[PATCH] mm/mglru: check need_resched() in fill/drain_evictable()

From: Hui Zhu

Date: Thu Nov 12 2026 - 03:03:44 EST


From: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@xxxxxxxxxx>

lru_gen_change_state() migrates folios in batches of up to
MAX_LRU_BATCH (4096) folios under lruvec_lock_irq(). A full batch
keeps local interrupts off for up to about a millisecond, and CPUs
contending for the same lru_lock spin with interrupts disabled for
that long.

The caller already reschedules between batches, but a batch itself
only ends after 4096 folios. Stop it early when a resched is
pending; the caller restarts the migration where it left off. A
remote resched_curr() sets TIF_NEED_RESCHED directly in the target's
thread_info, so the flag can still be set with interrupts off.

This follows walk_pud_range(), which already pairs need_resched()
with a MAX_LRU_BATCH cap, and commit 6e9be217a3ce ("mm/mglru: use a
smaller batch for reclaim").

Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6a1af9b92349..47f2cb25eb46 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -5533,7 +5533,8 @@ static bool fill_evictable(struct lruvec *lruvec)
success = lru_gen_add_folio(lruvec, folio, !active);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!success);

- if (!--remaining)
+ /* stop early to shorten the irq-off section */
+ if (!--remaining || need_resched())
return false;
}
}
@@ -5562,7 +5563,8 @@ static bool drain_evictable(struct lruvec *lruvec)
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!success);
lruvec_add_folio(lruvec, folio);

- if (!--remaining)
+ /* stop early to shorten the irq-off section */
+ if (!--remaining || need_resched())
return false;
}
}
--
2.53.0