[PATCH v4 16/16] mm/page-flags: remove PG_private

Zi Yan ziy at nvidia.com
Sun Sep 13 19:24:14 PDT 2026


folio->private != NULL indicates a folio carries private data, replacing
PG_private. All PG_private users are converted. Remove PG_private and
reserve the space as PG_folio for future use. Unused PG_private functions
are removed too.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy at nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
To: Baoquan He <baoquan.he at linux.dev>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush at kernel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
To: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy at infradead.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
To: David Hildenbrand <david at kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Young <ruirui.yang at linux.dev>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan at linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs at kernel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <liam at infradead.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka at kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb at google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko at suse.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>
Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-doc at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm at kvack.org
Cc: linux-trace-kernel at vger.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/page-flags.h     | 19 ++-----------------
 include/trace/events/mmflags.h |  2 +-
 kernel/vmcore_info.c           |  1 -
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 08988877331ba..10f4ad075ea48 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
  * Consequently, PG_reserved for a page mapped into user space can indicate
  * the zero page, the vDSO, MMIO pages or device memory.
  *
- * The PG_private bitflag is set on pagecache pages if they contain filesystem
- * specific data (which is normally at page->private). It can be used by
- * private allocations for its own usage.
- *
  * During initiation of disk I/O, PG_locked is set. This bit is set before I/O
  * and cleared when writeback _starts_ or when read _completes_. PG_writeback
  * is set before writeback starts and cleared when it finishes.
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ enum pageflags {
 	PG_owner_2,		/* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use */
 	PG_arch_1,
 	PG_reserved,
-	PG_private,		/* If pagecache, has fs-private data */
+	PG_folio,		/* Do not use: reserved for folio identification */
 	PG_private_2,		/* If pagecache, has fs aux data */
 	PG_reclaim,		/* To be reclaimed asap */
 	PG_swapbacked,		/* Page is backed by RAM/swap */
@@ -575,7 +571,7 @@ FOLIO_FLAG(swapbacked, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
 /*
  * Private page markings that may be used by the filesystem that owns the page
  * for its own purposes.
- * - PG_private and PG_private_2 cause release_folio() and co to be invoked
+ * - folio->private and PG_private_2 cause release_folio() and co to be invoked
  */
 
 static __always_inline bool folio_test_private(const struct folio *folio)
@@ -583,17 +579,6 @@ static __always_inline bool folio_test_private(const struct folio *folio)
 	return folio->private;
 }
 
-static __always_inline int PagePrivate(const struct page *page)
-{
-	return !!page->private;
-}
-
-/* no-ops during transition */
-static __always_inline void folio_set_private(struct folio *folio) { }
-static __always_inline void folio_clear_private(struct folio *folio) { }
-static __always_inline void SetPagePrivate(struct page *page) { }
-static __always_inline void ClearPagePrivate(struct page *page) { }
-
 FOLIO_FLAG(private_2, FOLIO_HEAD_PAGE)
 
 /* owner_2 can be set on tail pages for anon memory */
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index ef9aa388b84f7..3c153b3ad8450 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(___GFP_LAST_BIT);
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(owner_2),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(arch_1),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(reserved),					\
-	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(private),					\
+	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(folio),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(private_2),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(writeback),					\
 	DEF_PAGEFLAG_NAME(head),					\
diff --git a/kernel/vmcore_info.c b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
index 8614430ca212a..5a417f8a922ab 100644
--- a/kernel/vmcore_info.c
+++ b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
 	VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(free_area.free_list, MIGRATE_TYPES);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(NR_FREE_PAGES);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_lru);
-	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_private);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapcache);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapbacked);
 #define PAGE_SLAB_MAPCOUNT_VALUE	(PGTY_slab << 24)

-- 
2.53.0




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