We don't have to add a freeable page into lru and then remove from it. This change saves a couple of actions and makes the moving more clear. The SetPageLRU needs to be kept before put_page_testzero for list integrity, otherwise: #0 move_pages_to_lru #1 release_pages if !put_page_testzero if (put_page_testzero()) !PageLRU //skip lru_lock SetPageLRU() list_add(&page->lru,) list_add(&page->lru,) [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: coding style fixes] Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- mm/vmscan.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 1b8f0e059767..6c6965cbbdef 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1852,26 +1852,30 @@ static unsigned noinline_for_stack move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec, while (!list_empty(list)) { page = lru_to_page(list); VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page); + list_del(&page->lru); if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page))) { - list_del(&page->lru); spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock); putback_lru_page(page); spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock); continue; } - lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat); + /* + * The SetPageLRU needs to be kept here for list integrity. + * Otherwise: + * #0 move_pages_to_lru #1 release_pages + * if !put_page_testzero + * if (put_page_testzero()) + * !PageLRU //skip lru_lock + * SetPageLRU() + * list_add(&page->lru,) + * list_add(&page->lru,) + */ SetPageLRU(page); - lru = page_lru(page); - nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page); - update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), nr_pages); - list_move(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]); - - if (put_page_testzero(page)) { + if (unlikely(put_page_testzero(page))) { __ClearPageLRU(page); __ClearPageActive(page); - del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru); if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) { spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock); @@ -1879,11 +1883,19 @@ static unsigned noinline_for_stack move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec, spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock); } else list_add(&page->lru, &pages_to_free); - } else { - nr_moved += nr_pages; - if (PageActive(page)) - workingset_age_nonresident(lruvec, nr_pages); + + continue; } + + lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat); + lru = page_lru(page); + nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page); + + update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), nr_pages); + list_add(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]); + nr_moved += nr_pages; + if (PageActive(page)) + workingset_age_nonresident(lruvec, nr_pages); } /* -- 1.8.3.1