From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
To: hannes@cmpxchg.org, hughd@google.com, mhocko@suse.com,
roman.gushchin@linux.dev, shakeel.butt@linux.dev,
muchun.song@linux.dev, david@redhat.com,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, ziy@nvidia.com, harry.yoo@oracle.com,
imran.f.khan@oracle.com, kamalesh.babulal@oracle.com,
axelrasmussen@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, weixugc@google.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>,
Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 21/26] mm: memcontrol: prepare for reparenting LRU pages for lruvec lock
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:58:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d5d72d101212e9fb82727c941d581c68728c7f53.1761658311.git.zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1761658310.git.zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
The following diagram illustrates how to ensure the safety of the folio
lruvec lock when LRU folios undergo reparenting.
In the folio_lruvec_lock(folio) function:
```
rcu_read_lock();
retry:
lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
/* There is a possibility of folio reparenting at this point. */
spin_lock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
if (unlikely(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != folio_memcg(folio))) {
/*
* The wrong lruvec lock was acquired, and a retry is required.
* This is because the folio resides on the parent memcg lruvec
* list.
*/
spin_unlock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
goto retry;
}
/* Reaching here indicates that folio_memcg() is stable. */
```
In the memcg_reparent_objcgs(memcg) function:
```
spin_lock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
spin_lock(&lruvec_parent->lru_lock);
/* Transfer folios from the lruvec list to the parent's. */
spin_unlock(&lruvec_parent->lru_lock);
spin_unlock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
```
After acquiring the lruvec lock, it is necessary to verify whether
the folio has been reparented. If reparenting has occurred, the new
lruvec lock must be reacquired. During the LRU folio reparenting
process, the lruvec lock will also be acquired (this will be
implemented in a subsequent patch). Therefore, folio_memcg() remains
unchanged while the lruvec lock is held.
Given that lruvec_memcg(lruvec) is always equal to folio_memcg(folio)
after the lruvec lock is acquired, the lruvec_memcg_debug() check is
redundant. Hence, it is removed.
This patch serves as a preparation for the reparenting of LRU folios.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 23 ++++++-----------
mm/compaction.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++-----
mm/memcontrol.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index ca8d4e09cbe7d..6f6b28f8f0f63 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -740,7 +740,11 @@ static inline struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_lruvec(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
* folio_lruvec - return lruvec for isolating/putting an LRU folio
* @folio: Pointer to the folio.
*
- * This function relies on folio->mem_cgroup being stable.
+ * The user should hold an rcu read lock to protect lruvec associated with
+ * the folio from being released. But it does not prevent binding stability
+ * between the folio and the returned lruvec from being changed to its parent
+ * or ancestor (e.g. like folio_lruvec_lock() does that holds LRU lock to
+ * prevent the change).
*/
static inline struct lruvec *folio_lruvec(struct folio *folio)
{
@@ -763,15 +767,6 @@ struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock_irq(struct folio *folio);
struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave(struct folio *folio,
unsigned long *flags);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
-void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio);
-#else
-static inline
-void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
static inline
struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css){
return css ? container_of(css, struct mem_cgroup, css) : NULL;
@@ -1204,11 +1199,6 @@ static inline struct lruvec *folio_lruvec(struct folio *folio)
return &pgdat->__lruvec;
}
-static inline
-void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio)
-{
-}
-
static inline struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
return NULL;
@@ -1515,17 +1505,20 @@ static inline struct lruvec *parent_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
static inline void lruvec_unlock(struct lruvec *lruvec)
{
spin_unlock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static inline void lruvec_unlock_irq(struct lruvec *lruvec)
{
spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static inline void lruvec_unlock_irqrestore(struct lruvec *lruvec,
unsigned long flags)
{
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lruvec->lru_lock, flags);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
/* Test requires a stable folio->memcg binding, see folio_memcg() */
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 4dce180f699b4..0d2a0e6239eb4 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -518,6 +518,24 @@ static bool compact_lock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags,
return true;
}
+static struct lruvec *
+compact_folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave(struct folio *folio, unsigned long *flags,
+ struct compact_control *cc)
+{
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
+ compact_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock, flags, cc);
+ if (unlikely(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != folio_memcg(folio))) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lruvec->lru_lock, *flags);
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
+ return lruvec;
+}
+
/*
* Compaction requires the taking of some coarse locks that are potentially
* very heavily contended. The lock should be periodically unlocked to avoid
@@ -839,7 +857,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = cc->zone->zone_pgdat;
unsigned long nr_scanned = 0, nr_isolated = 0;
- struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = NULL;
unsigned long flags = 0;
struct lruvec *locked = NULL;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
@@ -1153,18 +1171,17 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
if (!folio_test_clear_lru(folio))
goto isolate_fail_put;
- lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
+ if (locked)
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
/* If we already hold the lock, we can skip some rechecking */
- if (lruvec != locked) {
+ if (lruvec != locked || !locked) {
if (locked)
lruvec_unlock_irqrestore(locked, flags);
- compact_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock, &flags, cc);
+ lruvec = compact_folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave(folio, &flags, cc);
locked = lruvec;
- lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, folio);
-
/*
* Try get exclusive access under lock. If marked for
* skip, the scan is aborted unless the current context
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4b3c7d4f346b5..7969dd93d858a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1184,23 +1184,6 @@ void mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
}
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
-void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio)
-{
- struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
-
- if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
- return;
-
- memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
-
- if (!memcg)
- VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!mem_cgroup_is_root(lruvec_memcg(lruvec)), folio);
- else
- VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != memcg, folio);
-}
-#endif
-
/**
* folio_lruvec_lock - Lock the lruvec for a folio.
* @folio: Pointer to the folio.
@@ -1210,14 +1193,20 @@ void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio)
* - folio_test_lru false
* - folio frozen (refcount of 0)
*
- * Return: The lruvec this folio is on with its lock held.
+ * Return: The lruvec this folio is on with its lock held and rcu read lock held.
*/
struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock(struct folio *folio)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
spin_lock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
- lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, folio);
+ if (unlikely(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != folio_memcg(folio))) {
+ spin_unlock(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+ goto retry;
+ }
return lruvec;
}
@@ -1232,14 +1221,20 @@ struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock(struct folio *folio)
* - folio frozen (refcount of 0)
*
* Return: The lruvec this folio is on with its lock held and interrupts
- * disabled.
+ * disabled and rcu read lock held.
*/
struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock_irq(struct folio *folio)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
- lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, folio);
+ if (unlikely(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != folio_memcg(folio))) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+ goto retry;
+ }
return lruvec;
}
@@ -1255,15 +1250,21 @@ struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock_irq(struct folio *folio)
* - folio frozen (refcount of 0)
*
* Return: The lruvec this folio is on with its lock held and interrupts
- * disabled.
+ * disabled and rcu read lock held.
*/
struct lruvec *folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave(struct folio *folio,
unsigned long *flags)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
spin_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock, *flags);
- lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, folio);
+ if (unlikely(lruvec_memcg(lruvec) != folio_memcg(folio))) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lruvec->lru_lock, *flags);
+ goto retry;
+ }
return lruvec;
}
--
2.20.1
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2025-10-28 13:58 [PATCH v1 00/26] Eliminate Dying Memory Cgroup Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 01/26] mm: memcontrol: remove dead code of checking parent memory cgroup Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 1:40 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 9:07 ` Chen Ridong
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 02/26] mm: workingset: use folio_lruvec() in workingset_refault() Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 1:55 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 03/26] mm: rename unlock_page_lruvec_irq and its variants Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 2:03 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 12:27 ` Chen Ridong
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 04/26] mm: vmscan: refactor move_folios_to_lru() Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 5:11 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-07 6:41 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 13:20 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-08 6:32 ` Shakeel Butt
2025-11-10 2:13 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-10 4:30 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-10 5:43 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-10 6:11 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-10 16:47 ` Shakeel Butt
2025-11-11 0:42 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-11 3:04 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-11 3:16 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-11 3:23 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-11 8:49 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-11-11 16:44 ` Shakeel Butt
2025-11-12 7:49 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-11-12 8:46 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-12 8:54 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-11-12 15:45 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-11-11 3:17 ` Shakeel Butt
2025-11-11 3:24 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-07 7:18 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 05/26] mm: memcontrol: allocate object cgroup for non-kmem case Qi Zheng
2025-11-17 8:02 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-21 3:58 ` Chen Ridong
2025-11-21 8:17 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 06/26] mm: memcontrol: return root object cgroup for root memory cgroup Qi Zheng
2025-11-17 9:17 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-17 9:41 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-18 11:31 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-18 11:28 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-18 12:11 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 7:24 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-19 7:42 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-18 12:12 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-19 6:40 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 07/26] mm: memcontrol: prevent memory cgroup release in get_mem_cgroup_from_folio() Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 8:06 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 13:32 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 08/26] buffer: prevent memory cgroup release in folio_alloc_buffers() Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 8:10 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 09/26] writeback: prevent memory cgroup release in writeback module Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 9:18 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 10/26] mm: memcontrol: prevent memory cgroup release in count_memcg_folio_events() Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 9:21 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 11/26] mm: page_io: prevent memory cgroup release in page_io module Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 9:26 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 13:34 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 12/26] mm: migrate: prevent memory cgroup release in folio_migrate_mapping() Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 10:00 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 13/26] mm: mglru: prevent memory cgroup release in mglru Qi Zheng
2025-11-19 10:13 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 13:39 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 14/26] mm: memcontrol: prevent memory cgroup release in mem_cgroup_swap_full() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 7:51 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 15/26] mm: workingset: prevent memory cgroup release in lru_gen_eviction() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 8:26 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 16/26] mm: thp: prevent memory cgroup release in folio_split_queue_lock{_irqsave}() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 8:53 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 17/26] mm: workingset: prevent lruvec release in workingset_refault() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 9:40 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 18/26] mm: zswap: prevent lruvec release in zswap_folio_swapin() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 9:42 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 19/26] mm: swap: prevent lruvec release in swap module Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 9:52 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-20 13:41 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 20/26] mm: workingset: prevent lruvec release in workingset_activation() Qi Zheng
2025-11-20 9:54 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` Qi Zheng [this message]
2025-11-04 6:49 ` [PATCH v1 21/26] mm: memcontrol: prepare for reparenting LRU pages for lruvec lock kernel test robot
2025-11-04 8:59 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-21 3:15 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-21 8:01 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 22/26] mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting traditional LRU folios Qi Zheng
2025-11-21 10:11 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 23/26] mm: vmscan: prepare for reparenting MGLRU folios Qi Zheng
2025-11-25 9:55 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-26 2:44 ` Qi Zheng
2025-11-26 13:48 ` Harry Yoo
2025-11-27 3:48 ` Qi Zheng
2025-12-01 15:40 ` Qi Zheng
2025-12-01 21:50 ` Yuanchu Xie
2025-12-02 3:04 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 24/26] mm: memcontrol: refactor memcg_reparent_objcgs() Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 25/26] mm: memcontrol: eliminate the problem of dying memory cgroup for LRU folios Qi Zheng
2025-11-14 17:56 ` Michal Koutný
2025-11-20 11:56 ` Chen Ridong
2025-11-20 13:45 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 13:58 ` [PATCH v1 26/26] mm: lru: add VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO to lru maintenance helpers Qi Zheng
2025-10-28 20:58 ` [syzbot ci] Re: Eliminate Dying Memory Cgroup syzbot ci
2025-10-29 0:22 ` Harry Yoo
2025-10-29 0:25 ` syzbot ci
2025-10-29 3:12 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-29 7:53 ` [PATCH v1 00/26] " Michal Hocko
2025-10-29 8:05 ` Qi Zheng
2025-10-31 10:35 ` Michal Hocko
2025-11-03 3:33 ` Qi Zheng
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