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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
	Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/7] mm: list_lru: lock_list_lru_of_memcg() cannot return NULL if !skip_empty
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:53:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260318200352.1039011-2-hannes@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318200352.1039011-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org>

skip_empty is only for the shrinker to abort and skip a list that's
empty or whose cgroup is being deleted.

For list additions and deletions, the cgroup hierarchy is walked
upwards until a valid list_lru head is found, or it will fall back to
the node list. Acquiring the lock won't fail. Remove the NULL checks
in those callers.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
---
 mm/list_lru.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index 26463ae29c64..d96fd50fc9af 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ bool list_lru_add(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item, int nid,
 	struct list_lru_one *l;
 
 	l = lock_list_lru_of_memcg(lru, nid, memcg, false, false);
-	if (!l)
-		return false;
 	if (list_empty(item)) {
 		list_add_tail(item, &l->list);
 		/* Set shrinker bit if the first element was added */
@@ -203,9 +201,8 @@ bool list_lru_del(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item, int nid,
 {
 	struct list_lru_node *nlru = &lru->node[nid];
 	struct list_lru_one *l;
+
 	l = lock_list_lru_of_memcg(lru, nid, memcg, false, false);
-	if (!l)
-		return false;
 	if (!list_empty(item)) {
 		list_del_init(item);
 		l->nr_items--;
-- 
2.53.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-18 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-18 19:53 [PATCH v3 0/7] mm: switch THP shrinker to list_lru Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 19:53 ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2026-03-18 20:12   ` [PATCH v3 1/7] mm: list_lru: lock_list_lru_of_memcg() cannot return NULL if !skip_empty Shakeel Butt
2026-03-24 11:30   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] mm: list_lru: deduplicate unlock_list_lru() Johannes Weiner
2026-03-24 11:32   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] mm: list_lru: move list dead check to lock_list_lru_of_memcg() Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 20:20   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-24 11:34   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] mm: list_lru: deduplicate lock_list_lru() Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 20:22   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-24 11:36   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] mm: list_lru: introduce caller locking for additions and deletions Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 20:51   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-20 16:18     ` Johannes Weiner
2026-03-24 11:55   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] mm: list_lru: introduce folio_memcg_list_lru_alloc() Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 20:52   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-18 21:01   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-24 12:01   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-30 16:54     ` Johannes Weiner
2026-04-01 14:43       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] mm: switch deferred split shrinker to list_lru Johannes Weiner
2026-03-18 20:26   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-18 23:18   ` Shakeel Butt
2026-03-24 13:48   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-30 16:40     ` Johannes Weiner
2026-04-01 17:33       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-06 21:37         ` Johannes Weiner
2026-04-07  9:55           ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-27  7:51   ` Kairui Song
2026-03-30 16:51     ` Johannes Weiner
2026-03-30 16:37   ` [PATCH v3 7/7] mm: switch deferred split shrinker to list_lru - [s390] panic in __memcg_list_lru_alloc Mikhail Zaslonko
2026-03-30 19:03     ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-30 20:41     ` Johannes Weiner
2026-03-30 20:56       ` Johannes Weiner
2026-03-30 22:46         ` Vasily Gorbik
2026-03-31  8:04         ` Mikhail Zaslonko
2026-03-18 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] mm: switch THP shrinker to list_lru Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-18 22:31   ` Johannes Weiner
2026-03-19  8:47     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19  8:52       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-19 11:45         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)

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