[PATCH RFC 11/11] mm/migrate: pass migrate_control to migrate_folio()

From: Shivank Garg

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 07:08:49 EST


The migration core now carries policy in struct migrate_control, but
migrate_folio() and the address_space migrate_folio callback still receive
only the migration mode. This prevents additional policy, such as
copy-cache hints, from reaching folio-specific migration code.

Pass the control as const through migrate_folio(), the common migration
helpers, and the address_space callback. Update all implementations and
documentation accordingly. Existing callbacks continue to make their
decisions from ctl->mode only, none changes behavior yet.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 7 +++--
fs/aio.c | 2 +-
fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 5 ++--
fs/btrfs/inode.c | 6 ++---
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 4 +--
fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 14 +++++-----
fs/nfs/internal.h | 2 +-
fs/nfs/write.c | 8 +++---
include/linux/buffer_head.h | 6 +++--
include/linux/fs.h | 6 ++---
include/linux/migrate.h | 2 +-
include/linux/pagemap.h | 2 +-
mm/migrate.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
mm/secretmem.c | 3 ++-
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 2 +-
16 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 844d65eb47a5..b406df403b4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ prototypes::
void (*free_folio)(struct folio *);
int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter);
int (*migrate_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl);
int (*launder_folio)(struct folio *);
bool (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct folio *, size_t from, size_t count);
int (*error_remove_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index d3a93eec3945..8e1404723db1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -767,7 +767,8 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined:
void (*free_folio)(struct folio *);
ssize_t (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter);
int (*migrate_folio)(struct mapping *, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl);
int (*launder_folio) (struct folio *);

bool (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct folio *, size_t from,
@@ -939,7 +940,9 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined:
wants to relocate a folio (maybe from a memory device that is
signalling imminent failure) it will pass a new folio and an old
folio to this function. migrate_folio should transfer any private
- data across and update any references that it has to the folio.
+ data across and update any references that it has to the folio. The
+ control describes the blocking mode and the reason for migration. If
+ the mode is ``MIGRATE_ASYNC``, the callback must not block.

``launder_folio``
Called before freeing a folio - it writes back the dirty folio.
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index d78acc69f487..58ee9d0845dd 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static const struct file_operations aio_ring_fops = {

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION)
static int aio_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
struct kioctx *ctx;
struct aio_inode_info *ai = AIO_I(mapping->host);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 819727460bcf..509651577a1c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ int btrfs_validate_extent_buffer(struct extent_buffer *eb,

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
static int btree_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
/*
* we can't safely write a btree page from here,
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ static int btree_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
if (folio_get_private(src) &&
!filemap_release_folio(src, GFP_KERNEL))
return -EAGAIN;
- return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
}
#else
#define btree_migrate_folio NULL
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3c10a0ef0002..9f1e567fa5ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7653,10 +7653,10 @@ static bool btrfs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp_flags)

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
static int btrfs_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
- int ret = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ int ret = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);

if (ret)
return ret;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 7611a8470ea2..367148251689 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ static int hugetlbfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
static int hugetlbfs_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
int rc;

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
index 41fe12e641ce..7958edacb497 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static inline void dec_io(struct folio *folio, blk_status_t status,
#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
static int __metapage_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
struct meta_anchor *src_anchor = src->private;
struct metapage *mps[MPS_PER_PAGE] = {0};
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __metapage_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
return -EAGAIN;
}

- rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
if (rc)
return rc;

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static inline void remove_metapage(struct folio *folio, struct metapage *mp)
#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
static int __metapage_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
struct metapage *mp;
int page_offset;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int __metapage_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
if (metapage_locked(mp))
return -EAGAIN;

- rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
if (rc)
return rc;

@@ -645,18 +645,18 @@ static bool metapage_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
*/
static int metapage_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
int expected_count;

if (!src->private)
- return filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);

/* Check whether page does not have extra refs before we do more work */
expected_count = folio_expected_ref_count(src) + 1;
if (folio_ref_count(src) != expected_count)
return -EAGAIN;
- return __metapage_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return __metapage_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
}
#else
#define metapage_migrate_folio NULL
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index abc81f5ae578..e1f366cff2c0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void nfs_clear_pnfs_ds_commit_verifiers(struct pnfs_ds_commit_info *cinfo)

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
int nfs_migrate_folio(struct address_space *, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *);
#else
#define nfs_migrate_folio NULL
#endif
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 623e7ef1f73d..159135900399 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ int nfs_wb_folio(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio)

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
int nfs_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
/*
* If the private flag is set, the folio is currently associated with
@@ -2123,19 +2123,19 @@ int nfs_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
* the folio lock.
*/
if (folio_test_private(src)) {
- if (mode == MIGRATE_SYNC)
+ if (ctl->mode == MIGRATE_SYNC)
nfs_wb_folio(src->mapping->host, src);
if (folio_test_private(src))
return -EBUSY;
}

if (folio_test_private_2(src)) { /* [DEPRECATED] */
- if (mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC)
+ if (ctl->mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC)
return -EBUSY;
folio_wait_private_2(src);
}

- return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
}
#endif

diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index fd2c7115c054..e4476596c9b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -277,9 +277,11 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *, loff_t, get_block_t *);

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
extern int buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *);
extern int buffer_migrate_folio_norefs(struct address_space *,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *);
#else
#define buffer_migrate_folio NULL
#define buffer_migrate_folio_norefs NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f9d1e05e8ae6..93ba6054c478 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ struct address_space_operations {
void (*free_folio)(struct folio *folio);
ssize_t (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter);
/*
- * migrate the contents of a folio to the specified target. If
- * migrate_mode is MIGRATE_ASYNC, it must not block.
+ * Migrate the contents of a folio to the specified target. The
+ * callback must not block when ctl->mode is MIGRATE_ASYNC.
*/
int (*migrate_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl);
int (*launder_folio)(struct folio *);
bool (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct folio *, size_t from,
size_t count);
diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
index cec5713944e3..123111e7abd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/migrate.h
+++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern const char *migrate_reason_names[MR_TYPES];

void putback_movable_pages(struct list_head *l);
int migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode);
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl);
int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, new_folio_t new, free_folio_t free,
unsigned long private, const struct migrate_control *ctl,
unsigned int *ret_succeeded);
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 0adfa6605653..455d57307f88 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ bool noop_dirty_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio);

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
int filemap_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode);
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl);
#else
#define filemap_migrate_folio NULL
#endif
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 549f8b57092c..731836664a86 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(folio_migrate_flags);

static int __migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
struct folio *src, void *src_private,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
int rc, expected_count = folio_expected_ref_count(src) + 1;

@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ static int __migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
* @mapping: The address_space containing the folio.
* @dst: The folio to migrate the data to.
* @src: The folio containing the current data.
- * @mode: How to migrate the folio.
+ * @ctl: Migration policy for this folio.
*
* Common logic to directly migrate a single LRU folio suitable for
* folios that do not have private data.
@@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ static int __migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
* Folios are locked upon entry and exit.
*/
int migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
- struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *src, const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
BUG_ON(folio_test_writeback(src)); /* Writeback must be complete */
- return __migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, NULL, mode);
+ return __migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, NULL, ctl);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(migrate_folio);

@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ static bool buffer_migrate_lock_buffers(struct buffer_head *head,
}

static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode,
- bool check_refs)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl, bool check_refs)
{
struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
int rc;
@@ -956,14 +956,14 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,

head = folio_buffers(src);
if (!head)
- return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);

/* Check whether page does not have extra refs before we do more work */
expected_count = folio_expected_ref_count(src) + 1;
if (folio_ref_count(src) != expected_count)
return -EAGAIN;

- if (!buffer_migrate_lock_buffers(head, mode))
+ if (!buffer_migrate_lock_buffers(head, ctl->mode))
return -EAGAIN;

if (check_refs) {
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
}
}

- rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ rc = filemap_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
if (rc)
goto unlock_buffers;

@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
* @mapping: The address space containing @src.
* @dst: The folio to migrate to.
* @src: The folio to migrate from.
- * @mode: How to migrate the folio.
+ * @ctl: Migration policy for this folio.
*
* This function can only be used if the underlying filesystem guarantees
* that no other references to @src exist. For example attached buffer
@@ -1033,9 +1033,10 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
* Return: 0 on success or a negative errno on failure.
*/
int buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
- return __buffer_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode, false);
+ return __buffer_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_migrate_folio);

@@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_migrate_folio);
* @mapping: The address space containing @src.
* @dst: The folio to migrate to.
* @src: The folio to migrate from.
- * @mode: How to migrate the folio.
+ * @ctl: Migration policy for this folio.
*
* Like buffer_migrate_folio() except that this variant is more careful
* and checks that there are also no buffer head references. This function
@@ -1054,17 +1055,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_migrate_folio);
* Return: 0 on success or a negative errno on failure.
*/
int buffer_migrate_folio_norefs(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
- return __buffer_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode, true);
+ return __buffer_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl, true);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(buffer_migrate_folio_norefs);
#endif /* CONFIG_BUFFER_HEAD */

int filemap_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
- return __migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, folio_get_private(src), mode);
+ return __migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, folio_get_private(src), ctl);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_migrate_folio);

@@ -1072,7 +1075,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_migrate_folio);
* Default handling if a filesystem does not provide a migration function.
*/
static int fallback_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
WARN_ONCE(mapping->a_ops->writepages,
"%ps does not implement migrate_folio\n",
@@ -1085,9 +1089,9 @@ static int fallback_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
* can't migrate automatically.
*/
if (!filemap_release_folio(src, GFP_KERNEL))
- return mode == MIGRATE_SYNC ? -EAGAIN : -EBUSY;
+ return ctl->mode == MIGRATE_SYNC ? -EAGAIN : -EBUSY;

- return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
+ return migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
}

/*
@@ -1112,7 +1116,7 @@ static int move_to_new_folio(struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(dst), dst);

if (!mapping)
- rc = migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl->mode);
+ rc = migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
else if (mapping_inaccessible(mapping))
rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
else if (mapping->a_ops->migrate_folio)
@@ -1123,9 +1127,9 @@ static int move_to_new_folio(struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
* migrate_folio callback. This is the most common path
* for page migration.
*/
- rc = mapping->a_ops->migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl->mode);
+ rc = mapping->a_ops->migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);
else
- rc = fallback_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl->mode);
+ rc = fallback_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, ctl);

if (!rc) {
/*
diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index d29865075b6e..5c81833981d2 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ static const struct file_operations secretmem_fops = {
};

static int secretmem_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
+ struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
return -EBUSY;
}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 625e62e1a031..0a9af8c4768d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {

static int kvm_gmem_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
- enum migrate_mode mode)
+ const struct migrate_control *ctl)
{
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return -EINVAL;

--
2.43.0