[PATCH RFC 17/28] mm: mglru: prevent memory cgroup release in mglru
From: Muchun Song
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 22:51:18 EST
In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
memory cgroup. To ensure safety, it will only be appropriate to
hold the rcu read lock or acquire a reference to the memory cgroup
returned by folio_memcg(), thereby preventing it from being released.
In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
against the release of the memory cgroup in mglru.
This serves as a preparatory measure for the reparenting of the
LRU pages.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index eac5e6e70660..fbba14094c6d 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3451,8 +3451,10 @@ static struct folio *get_pfn_folio(unsigned long pfn, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (folio_nid(folio) != pgdat->node_id)
return NULL;
+ rcu_read_lock();
if (folio_memcg(folio) != memcg)
- return NULL;
+ folio = NULL;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return folio;
}
@@ -4194,10 +4196,10 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
unsigned long addr = pvmw->address;
struct vm_area_struct *vma = pvmw->vma;
struct folio *folio = pfn_folio(pvmw->pfn);
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
struct pglist_data *pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
- struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
- struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state;
DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(lruvec);
int gen = lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq);
@@ -4234,6 +4236,11 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
}
}
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+ lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
+ mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);
+
arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
pte -= (addr - start) / PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -4270,6 +4277,8 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
/* feedback from rmap walkers to page table walkers */
if (mm_state && suitable_to_scan(i, young))
update_bloom_filter(mm_state, max_seq, pvmw->pmd);
--
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