[PATCH v2 12/28] mm: page_io: prevent memory cgroup release in page_io module

Qi Zheng posted 28 patches 2 days, 8 hours ago
[PATCH v2 12/28] mm: page_io: prevent memory cgroup release in page_io module
Posted by Qi Zheng 2 days, 8 hours ago
From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>

In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
memory cgroup. To ensure safety, it will only be appropriate to
hold the rcu read lock or acquire a reference to the memory cgroup
returned by folio_memcg(), thereby preventing it from being released.

In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
against the release of the memory cgroup in swap_writeout() and
bio_associate_blkg_from_page().

This serves as a preparatory measure for the reparenting of the
LRU pages.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
 mm/page_io.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 3c342db77ce38..ec7720762042c 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -276,10 +276,14 @@ int swap_writeout(struct folio *folio, struct swap_iocb **swap_plug)
 		count_mthp_stat(folio_order(folio), MTHP_STAT_ZSWPOUT);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!mem_cgroup_zswap_writeback_enabled(folio_memcg(folio))) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 		return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	__swap_writepage(folio, swap_plug);
 	return 0;
@@ -307,11 +311,11 @@ static void bio_associate_blkg_from_page(struct bio *bio, struct folio *folio)
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 
-	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
-	if (!memcg)
+	if (!folio_memcg_charged(folio))
 		return;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
 	css = cgroup_e_css(memcg->css.cgroup, &io_cgrp_subsys);
 	bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, css);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-- 
2.20.1
Re: [PATCH v2 12/28] mm: page_io: prevent memory cgroup release in page_io module
Posted by Johannes Weiner 1 day, 17 hours ago
On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 03:27:36PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> 
> In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
> memory cgroup. To ensure safety, it will only be appropriate to
> hold the rcu read lock or acquire a reference to the memory cgroup
> returned by folio_memcg(), thereby preventing it from being released.
> 
> In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
> against the release of the memory cgroup in swap_writeout() and
> bio_associate_blkg_from_page().
> 
> This serves as a preparatory measure for the reparenting of the
> LRU pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>