Re: [PATCH v1 17/26] mm: workingset: prevent lruvec release in workingset_refault()
From: Harry Yoo
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 04:41:32 EST
On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 09:58:30PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
> memory cgroup. So an lruvec returned by folio_lruvec() could be
> released without the rcu read lock or a reference to its memory
> cgroup.
>
> In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
> against the release of the lruvec in workingset_refault().
>
> This serves as a preparatory measure for the reparenting of the
> LRU pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Harry / Hyeonggon