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mm: preserve PG_dropbehind flag during folio split

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__split_folio_to_order() copies page flags from the original folio to
newly created sub-folios using an explicit allowlist, but PG_dropbehind
is not included. When a large folio with PG_dropbehind set is split,
only the head sub-folio retains the flag; all tail sub-folios silently
lose it and will not be reclaimed eagerly after writeback completes.

Add PG_dropbehind to the flag copy mask so that the drop-behind hint
is preserved across folio splits.

Fixes: a323281cdfec ("mm: add PG_dropbehind folio flag")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511-dontcache-v7-1-2848ddce8090@kernel.org
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
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Jeff Layton 2026-05-11 07:58:27 -04:00 committed by Christian Brauner
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@ -3642,6 +3642,7 @@ static void __split_folio_to_order(struct folio *folio, int old_order,
(1L << PG_arch_3) |
#endif
(1L << PG_dirty) |
(1L << PG_dropbehind) |
LRU_GEN_MASK | LRU_REFS_MASK));
if (handle_hwpoison &&