Re: [PATCH v1 07/10] mm: Batch-zap large anonymous folio PTE mappings

[Yu Zhao]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 11:15 AM Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This allows batching the rmap removal with folio_remove_rmap_range(),
> which means we avoid spuriously adding a partially unmapped folio to the
> deferrred split queue in the common case, which reduces split queue lock
> contention.
>
> Previously each page was removed from the rmap individually with
> page_remove_rmap(). If the first page belonged to a large folio, this
> would cause page_remove_rmap() to conclude that the folio was now
> partially mapped and add the folio to the deferred split queue. But
> subsequent calls would cause the folio to become fully unmapped, meaning
> there is no value to adding it to the split queue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 119 insertions(+)

We don't really need this patch for the series to work. So again, I'd
split it out.