struct z_erofs_decompressor {
        int (*decompress)(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                         struct list_head *pagepool);
+                         struct page **pagepool);
        char *name;
 };
 
        return true;
 }
 
-static inline bool z_erofs_put_shortlivedpage(struct list_head *pagepool,
+static inline bool z_erofs_put_shortlivedpage(struct page **pagepool,
                                              struct page *page)
 {
        if (!z_erofs_is_shortlived_page(page))
                put_page(page);
        } else {
                /* follow the pcluster rule above. */
-               set_page_private(page, 0);
-               list_add(&page->lru, pagepool);
+               erofs_pagepool_add(pagepool, page);
        }
        return true;
 }
 }
 
 int z_erofs_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                      struct list_head *pagepool);
+                      struct page **pagepool);
 
 /* prototypes for specific algorithms */
 int z_erofs_lzma_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                           struct list_head *pagepool);
+                           struct page **pagepool);
 #endif
 
  * all physical pages are consecutive, which can be seen for moderate CR.
  */
 static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                                       struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                       struct page **pagepool)
 {
        const unsigned int nr =
                PAGE_ALIGN(rq->pageofs_out + rq->outputsize) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static int z_erofs_lz4_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                                 struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                 struct page **pagepool)
 {
        const unsigned int nrpages_out =
                PAGE_ALIGN(rq->pageofs_out + rq->outputsize) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static int z_erofs_shifted_transform(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                                    struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                    struct page **pagepool)
 {
        const unsigned int nrpages_out =
                PAGE_ALIGN(rq->pageofs_out + rq->outputsize) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 };
 
 int z_erofs_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-                      struct list_head *pagepool)
+                      struct page **pagepool)
 {
        return decompressors[rq->alg].decompress(rq, pagepool);
 }
 
 static void preload_compressed_pages(struct z_erofs_collector *clt,
                                     struct address_space *mc,
                                     enum z_erofs_cache_alloctype type,
-                                    struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                    struct page **pagepool)
 {
        struct z_erofs_pcluster *pcl = clt->pcl;
        bool standalone = true;
                if (!cmpxchg_relaxed(pages, NULL, tagptr_cast_ptr(t)))
                        continue;
 
-               if (page) {
+               if (page)
                        put_page(page);
-               } else if (newpage) {
-                       set_page_private(newpage, 0);
-                       list_add(&newpage->lru, pagepool);
-               }
+               else if (newpage)
+                       erofs_pagepool_add(pagepool, newpage);
        }
 
        /*
 }
 
 static int z_erofs_do_read_page(struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *fe,
-                               struct page *page, struct list_head *pagepool)
+                               struct page *page, struct page **pagepool)
 {
        struct inode *const inode = fe->inode;
        struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_I_SB(inode);
 
 static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct super_block *sb,
                                       struct z_erofs_pcluster *pcl,
-                                      struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                      struct page **pagepool)
 {
        struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_SB(sb);
        struct z_erofs_pagevec_ctor ctor;
 }
 
 static void z_erofs_decompress_queue(const struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *io,
-                                    struct list_head *pagepool)
+                                    struct page **pagepool)
 {
        z_erofs_next_pcluster_t owned = io->head;
 
 {
        struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *bgq =
                container_of(work, struct z_erofs_decompressqueue, u.work);
-       LIST_HEAD(pagepool);
+       struct page *pagepool = NULL;
 
        DBG_BUGON(bgq->head == Z_EROFS_PCLUSTER_TAIL_CLOSED);
        z_erofs_decompress_queue(bgq, &pagepool);
 
-       put_pages_list(&pagepool);
+       erofs_release_pages(&pagepool);
        kvfree(bgq);
 }
 
 static struct page *pickup_page_for_submission(struct z_erofs_pcluster *pcl,
                                               unsigned int nr,
-                                              struct list_head *pagepool,
+                                              struct page **pagepool,
                                               struct address_space *mc,
                                               gfp_t gfp)
 {
 out_allocpage:
        page = erofs_allocpage(pagepool, gfp | __GFP_NOFAIL);
        if (oldpage != cmpxchg(&pcl->compressed_pages[nr], oldpage, page)) {
-               list_add(&page->lru, pagepool);
+               erofs_pagepool_add(pagepool, page);
                cond_resched();
                goto repeat;
        }
 
 static void z_erofs_submit_queue(struct super_block *sb,
                                 struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *f,
-                                struct list_head *pagepool,
+                                struct page **pagepool,
                                 struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *fgq,
                                 bool *force_fg)
 {
 
 static void z_erofs_runqueue(struct super_block *sb,
                             struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *f,
-                            struct list_head *pagepool, bool force_fg)
+                            struct page **pagepool, bool force_fg)
 {
        struct z_erofs_decompressqueue io[NR_JOBQUEUES];
 
 static void z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *f,
                                      struct readahead_control *rac,
                                      erofs_off_t end,
-                                     struct list_head *pagepool,
+                                     struct page **pagepool,
                                      bool backmost)
 {
        struct inode *inode = f->inode;
 {
        struct inode *const inode = page->mapping->host;
        struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend f = DECOMPRESS_FRONTEND_INIT(inode);
+       struct page *pagepool = NULL;
        int err;
-       LIST_HEAD(pagepool);
 
        trace_erofs_readpage(page, false);
        f.headoffset = (erofs_off_t)page->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
        if (f.map.mpage)
                put_page(f.map.mpage);
 
-       /* clean up the remaining free pages */
-       put_pages_list(&pagepool);
+       erofs_release_pages(&pagepool);
        return err;
 }
 
        struct inode *const inode = rac->mapping->host;
        struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_I_SB(inode);
        struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend f = DECOMPRESS_FRONTEND_INIT(inode);
-       struct page *page, *head = NULL;
+       struct page *pagepool = NULL, *head = NULL, *page;
        unsigned int nr_pages;
-       LIST_HEAD(pagepool);
 
        f.readahead = true;
        f.headoffset = readahead_pos(rac);
                         nr_pages <= sbi->opt.max_sync_decompress_pages);
        if (f.map.mpage)
                put_page(f.map.mpage);
-
-       /* clean up the remaining free pages */
-       put_pages_list(&pagepool);
+       erofs_release_pages(&pagepool);
 }
 
 const struct address_space_operations z_erofs_aops = {