[PATCH] mm/zswap: fix double decrement of the LRU node count on writeback
From: Kaitao Cheng
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 07:41:00 EST
From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Successful writeback calls zswap_entry_free(), which removes the entry
from the LRU and decrements both the sublist and node item counts.
shrink_memcg_cb() then returns LRU_REMOVED_RETRY, causing the LRU walker
to decrement the node count again.
The affected call path before this change is:
__list_lru_walk_one()
shrink_memcg_cb()
zswap_writeback_entry()
zswap_entry_free()
zswap_lru_del()
list_lru_del()
__list_lru_del()
atomic_long_dec() /* first node count decrement */
return LRU_REMOVED_RETRY
atomic_long_dec() /* second node count decrement */
Add zswap_lru_del_nocnt() to remove the entry and update only the sublist
count, leaving node accounting to the walker. Split data cleanup into
__zswap_entry_free() so writeback can free the entry without performing
another LRU deletion. Other free paths retain their existing accounting.
Fixes: 5878303c5353 ("mm/zswap: fix race between lru writeback and swapoff")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-68d2ca49-23be-4504-9a75-b8526ec92388
Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/zswap.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index ad01c691a263..d0c98daddf2e 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -719,6 +719,22 @@ static void zswap_lru_del(struct zswap_entry *entry)
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/* Like zswap_lru_del(), but does not decrement the node item count. */
+static void zswap_lru_del_nocnt(struct zswap_entry *entry)
+{
+ int nid = entry_to_nid(entry);
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+ struct list_lru_one *l;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ memcg = obj_cgroup_memcg(entry->objcg);
+ l = list_lru_lock(&zswap_list_lru, nid, &memcg);
+ if (!list_empty(&entry->lru))
+ list_lru_isolate(l, &entry->lru);
+ list_lru_unlock(l);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
void zswap_lruvec_state_init(struct lruvec *lruvec)
{
atomic_long_set(&lruvec->zswap_lruvec_state.nr_disk_swapins, 0);
@@ -781,11 +797,10 @@ static void zswap_entry_cache_free(struct zswap_entry *entry)
* Carries out the common pattern of freeing an entry's zsmalloc allocation,
* freeing the entry itself, and decrementing the number of stored pages.
*/
-static void zswap_entry_free(struct zswap_entry *entry)
+static void __zswap_entry_free(struct zswap_entry *entry)
{
struct zswap_pool *pool = zswap_entry_pool(entry);
- zswap_lru_del(entry);
if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!pool)) {
zs_free(pool->zs_pool, entry->handle);
zswap_pool_put(pool);
@@ -800,6 +815,12 @@ static void zswap_entry_free(struct zswap_entry *entry)
atomic_long_dec(&zswap_stored_pages);
}
+static void zswap_entry_free(struct zswap_entry *entry)
+{
+ zswap_lru_del(entry);
+ __zswap_entry_free(entry);
+}
+
/*********************************
* compressed storage functions
**********************************/
@@ -1119,7 +1140,8 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
if (entry->objcg)
count_objcg_events(entry->objcg, ZSWPWB, 1);
- zswap_entry_free(entry);
+ zswap_lru_del_nocnt(entry);
+ __zswap_entry_free(entry);
/* folio is up to date */
folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
--
2.53.0