[PATCH v1 2/2] mm: multi-gen LRU: remove get_lruvec()

From: Siddharth Chintamaneni

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 19:56:55 EST


get_lruvec() was originally introduced in commit ec1c86b25f4b ("mm:
multi-gen LRU: groundwork") to guard against NULL NODE_DATA(nid) on
uninitialized NUMA nodes (`return pgdat ? &pgdat->__lruvec : NULL;`).
After commit 09f49dca570a ("mm: handle uninitialized numa nodes
gracefully") and commit 931b6a8b36a2 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: remove NULL
checks on NODE_DATA()"), that NULL check was removed, leaving
get_lruvec() as a thin wrapper around mem_cgroup_lruvec().

Remove get_lruvec() and call mem_cgroup_lruvec() directly at all call
sites.

Cc: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hardik Garg <hargar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 39 +++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 99e9f07fa2e1..5767b94fd8e8 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2741,15 +2741,6 @@ static bool should_clear_pmd_young(void)
#define get_memcg_gen(seq) ((seq) % MEMCG_NR_GENS)
#define get_memcg_bin(bin) ((bin) % MEMCG_NR_BINS)

-static struct lruvec *get_lruvec(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)
-{
- struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!memcg && !mem_cgroup_disabled());
-
- return mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
-}
-
static int get_swappiness(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
{
struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(lruvec);
@@ -2942,7 +2933,7 @@ void lru_gen_add_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
spin_lock(&mm_list->lock);

for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);

/* the first addition since the last iteration */
@@ -2972,7 +2963,7 @@ void lru_gen_del_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
spin_lock(&mm_list->lock);

for_each_node(nid) {
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);

/* where the current iteration continues after */
@@ -4424,7 +4415,7 @@ void lru_gen_online_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)

for_each_node(nid) {
struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);

spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->memcg_lru.lock);

@@ -4446,7 +4437,7 @@ void lru_gen_offline_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
int nid;

for_each_node(nid) {
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));

lru_gen_rotate_memcg(lruvec, MEMCG_LRU_OLD);
}
@@ -4459,7 +4450,7 @@ void lru_gen_release_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)

for_each_node(nid) {
struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);

spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->memcg_lru.lock);

@@ -4480,7 +4471,7 @@ void lru_gen_release_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)

void lru_gen_soft_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));

/* see the comment on MEMCG_NR_GENS */
if (READ_ONCE(lruvec->lrugen.seg) != MEMCG_LRU_HEAD)
@@ -4489,7 +4480,7 @@ void lru_gen_soft_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)

bool recheck_lru_gen_max_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
int type;

for (type = 0; type < ANON_AND_FILE; type++) {
@@ -4536,7 +4527,7 @@ static void try_to_inc_max_seq_nowalk(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
*/
void max_lru_gen_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid)
{
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
int type;

for (type = 0; type < ANON_AND_FILE; type++) {
@@ -4613,8 +4604,8 @@ void lru_gen_reparent_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct mem_cgroup *parent,
struct zone *zone;
enum lru_list lru;

- child_lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
- parent_lruvec = get_lruvec(parent, nid);
+ child_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
+ parent_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(parent, NODE_DATA(nid));

for_each_managed_zone_pgdat(zone, NODE_DATA(nid), zid, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1)
for (type = 0; type < ANON_AND_FILE; type++)
@@ -5370,7 +5361,7 @@ static void lru_gen_change_state(bool enabled)
int nid;

for_each_node(nid) {
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));

lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);

@@ -5501,7 +5492,7 @@ static void *lru_gen_seq_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)

for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
if (!nr_to_skip--)
- return get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ return mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
}
} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)));

@@ -5533,7 +5524,7 @@ static void *lru_gen_seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
nid = first_memory_node;
}

- return get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ return mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
}

static void lru_gen_seq_show_full(struct seq_file *m, struct lruvec *lruvec,
@@ -5715,7 +5706,7 @@ static int run_cmd(char cmd, u64 memcg_id, int nid, unsigned long seq,
goto done;

sc->target_mem_cgroup = memcg;
- lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));

if (swappiness < MIN_SWAPPINESS)
swappiness = get_swappiness(lruvec, sc);
@@ -5899,7 +5890,7 @@ void lru_gen_exit_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(mm_list && !list_empty(&mm_list->fifo));

for_each_node(nid) {
- struct lruvec *lruvec = get_lruvec(memcg, nid);
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
struct lru_gen_mm_state *mm_state = get_mm_state(lruvec);

VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(memchr_inv(lruvec->lrugen.nr_pages, 0,
--
2.45.4