+ mm-use-a-folio-in-the-softleaf_is_device_private-path.patch added to mm-new branch

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:09:40 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.mm-commits
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The patch titled
     Subject: mm: use a folio in the softleaf_is_device_private path
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-use-a-folio-in-the-softleaf_is_device_private-path.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-use-a-folio-in-the-softleaf_is_device_private-path.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Hongfu Li <[email protected]>
Subject: mm: use a folio in the softleaf_is_device_private path
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 11:15:54 +0800

Use the folio APIs in the device_private migration path of do_swap_page(),
replacing four calls to compound_head() with one.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Anshumman Khandual <[email protected]>
Cc: Hongfu Li <[email protected]>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <[email protected]>
Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

 mm/memory.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-use-a-folio-in-the-softleaf_is_device_private-path
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -4922,18 +4922,19 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault
 				goto unlock;
 
 			/*
-			 * Get a page reference while we know the page can't be
+			 * Get a folio reference while we know the folio can't be
 			 * freed.
 			 */
-			if (trylock_page(vmf->page)) {
+			folio = page_folio(vmf->page);
+			if (folio_trylock(folio)) {
 				struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 
-				get_page(vmf->page);
+				folio_get(folio);
 				pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
 				pgmap = page_pgmap(vmf->page);
 				ret = pgmap->ops->migrate_to_ram(vmf);
-				unlock_page(vmf->page);
-				put_page(vmf->page);
+				folio_unlock(folio);
+				folio_put(folio);
 			} else {
 				pte_unmap(vmf->pte);
 				softleaf_entry_wait_on_locked(entry, vmf->ptl);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

selftests-mm-fix-memleak-in-migration-benchmark.patch
selftests-mm-factor-out-hmm_buffer_alloc-to-consolidate-buffer-setup.patch
selftests-mm-fix-bug_on-checking-wrong-variable-in-mremap_dontunmap.patch
mm-swap-fix-swap_cluster_lock-config_swap-stub-signature-mismatch.patch
mm-use-a-folio-in-the-softleaf_is_device_private-path.patch
selftests-prctl-fix-non-anonymous-vma-mapping-in-set-anon-vma-name-test.patch