[PATCH v2] mm: mglru: fix stale batch updates after memcg reparenting

From: Qi Zheng

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 22:44:36 EST


From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The mglru page table walker batches per-generation size deltas in
walk->nr_pages while walking page tables without holding the lruvec lock.
The reset_batch_size() later folds those deltas into walk->lruvec under
the lruvec lock.

The page table walker can run concurrently with the memcg reparenting path
as follows:

CPU0 CPU1
==== ====

walk_mm
--> walk_page_range
--> update_batch_size
--> walk->nr_pages += delta

mem_cgroup_css_offline
--> memcg_reparent_objcgs
--> lock lruvec
lru_gen_reparent_memcg
--> reparent child folios to parent
unlock lruvec

lock lruvec
reset_batch_size
--> child lrugen->nr_pages += delta

This will trigger the following warning in lru_gen_exit_memcg():

VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(memchr_inv(lruvec->lrugen.nr_pages, 0,
sizeof(lruvec->lrugen.nr_pages)));

To fix it, add lrugen->reparented to remember the new owner of a
reparented lruvec, and make reset_batch_size() charge pending deltas to
that owner.

Reported-by: Peiyang He <peiyang_he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5A9E929D82717101+12fcf643-efb8-4b9a-a53a-1e28cc894f0b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: f304652609ea ("mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting MGLRU folios")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 4 ++++
mm/vmscan.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ca2712187147..0d572db2ef64 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ struct lru_gen_folio {
u8 gen;
/* the list segment this lru_gen_folio belongs to */
u8 seg;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+ /* the lruvec this lruvec has been reparented to */
+ struct lruvec *reparented;
+#endif
/* per-node lru_gen_folio list for global reclaim */
struct hlist_nulls_node list;
};
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 35c3bb15ae96..64362cbed814 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3262,10 +3262,37 @@ static void update_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk, struct folio *folio,
walk->nr_pages[new_gen][type][zone] += delta;
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+static struct lruvec *lock_batch_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
+{
+ struct lruvec *reparented;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+
+ reparented = lruvec->lrugen.reparented;
+ if (!reparented)
+ break;
+
+ lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
+ lruvec = reparented;
+ }
+
+ return lruvec;
+}
+#else
+static struct lruvec *lock_batch_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
+{
+ lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+
+ return lruvec;
+}
+#endif
+
static void reset_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
{
int gen, type, zone;
- struct lruvec *lruvec = walk->lruvec;
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = lock_batch_lruvec(walk->lruvec);
struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;

walk->batched = 0;
@@ -3285,6 +3312,8 @@ static void reset_batch_size(struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
__update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, zone, delta);
}
+
+ lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
}

static int should_skip_vma(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *args)
@@ -3779,11 +3808,8 @@ static void walk_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct lru_gen_mm_walk *walk)
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
}

- if (walk->batched) {
- lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
+ if (walk->batched)
reset_batch_size(walk);
- lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
- }

cond_resched();
} while (err == -EAGAIN);
@@ -4563,6 +4589,8 @@ void lru_gen_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct mem_cgroup *parent,
mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(parent_lruvec, lru, zid, size);
}
}
+
+ child_lruvec->lrugen.reparented = parent_lruvec;
}

#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
@@ -4867,9 +4895,7 @@ static int evict_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
walk = current->reclaim_state->mm_walk;
if (walk && walk->batched) {
walk->lruvec = lruvec;
- lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
reset_batch_size(walk);
- lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
}

mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc),
@@ -5784,6 +5810,9 @@ void lru_gen_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)

lrugen->max_seq = MIN_NR_GENS + 1;
lrugen->enabled = lru_gen_enabled();
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+ lrugen->reparented = NULL;
+#endif

for (i = 0; i <= MIN_NR_GENS + 1; i++)
lrugen->timestamps[i] = jiffies;
--
2.54.0