[PATCH v2 21/28] mm: swap: prevent lruvec release in lru_gen_clear_refs()

Qi Zheng posted 28 patches 2 days, 8 hours ago
[PATCH v2 21/28] mm: swap: prevent lruvec release in lru_gen_clear_refs()
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. So an lruvec returned by folio_lruvec() could be
released without the rcu read lock or a reference to its memory
cgroup.

In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
against the release of the lruvec in lru_gen_clear_refs().

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/swap.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index ec0c654e128dc..0606795f3ccf3 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -412,18 +412,20 @@ static void lru_gen_inc_refs(struct folio *folio)
 
 static bool lru_gen_clear_refs(struct folio *folio)
 {
-	struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen;
 	int gen = folio_lru_gen(folio);
 	int type = folio_is_file_lru(folio);
+	unsigned long seq;
 
 	if (gen < 0)
 		return true;
 
 	set_mask_bits(&folio->flags.f, LRU_REFS_FLAGS | BIT(PG_workingset), 0);
 
-	lrugen = &folio_lruvec(folio)->lrugen;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	seq = READ_ONCE(folio_lruvec(folio)->lrugen.min_seq[type]);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	/* whether can do without shuffling under the LRU lock */
-	return gen == lru_gen_from_seq(READ_ONCE(lrugen->min_seq[type]));
+	return gen == lru_gen_from_seq(seq);
 }
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_LRU_GEN */
-- 
2.20.1
Re: [PATCH v2 21/28] mm: swap: prevent lruvec release in lru_gen_clear_refs()
Posted by Johannes Weiner 1 day, 17 hours ago
On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 03:27:45PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> 
> In the near future, a folio will no longer pin its corresponding
> memory cgroup. So an lruvec returned by folio_lruvec() could be
> released without the rcu read lock or a reference to its memory
> cgroup.
> 
> In the current patch, the rcu read lock is employed to safeguard
> against the release of the lruvec in lru_gen_clear_refs().
> 
> 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>