[PATCH 13/15] mm/page_alloc, folio: use folio_page() when freeing folios
From: Nilay Vaish
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 17:55:21 EST
As part of the memdescs effort, struct folio will be allocated
separately from struct page and will no longer overlay the head page.
Replace &folio->page with folio_page(folio, 0) in __folio_put() and
free_unref_folios().
No functional change intended.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/folio.c | 2 +-
mm/page_alloc.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/folio.c b/mm/folio.c
index 35e242b48870..978565add078 100644
--- a/mm/folio.c
+++ b/mm/folio.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void __folio_put(struct folio *folio)
page_cache_release(folio);
folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
mem_cgroup_uncharge(folio);
- free_frozen_pages(&folio->page, folio_order(folio));
+ free_frozen_pages(folio_page(folio, 0), folio_order(folio));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__folio_put);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 07e03c7c7771..2f8cd3da199d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3006,17 +3006,18 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
/* Prepare folios for freeing */
for (i = 0, j = 0; i < folios->nr; i++) {
struct folio *folio = folios->folios[i];
+ struct page *page = folio_page(folio, 0);
unsigned long pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
unsigned int order = folio_order(folio);
- if (!__free_pages_prepare(&folio->page, order, FPI_NONE))
+ if (!__free_pages_prepare(page, order, FPI_NONE))
continue;
/*
* Free orders not handled on the PCP directly to the
* allocator.
*/
if (!pcp_allowed_order(order)) {
- free_one_page(folio_zone(folio), &folio->page,
+ free_one_page(folio_zone(folio), page,
pfn, order, FPI_NONE);
continue;
}
@@ -3029,13 +3030,14 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
for (i = 0; i < folios->nr; i++) {
struct folio *folio = folios->folios[i];
+ struct page *page = folio_page(folio, 0);
struct zone *zone = folio_zone(folio);
unsigned long pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
unsigned int order = (unsigned long)folio->private;
int migratetype;
folio->private = NULL;
- migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(&folio->page, pfn);
+ migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
/* Different zone requires a different pcp lock */
if (zone != locked_zone ||
@@ -3051,7 +3053,7 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
* allocator, see comment in free_frozen_pages.
*/
if (is_migrate_isolate(migratetype)) {
- free_one_page(zone, &folio->page, pfn,
+ free_one_page(zone, page, pfn,
order, FPI_NONE);
continue;
}
@@ -3062,7 +3064,7 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
*/
pcp = pcp_spin_trylock(zone->per_cpu_pageset);
if (unlikely(!pcp)) {
- free_one_page(zone, &folio->page, pfn,
+ free_one_page(zone, page, pfn,
order, FPI_NONE);
continue;
}
@@ -3076,9 +3078,9 @@ void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *folios)
if (unlikely(migratetype >= MIGRATE_PCPTYPES))
migratetype = MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
- trace_mm_page_free_batched(&folio->page);
- if (!free_frozen_page_commit(zone, pcp, &folio->page,
- migratetype, order, FPI_NONE)) {
+ trace_mm_page_free_batched(page);
+ if (!free_frozen_page_commit(zone, pcp, page,
+ migratetype, order, FPI_NONE)) {
pcp = NULL;
locked_zone = NULL;
}
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog