[PATCH v2 1/5] mm/vmscan: track reclaimed pages in reclaim_stat

From: Zhang Peng

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 04:42:23 EST


From: Zhang Peng <bruzzhang@xxxxxxxxxxx>

shrink_folio_list() returns nr_reclaimed while all other statistics are
reported via reclaim_stat. Add nr_reclaimed to reclaim_stat and change
the function to void for a consistent interface.

No functional change.

Suggested-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Peng <bruzzhang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vmstat.h | 1 +
mm/vmscan.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 3c9c266cf782..f088c5641d99 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct reclaim_stat {
unsigned nr_unmap_fail;
unsigned nr_lazyfree_fail;
unsigned nr_demoted;
+ unsigned nr_reclaimed;
};

/* Stat data for system wide items */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 5ee64cf81378..f3f03a44042e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@ static bool may_enter_fs(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
}

/*
- * shrink_folio_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
+ * Reclaimed folios are counted in stat->nr_reclaimed.
*/
-static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
+static void shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc,
struct reclaim_stat *stat, bool ignore_references,
struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
struct folio_batch free_folios;
LIST_HEAD(ret_folios);
LIST_HEAD(demote_folios);
- unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0, nr_demoted = 0;
+ unsigned int nr_demoted = 0;
unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
bool do_demote_pass;
struct swap_iocb *plug = NULL;
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
* increment nr_reclaimed here (and
* leave it off the LRU).
*/
- nr_reclaimed += nr_pages;
+ stat->nr_reclaimed += nr_pages;
continue;
}
}
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
* Folio may get swapped out as a whole, need to account
* all pages in it.
*/
- nr_reclaimed += nr_pages;
+ stat->nr_reclaimed += nr_pages;

folio_unqueue_deferred_split(folio);
if (folio_batch_add(&free_folios, folio) == 0) {
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,

/* Migrate folios selected for demotion */
nr_demoted = demote_folio_list(&demote_folios, pgdat, memcg);
- nr_reclaimed += nr_demoted;
+ stat->nr_reclaimed += nr_demoted;
stat->nr_demoted += nr_demoted;
/* Folios that could not be demoted are still in @demote_folios */
if (!list_empty(&demote_folios)) {
@@ -1589,7 +1589,6 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,

if (plug)
swap_write_unplug(plug);
- return nr_reclaimed;
}

unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
@@ -1623,8 +1622,9 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
* change in the future.
*/
noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
- nr_reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(&clean_folios, zone->zone_pgdat, &sc,
+ shrink_folio_list(&clean_folios, zone->zone_pgdat, &sc,
&stat, true, NULL);
+ nr_reclaimed = stat.nr_reclaimed;
memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);

list_splice(&clean_folios, folio_list);
@@ -1992,8 +1992,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
if (nr_taken == 0)
return 0;

- nr_reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(&folio_list, pgdat, sc, &stat, false,
+ shrink_folio_list(&folio_list, pgdat, sc, &stat, false,
lruvec_memcg(lruvec));
+ nr_reclaimed = stat.nr_reclaimed;

move_folios_to_lru(&folio_list);

@@ -2168,7 +2169,8 @@ static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
.no_demotion = 1,
};

- nr_reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(folio_list, pgdat, &sc, &stat, true, NULL);
+ shrink_folio_list(folio_list, pgdat, &sc, &stat, true, NULL);
+ nr_reclaimed = stat.nr_reclaimed;
while (!list_empty(folio_list)) {
folio = lru_to_folio(folio_list);
list_del(&folio->lru);
@@ -4862,7 +4864,8 @@ static int evict_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
if (list_empty(&list))
return scanned;
retry:
- reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(&list, pgdat, sc, &stat, false, memcg);
+ shrink_folio_list(&list, pgdat, sc, &stat, false, memcg);
+ reclaimed = stat.nr_reclaimed;
sc->nr.unqueued_dirty += stat.nr_unqueued_dirty;
sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaimed;
trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(pgdat->node_id,

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