[PATCH v2 06/17] mm/huge_memory: consolidate irq and locking for folio split
From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 14:49:47 EST
From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Let each split helper handle its own locking instead of relying on
the caller, so both helpers manage their own irq and locking state.
This lets __folio_split() drop its local irq handling and fail label,
preparing for further cleanup.
The file path now uses xas_lock_irq() instead of local_irq_disable()
with xas_lock(). The two are equivalent on non-RT, and
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE cannot be enabled on RT anyway. This conversion
also buys consistency: every other place in mm/ that freezes a folio
while it is still reachable through the page cache already takes the
lock this way. This was actually the last plain xas_lock() on
mapping->i_pages left in mm. If we are going to support RT, spinning
on frozen folio refs could be a problem, but it already exists in
many places and should be fixed generically.
The anon helper keeps a single local_irq_disable() as before, because
it has to cover several plain spinlocks at once.
The dropped xas_reset() was a no-op as the xa_state is not walked
before the xas_load() under the lock.
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index dfecb93dd64f..2cd53afac63e 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3958,6 +3958,8 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_anon(struct folio *folio, unsigned int
bool dequeue_deferred;
int ret = 0;
+ local_irq_disable();
+
/*
* If this folio can be on the deferred split queue, lock out
* the shrinker before freezing the ref. If the shrinker sees
@@ -3980,6 +3982,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_anon(struct folio *folio, unsigned int
list_lru_unlock(lru);
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+ local_irq_enable();
return -EAGAIN;
}
@@ -4028,6 +4031,7 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_anon(struct folio *folio, unsigned int
lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
if (ci)
swap_cluster_unlock(ci);
+ local_irq_enable();
return ret;
}
@@ -4043,8 +4047,21 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int
struct lruvec *lruvec;
int ret;
- if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1))
- return -EAGAIN;
+ xas_lock_irq(xas);
+
+ /*
+ * Check if the folio is present in page cache.
+ * We assume all tail are present too, if folio is there.
+ */
+ if (xas_load(xas) != folio) {
+ ret = -EAGAIN;
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ if (!folio_ref_freeze(folio, folio_cache_ref_count(folio) + 1)) {
+ ret = -EAGAIN;
+ goto fail;
+ }
if (folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio) &&
new_order < HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) {
@@ -4112,6 +4129,8 @@ static int __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_file(struct folio *folio, unsigned int
if (do_lru)
lruvec_unlock(lruvec);
+fail:
+ xas_unlock_irq(xas);
return ret;
}
@@ -4251,19 +4270,7 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
unmap_folio(folio);
- /* block interrupt reentry in xa_lock and spinlock */
- local_irq_disable();
- if (mapping) {
- /*
- * Check if the folio is present in page cache.
- * We assume all tail are present too, if folio is there.
- */
- xas_lock(&xas);
- xas_reset(&xas);
- if (xas_load(&xas) != folio) {
- ret = -EAGAIN;
- goto fail;
- }
+ if (!is_anon) {
ret = __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_file(folio, new_order, split_at, &xas, mapping,
true, list, split_type, end,
&nr_shmem_dropped);
@@ -4272,12 +4279,6 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
list, split_type);
}
-fail:
- if (mapping)
- xas_unlock(&xas);
-
- local_irq_enable();
-
if (nr_shmem_dropped)
shmem_uncharge(mapping->host, nr_shmem_dropped);
@@ -4360,8 +4361,6 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
*/
int folio_split_unmapped(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order)
{
- int ret = 0;
-
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(folio_mapped(folio), folio);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!folio_test_large(folio), folio);
@@ -4370,11 +4369,8 @@ int folio_split_unmapped(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order)
if (folio_expected_ref_count(folio) != folio_ref_count(folio) - 1)
return -EAGAIN;
- local_irq_disable();
- ret = __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_anon(folio, new_order, &folio->page,
- false, NULL, SPLIT_TYPE_UNIFORM);
- local_irq_enable();
- return ret;
+ return __folio_freeze_split_unmapped_anon(folio, new_order, &folio->page,
+ false, NULL, SPLIT_TYPE_UNIFORM);
}
/*
--
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