[PATCH] memcg: sink mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios() into free_unref_folios()
From: Ridong Chen
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 23:05:48 EST
From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Every caller of free_unref_folios() invokes mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios()
on the same batch immediately beforehand. This pattern is duplicated
across shrink_folio_list(), move_folios_to_lru(), folio_batch_move_lru()
and folios_put_refs().
Move the uncharge into free_unref_folios() itself so the batch is
uncharged in one place before the folios are freed. This removes the
repeated boilerplate at every call site and makes it impossible to free
a batch without uncharging it first. No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/folio.c | 5 +----
mm/page_alloc.c | 1 +
mm/vmscan.c | 7 +------
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/folio.c b/mm/folio.c
index c02dcea9c03c..2edbba47be1e 100644
--- a/mm/folio.c
+++ b/mm/folio.c
@@ -199,10 +199,8 @@ static void folio_batch_move_lru(struct folio_batch *fbatch, move_fn_t move_fn)
lruvec_unlock_irqrestore(lruvec, flags);
/* Cleanup filtered dead folios. */
- if (is_lru_add) {
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_fbatch);
+ if (is_lru_add)
free_unref_folios(&free_fbatch);
- }
folios_put(fbatch);
}
@@ -1030,7 +1028,6 @@ void folios_put_refs(struct folio_batch *folios, unsigned int *refs)
}
folios->nr = j;
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(folios);
free_unref_folios(folios);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(folios_put_refs);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 12fac9084c48..fb1ecab0ee78 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3013,6 +3013,7 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
struct zone *locked_zone = NULL;
int i, j;
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(folios);
/* Prepare folios for freeing */
for (i = 0, j = 0; i < folios->nr; i++) {
struct folio *folio = folios->folios[i];
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e572d2742c8c..113e2e49447b 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1506,7 +1506,6 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
if (folio_batch_add(&free_folios, folio) == 0) {
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
try_to_unmap_flush();
free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
}
@@ -1575,7 +1574,6 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
try_to_unmap_flush();
free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
@@ -1902,7 +1900,6 @@ static unsigned int move_folios_to_lru(struct list_head *list)
folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
if (folio_batch_add(&free_folios, folio) == 0) {
lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
lruvec = NULL;
}
@@ -1920,10 +1917,8 @@ static unsigned int move_folios_to_lru(struct list_head *list)
if (lruvec)
lruvec_unlock_irq(lruvec);
- if (free_folios.nr) {
- mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios(&free_folios);
+ if (free_folios.nr)
free_unref_folios(&free_folios);
- }
return nr_moved;
}
--
2.34.1