Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm/huge_memory: use folio_expected_ref_count() to calculate ref_count.

From: Baolin Wang
Date: Thu Jul 17 2025 - 04:03:34 EST




On 2025/7/15 01:18, Zi Yan wrote:
Instead of open coding the ref_count calculation, use
folio_expected_ref_count().

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Looks more readable. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

mm/huge_memory.c | 12 +++++-------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index a7ee731f974f..31b5c4e61a57 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3735,6 +3735,7 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
if (folio_ref_freeze(folio, 1 + extra_pins)) {
struct address_space *swap_cache = NULL;
struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ int expected_refs;
if (folio_order(folio) > 1 &&
!list_empty(&folio->_deferred_list)) {
@@ -3805,11 +3806,8 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
new_folio = next) {
next = folio_next(new_folio);
- folio_ref_unfreeze(
- new_folio,
- 1 + ((mapping || swap_cache) ?
- folio_nr_pages(new_folio) :
- 0));
+ expected_refs = folio_expected_ref_count(new_folio) + 1;
+ folio_ref_unfreeze(new_folio, expected_refs);
lru_add_split_folio(folio, new_folio, lruvec, list);
@@ -3839,8 +3837,8 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
* Otherwise, a parallel folio_try_get() can grab origin_folio
* and its caller can see stale page cache entries.
*/
- folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1 +
- ((mapping || swap_cache) ? folio_nr_pages(folio) : 0));
+ expected_refs = folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1;
+ folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, expected_refs);
unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);