From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>

To reslove the dying memcg issue, we need to reparent LRU folios of child
memcg to its parent memcg. For traditional LRU list, each lruvec of every
memcg comprises four LRU lists. Due to the symmetry of the LRU lists, it
is feasible to transfer the LRU lists from a memcg to its parent memcg
during the reparenting process.

This commit implements the specific function, which will be used during
the reparenting process.

Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
 include/linux/mmzone.h |  4 ++++
 mm/vmscan.c            | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 75ef7c9f9307f..08132012aa8b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ enum lruvec_flags {
 	LRUVEC_NODE_CONGESTED,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+void lru_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *src, struct mem_cgroup *dst);
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
+
 #endif /* !__GENERATING_BOUNDS_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 814498a2c1bd6..5fd0f97c3719c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2648,6 +2648,44 @@ static bool can_age_anon_pages(struct lruvec *lruvec,
 			  lruvec_memcg(lruvec));
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+static void lruvec_reparent_lru(struct lruvec *src, struct lruvec *dst,
+				enum lru_list lru)
+{
+	int zid;
+	struct mem_cgroup_per_node *mz_src, *mz_dst;
+
+	mz_src = container_of(src, struct mem_cgroup_per_node, lruvec);
+	mz_dst = container_of(dst, struct mem_cgroup_per_node, lruvec);
+
+	if (lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
+		list_splice_tail_init(&src->lists[lru], &dst->lists[lru]);
+
+	for (zid = 0; zid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zid++) {
+		mz_dst->lru_zone_size[zid][lru] += mz_src->lru_zone_size[zid][lru];
+		mz_src->lru_zone_size[zid][lru] = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+void lru_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *src, struct mem_cgroup *dst)
+{
+	int nid;
+
+	for_each_node(nid) {
+		enum lru_list lru;
+		struct lruvec *src_lruvec, *dst_lruvec;
+
+		src_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(src, NODE_DATA(nid));
+		dst_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(dst, NODE_DATA(nid));
+		dst_lruvec->anon_cost += src_lruvec->anon_cost;
+		dst_lruvec->file_cost += src_lruvec->file_cost;
+
+		for_each_lru(lru)
+			lruvec_reparent_lru(src_lruvec, dst_lruvec, lru);
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LRU_GEN
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LRU_GEN_ENABLED
-- 
2.20.1

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 03:27:48PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> 
> To reslove the dying memcg issue, we need to reparent LRU folios of child

     resolve

> memcg to its parent memcg. For traditional LRU list, each lruvec of every
> memcg comprises four LRU lists. Due to the symmetry of the LRU lists, it
> is feasible to transfer the LRU lists from a memcg to its parent memcg
> during the reparenting process.
> 
> This commit implements the specific function, which will be used during
> the reparenting process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>

Overall looks sane to me. I have a few nits below, not nothing
major. With those resolved, please feel free to add

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

> @@ -2648,6 +2648,44 @@ static bool can_age_anon_pages(struct lruvec *lruvec,
>  			  lruvec_memcg(lruvec));
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> +static void lruvec_reparent_lru(struct lruvec *src, struct lruvec *dst,
> +				enum lru_list lru)
> +{
> +	int zid;
> +	struct mem_cgroup_per_node *mz_src, *mz_dst;
> +
> +	mz_src = container_of(src, struct mem_cgroup_per_node, lruvec);
> +	mz_dst = container_of(dst, struct mem_cgroup_per_node, lruvec);
> +
> +	if (lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
> +		list_splice_tail_init(&src->lists[lru], &dst->lists[lru]);
> +
> +	for (zid = 0; zid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zid++) {
> +		mz_dst->lru_zone_size[zid][lru] += mz_src->lru_zone_size[zid][lru];
> +		mz_src->lru_zone_size[zid][lru] = 0;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +void lru_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *src, struct mem_cgroup *dst)

I can see why you want to pass both src and dst for convenience, but
it makes the API look a lot more generic than it is. It can only
safely move LRUs from a cgroup to its parent.

As such, I'd slightly prefer only passing one pointer and doing the
parent lookup internally. It's dealer's choice.

However, if you'd like to keep both pointers for a centralized lookup,
can you please rename the parameters @child and @parent, and add

	VM_WARN_ON(parent != parent_mem_cgroup(child));

Also please add a comment explaining the expected caller locking.

Lastly, vmscan.c is the reclaim policy. Mechanical LRU shuffling like
this is better placed in mm/swap.c.