[PATCH RFC 05/15] mm/mglru: move max_seq read into walk_update_folio

From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 15:58:07 EST


From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

walk_pte_range(), walk_pmd_range_locked(), and lru_gen_look_around()
each read lrugen->max_seq to compute the target generation for
folio_update_gen(), then pass it as a parameter to
walk_update_folio(). Move the read into walk_update_folio() itself
so the callers no longer need to compute or pass the value.

This is a pure refactoring: no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 29 ++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b02d2ec8ff4b..c2ea92c2b69e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3511,13 +3511,15 @@ static bool suitable_to_scan(int total, int young)
}

static void walk_update_folio(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- struct folio *folio, int new_gen, bool dirty)
+ struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, bool dirty)
{
- int old_gen;
+ int new_gen, old_gen;

if (!folio)
return;

+ new_gen = lru_gen_from_seq(READ_ONCE(lruvec->lrugen.max_seq));
+
if (dirty && !folio_test_dirty(folio) &&
!(folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
!folio_test_swapcache(folio)))
@@ -3548,8 +3550,6 @@ static bool walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk = args->private;
struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(walk->lruvec);
struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(walk->lruvec);
- DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(walk->lruvec);
- int gen = lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq);
unsigned int nr;
pmd_t pmdval;

@@ -3600,7 +3600,7 @@ static bool walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
continue;

if (last != folio) {
- walk_update_folio(walk, args->vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, args->vma, walk->lruvec, last, dirty);

last = folio;
dirty = false;
@@ -3613,7 +3613,7 @@ static bool walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_YOUNG] += nr;
}

- walk_update_folio(walk, args->vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, args->vma, walk->lruvec, last, dirty);
last = NULL;

if (i < PTRS_PER_PTE && get_next_vma(PMD_MASK, PAGE_SIZE, args, &start, &end))
@@ -3636,8 +3636,6 @@ static void walk_pmd_range_locked(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, struct vm_area
struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk = args->private;
struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(walk->lruvec);
struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(walk->lruvec);
- DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(walk->lruvec);
- int gen = lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq);

VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(pud_leaf(*pud));

@@ -3691,7 +3689,7 @@ static void walk_pmd_range_locked(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, struct vm_area
goto next;

if (last != folio) {
- walk_update_folio(walk, vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, vma, walk->lruvec, last, dirty);

last = folio;
dirty = false;
@@ -3705,7 +3703,7 @@ static void walk_pmd_range_locked(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, struct vm_area
i = i > MIN_LRU_BATCH ? 0 : find_next_bit(bitmap, MIN_LRU_BATCH, i) + 1;
} while (i <= MIN_LRU_BATCH);

- walk_update_folio(walk, vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, vma, walk->lruvec, last, dirty);

lazy_mmu_mode_disable();
spin_unlock(ptl);
@@ -4270,8 +4268,6 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)
struct pglist_data *pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
struct lruvec *lruvec;
struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state;
- unsigned long max_seq;
- int gen;

lockdep_assert_held(pvmw->ptl);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(folio_test_lru(folio), folio);
@@ -4308,8 +4304,6 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)

memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_folio(folio);
lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
- max_seq = READ_ONCE((lruvec)->lrugen.max_seq);
- gen = lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq);
mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);

lazy_mmu_mode_enable();
@@ -4341,7 +4335,7 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)
continue;

if (last != folio) {
- walk_update_folio(walk, vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, vma, lruvec, last, dirty);

last = folio;
dirty = false;
@@ -4353,13 +4347,14 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)
young += nr;
}

- walk_update_folio(walk, vma, last, gen, dirty);
+ walk_update_folio(walk, vma, lruvec, last, dirty);

lazy_mmu_mode_disable();

/* feedback from rmap walkers to page table walkers */
if (mm_state && suitable_to_scan(i, young))
- update_bloom_filter(mm_state, max_seq, pvmw->pmd);
+ update_bloom_filter(mm_state, READ_ONCE(lruvec->lrugen.max_seq),
+ pvmw->pmd);

mem_cgroup_put(memcg);


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2.55.0