[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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