[PATCH RFC 13/13] mm/huge_memory: count only swap cache refs in anon folio split
From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 17:18:45 EST
From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Only __folio_freeze_split_unmap() sees anon folios and swap cache folios
now. The file split helper only handles page cache folios, which hold
exactly folio_nr_pages() references.
Rename folio_cache_ref_count() to folio_swapcache_ref_count() and drop
the anon check so the helper counts what its name says. The file split
helper now uses folio_nr_pages() directly.
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index dba53fbb93a8..0d70ee3017c4 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3915,10 +3915,10 @@ int folio_check_splittable(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
return 0;
}
-/* Number of folio references from the pagecache or the swapcache. */
-static unsigned int folio_cache_ref_count(const struct folio *folio)
+/* Number of folio references from the swapcache. */
+static unsigned int folio_swapcache_ref_count(const struct folio *folio)
{
- if (folio_test_anon(folio) && !folio_test_swapcache(folio))
+ if (!folio_test_swapcache(folio))
return 0;
return folio_nr_pages(folio);
}
@@ -3984,7 +3984,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_orde
folio_nid(folio), &memcg);
}
- if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1)) {
+ if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, folio_swapcache_ref_count(folio) + 1)) {
if (dequeue_deferred) {
list_lru_unlock(lru);
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_orde
new_folio = folio_next(new_folio)) {
zone_device_private_split_cb(folio, new_folio);
folio_ref_unfreeze(new_folio,
- folio_cache_ref_count(new_folio) + 1);
+ folio_swapcache_ref_count(new_folio) + 1);
if (do_lru)
lru_add_split_folio(folio, new_folio, lruvec, list);
if (ci)
@@ -4035,7 +4035,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_orde
}
zone_device_private_split_cb(folio, NULL);
- folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1);
+ folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, folio_swapcache_ref_count(folio) + 1);
if (do_lru)
lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
@@ -4064,6 +4064,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new
struct address_space *mapping = folio->mapping;
XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, folio->index);
struct folio *end_folio = folio_next(folio);
+ long old_nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *old_memcg;
struct folio *new_folio, *next;
int nr_shmem_dropped = 0;
@@ -4135,22 +4136,16 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new
goto fail;
}
- if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1)) {
+ if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, old_nr_pages + 1)) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
goto fail;
}
- if (folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio) &&
- new_order < HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) {
- int nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
-
- if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio)) {
- lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio,
- NR_SHMEM_THPS, -nr);
- } else {
- lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio,
- NR_FILE_THPS, -nr);
- }
+ if (folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio) && new_order < HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) {
+ if (folio_test_swapbacked(folio))
+ lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_SHMEM_THPS, -old_nr_pages);
+ else
+ lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_THPS, -old_nr_pages);
}
/* lock lru list/PageCompound, ref frozen by page_ref_freeze */
@@ -4175,7 +4170,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new
next = folio_next(new_folio);
folio_ref_unfreeze(new_folio,
- folio_cache_ref_count(new_folio) + 1);
+ folio_nr_pages(new_folio) + 1);
if (do_lru)
lru_add_split_folio(folio, new_folio, lruvec, list);
@@ -4203,7 +4198,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmap_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new
* Otherwise, a parallel folio_try_get() can grab @folio
* and its caller can see stale page cache entries.
*/
- folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1);
+ folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio) + 1);
if (do_lru)
lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
--
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