Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] mm: thp: use folio_batch to handle THP splitting in deferred_split_scan()

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 14:52:13 +0000 Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >+		if (folio_order(folio) > 1) {
> >+			if (!list_empty(&folio->_deferred_list)) {
> >+				ds_queue->split_queue_len--;
> >+				/*
> >+				 * Reinitialize page_deferred_list after removing the
> >+				 * page from the split_queue, otherwise a subsequent
> >+				 * split will see list corruption when checking the
> >+				 * page_deferred_list.
> >+				 */
> >+				list_del_init(&folio->_deferred_list);
> >+			}
> > 			if (folio_test_partially_mapped(folio)) {
> > 				folio_clear_partially_mapped(folio);
> > 				mod_mthp_stat(folio_order(folio),
> > 					      MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON_PARTIALLY_MAPPED, -1);
> > 			}
> >-			/*
> >-			 * Reinitialize page_deferred_list after removing the
> >-			 * page from the split_queue, otherwise a subsequent
> >-			 * split will see list corruption when checking the
> >-			 * page_deferred_list.
> >-			 */
> >-			list_del_init(&folio->_deferred_list);
> 
> @Andrew
> 
> Current mm-new looks not merge the code correctly?
> 

It happens.  We presently have 29 patches which alter mm/huge_memory.c.

Thanks for checking.  I'll drop version 5 of "reparent the THP split queue".

Please check what remains, and send a v6 against tomorrow's
mm-new/mm-unstable.