[PATCH RFC 09/29] mm/migrate: factor out movable_ops page handling into migrate_movable_ops_page()

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Thu Jun 19 03:39:52 AEST 2025


Let's factor it out, simplifying the calling code.

The assumption is that flush_dcache_page() is not required for
movable_ops pages: as documented for flush_dcache_folio(), it really
only applies when the kernel wrote to pagecache pages / pages in
highmem. movable_ops callbacks should be handling flushing
caches if ever required.

Note that we can now change folio_mapping_flags() to folio_test_anon()
to make it clearer, because movable_ops pages will never take that path.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
---
 mm/migrate.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 32e77898f7d6c..456e41dad83a2 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -159,6 +159,45 @@ static void putback_movable_ops_page(struct page *page)
 	folio_put(folio);
 }
 
+/**
+ * migrate_movable_ops_page - migrate an isolated movable_ops page
+ * @page: The isolated page.
+ *
+ * Migrate an isolated movable_ops page.
+ *
+ * If the src page was already released by its owner, the src page is
+ * un-isolated (putback) and migration succeeds; the migration core will be the
+ * owner of both pages.
+ *
+ * If the src page was not released by its owner and the migration was
+ * successful, the owner of the src page and the dst page are swapped and
+ * the src page is un-isolated.
+ *
+ * If migration fails, the ownership stays unmodified and the src page
+ * remains isolated: migration may be retried later or the page can be putback.
+ *
+ * TODO: migration core will treat both pages as folios and lock them before
+ * this call to unlock them after this call. Further, the folio refcounts on
+ * src and dst are also released by migration core. These pages will not be
+ * folios in the future, so that must be reworked.
+ *
+ * Returns MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error
+ * code.
+ */
+static int migrate_movable_ops_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
+		enum migrate_mode mode)
+{
+	int rc = MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
+
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE(!PageIsolated(src), src);
+	/* If the page was released by it's owner, there is nothing to do. */
+	if (PageMovable(src))
+		rc = page_movable_ops(src)->migrate_page(dst, src, mode);
+	if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
+		ClearPageIsolated(src);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /*
  * Put previously isolated pages back onto the appropriate lists
  * from where they were once taken off for compaction/migration.
@@ -1023,51 +1062,20 @@ static int move_to_new_folio(struct folio *dst, struct folio *src,
 								mode);
 		else
 			rc = fallback_migrate_folio(mapping, dst, src, mode);
-	} else {
-		const struct movable_operations *mops;
 
-		/*
-		 * In case of non-lru page, it could be released after
-		 * isolation step. In that case, we shouldn't try migration.
-		 */
-		VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_isolated(src), src);
-		if (!folio_test_movable(src)) {
-			rc = MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
-			folio_clear_isolated(src);
+		if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
 			goto out;
-		}
-
-		mops = folio_movable_ops(src);
-		rc = mops->migrate_page(&dst->page, &src->page, mode);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS &&
-				!folio_test_isolated(src));
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * When successful, old pagecache src->mapping must be cleared before
-	 * src is freed; but stats require that PageAnon be left as PageAnon.
-	 */
-	if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS) {
-		if (__folio_test_movable(src)) {
-			VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_isolated(src), src);
-
-			/*
-			 * We clear PG_movable under page_lock so any compactor
-			 * cannot try to migrate this page.
-			 */
-			folio_clear_isolated(src);
-		}
-
 		/*
-		 * Anonymous and movable src->mapping will be cleared by
-		 * free_pages_prepare so don't reset it here for keeping
-		 * the type to work PageAnon, for example.
+		 * For pagecache folios, src->mapping must be cleared before src
+		 * is freed. Anonymous folios must stay anonymous until freed.
 		 */
-		if (!folio_mapping_flags(src))
+		if (!folio_test_anon(src))
 			src->mapping = NULL;
 
 		if (likely(!folio_is_zone_device(dst)))
 			flush_dcache_folio(dst);
+	} else {
+		rc = migrate_movable_ops_page(&dst->page, &src->page, mode);
 	}
 out:
 	return rc;
-- 
2.49.0



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