[PATCH v8 01/10] mm/vmscan: remove unnecessary lruvec adding

[Alex Shi]

We don't have to add a freeable page into lru and then remove from it.
This change saves a couple of actions and makes the moving more clear.

The SetPageLRU needs to be kept here for list intergrity.
Otherwise:
 #0 mave_pages_to_lru              #1 release_pages
                                   if (put_page_testzero())
 if !put_page_testzero
                                     !PageLRU //skip lru_lock
                                       list_add(&page->lru,);
   list_add(&page->lru,) //corrupt

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: yun.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 572fb17c6273..a270d32bdb94 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1852,26 +1852,29 @@ static unsigned noinline_for_stack move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 	while (!list_empty(list)) {
 		page = lru_to_page(list);
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
+		list_del(&page->lru);
 		if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page))) {
-			list_del(&page->lru);
 			spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 			putback_lru_page(page);
 			spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
 
+		/*
+		 * The SetPageLRU needs to be kept here for list intergrity.
+		 * Otherwise:
+		 *   #0 mave_pages_to_lru              #1 release_pages
+		 *   				       if (put_page_testzero())
+		 *   if !put_page_testzero
+		 *				         !PageLRU //skip lru_lock
+		 *                                         list_add(&page->lru,);
+		 *     list_add(&page->lru,) //corrupt
+		 */
 		SetPageLRU(page);
-		lru = page_lru(page);
-
-		nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
-		update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), nr_pages);
-		list_move(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
 
-		if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
+		if (unlikely(put_page_testzero(page))) {
 			__ClearPageLRU(page);
 			__ClearPageActive(page);
-			del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
 
 			if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) {
 				spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
@@ -1879,9 +1882,16 @@ static unsigned noinline_for_stack move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 				spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 			} else
 				list_add(&page->lru, &pages_to_free);
-		} else {
-			nr_moved += nr_pages;
+			continue;
 		}
+
+		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
+		lru = page_lru(page);
+		nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
+
+		update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), nr_pages);
+		list_add(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
+		nr_moved += nr_pages;
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
1.8.3.1