_swap_page() from do_swap_page()
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260721013347.65698-1-hongfu.li@xxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> mm/memory.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 56b244552f13..bbb289ba09d3 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -4873,18 +4873,19 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> goto unlock;
>
> /*
> - * Get a page reference while we know the page can't be
> + * Get a folio reference while we know the folio can't be
> * freed.
> */
> - if (trylock_page(vmf->page)) {
> + folio = page_folio(vmf->page);
> + if (folio_trylock(folio)) {
> struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
>
> - get_page(vmf->page);
> + folio_get(folio);
> pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
> pgmap = page_pgmap(vmf->page);
> ret = pgmap->ops->migrate_to_ram(vmf);
> - unlock_page(vmf->page);
> - put_page(vmf->page);
> + folio_unlock(folio);
> + folio_put(folio);
> } else {
> pte_unmap(vmf->pte);
> softleaf_entry_wait_on_locked(entry, vmf->ptl);
> --
> 2.54.0
>