On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 07:58:23PM -0400, Gregory Price wrote:
> The huge-PMD and PTE paths duplicate folio filtering, reference clearing,
> deactivation and pageout isolation. Keeping both copies synchronized
> obscures the page-table-specific control flow.
>
> Factor the common filtering and LRU operation into helpers. Keep the
> lock-before-reference sequence visible at each split site because an early
> reference can prevent split_folio() from succeeding.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <[email protected]>

LGTM and AFAICT all the code is the same as before just less horrifying so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]>

> ---
>  mm/madvise.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
> index 83d54ab385da8..c345fef23f15d 100644
> --- a/mm/madvise.c
> +++ b/mm/madvise.c
> @@ -361,6 +361,39 @@ static inline int madvise_folio_pte_batch(unsigned long 
> addr, unsigned long end,
>                                    FPB_MERGE_YOUNG_DIRTY);
>  }
>
> +static inline void
> +madvise_lru_folio(struct folio *folio, bool pageout,
> +             struct list_head *folio_list)
> +{
> +     /*
> +      * Clear references before deactivating or reclaiming the folio. This 
> can
> +      * make idle-page tracking miss recent accesses.
> +      */
> +     folio_clear_referenced(folio);
> +     folio_test_clear_young(folio);
> +     if (folio_test_active(folio))
> +             folio_set_workingset(folio);
> +
> +     if (!pageout) {
> +             folio_deactivate(folio);
> +             return;
> +     }
> +
> +     if (!folio_isolate_lru(folio))
> +             return;
> +     if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
> +             folio_putback_lru(folio);
> +     else
> +             list_add(&folio->lru, folio_list);
> +}
> +
> +static bool madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(struct folio *folio,
> +             bool pageout_anon_only)
> +{
> +     return folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio) ||
> +            (pageout_anon_only && !folio_test_anon(folio));
> +}
> +
>  static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
>               unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
>  {
> @@ -373,15 +406,14 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>       spinlock_t *ptl;
>       struct folio *folio = NULL;
>       LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> -     bool pageout_anon_only_filter;
>       unsigned int batch_count = 0;
> +     bool pageout_anon_only;
>       int nr;
>
>       if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
>               return -EINTR;
> -
> -     pageout_anon_only_filter = pageout && !vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
> -                                     !can_do_file_pageout(vma);
> +     pageout_anon_only = pageout && !vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
> +                                    !can_do_file_pageout(vma);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>       if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
> @@ -407,11 +439,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>               if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
>                       goto huge_unlock;
>
> -             /* Do not interfere with other mappings of this folio */
> -             if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio))
> -                     goto huge_unlock;
> -
> -             if (pageout_anon_only_filter && !folio_test_anon(folio))
> +             if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, pageout_anon_only))
>                       goto huge_unlock;
>
>               if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
> @@ -437,19 +465,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>                       tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
>               }
>
> -             folio_clear_referenced(folio);
> -             folio_test_clear_young(folio);
> -             if (folio_test_active(folio))
> -                     folio_set_workingset(folio);
> -             if (pageout) {
> -                     if (folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
> -                             if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
> -                                     folio_putback_lru(folio);
> -                             else
> -                                     list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> -                     }
> -             } else
> -                     folio_deactivate(folio);
> +             madvise_lru_folio(folio, pageout, &folio_list);
>  huge_unlock:
>               spin_unlock(ptl);
>               if (pageout)
> @@ -502,9 +518,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>                       if (nr < folio_nr_pages(folio)) {
>                               int err;
>
> -                             if (folio_maybe_mapped_shared(folio))
> -                                     continue;
> -                             if (pageout_anon_only_filter && 
> !folio_test_anon(folio))
> +                             if (madvise_lru_folio_is_filtered(folio, 
> pageout_anon_only))
>                                       continue;
>                               if (!folio_trylock(folio))
>                                       continue;
> @@ -537,7 +551,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>                   folio_mapcount(folio) != folio_nr_pages(folio))
>                       continue;
>
> -             if (pageout_anon_only_filter && !folio_test_anon(folio))
> +             if (pageout_anon_only && !folio_test_anon(folio))
>                       continue;
>
>               if (!pageout && pte_young(ptent)) {
> @@ -546,25 +560,7 @@ static int madvise_lru_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned 
> long addr,
>                       tlb_remove_tlb_entries(tlb, pte, nr, addr);
>               }
>
> -             /*
> -              * We are deactivating a folio for accelerating reclaiming.
> -              * VM couldn't reclaim the folio unless we clear PG_young.
> -              * As a side effect, it makes confuse idle-page tracking
> -              * because they will miss recent referenced history.
> -              */
> -             folio_clear_referenced(folio);
> -             folio_test_clear_young(folio);
> -             if (folio_test_active(folio))
> -                     folio_set_workingset(folio);
> -             if (pageout) {
> -                     if (folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
> -                             if (folio_test_unevictable(folio))
> -                                     folio_putback_lru(folio);
> -                             else
> -                                     list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> -                     }
> -             } else
> -                     folio_deactivate(folio);
> +             madvise_lru_folio(folio, pageout, &folio_list);
>       }
>
>  out:
> @@ -651,8 +647,8 @@ static long madvise_pageout(struct madvise_behavior 
> *madv_behavior)
>        * owner nor write capable of the file. We allow private file mappings
>        * further to pageout dirty anon pages.
>        */
> -     if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && (!can_do_file_pageout(vma) &&
> -                             (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)))
> +     if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !can_do_file_pageout(vma) &&
> +         (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
>               return 0;
>
>       lru_add_drain();
> --
> 2.53.0-Meta
>

--
Cheers, Lorenzo

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