From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>

prep_compound_page() calls prep_compound_head(), which initializes
folio->_deferred_list for compound folios with an order greater than one.
Therefore, dax_folio_init() initializes the list twice for large DAX
folios.

Remove the redundant initialization from dax_folio_init(). This leaves
the behavior unchanged and keeps compound folio initialization
centralized in prep_compound_head().

Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
---
 fs/dax.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 6ba50142eeb2..dad4efea7964 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ static void dax_folio_init(void *entry)
 
 	if (order > 0) {
 		prep_compound_page(&folio->page, order);
-		if (order > 1)
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&folio->_deferred_list);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_ref_count(folio));
 	}
 }
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:02:07 +0800, Kaitao Cheng wrote:
> fs/dax: Remove redundant deferred list initialization

Applied to the vfs-7.4.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.4.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.4.misc

[1/1] fs/dax: Remove redundant deferred list initialization
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4dda2f40edd8

> On Sep 3, 2026, at 13:02, Kaitao Cheng <kaitao.cheng@linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
> 
> prep_compound_page() calls prep_compound_head(), which initializes
> folio->_deferred_list for compound folios with an order greater than one.
> Therefore, dax_folio_init() initializes the list twice for large DAX
> folios.
> 
> Remove the redundant initialization from dax_folio_init(). This leaves
> the behavior unchanged and keeps compound folio initialization
> centralized in prep_compound_head().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>

Acked-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>

Thanks.