linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] swap: prevent reuse during hibernation

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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:34:36 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@...il.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...onice.net>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] swap: prevent reuse during hibernation

On Monday, September 06, 2010, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 01:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
> Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Move the hibernation check from scan_swap_map() into try_to_free_swap():
> > to catch not only the common case when hibernation's allocation itself
> > triggers swap reuse, but also the less likely case when concurrent page
> > reclaim (shrink_page_list) might happen to try_to_free_swap from a page.
> > 
> > Hibernation already clears __GFP_IO from the gfp_allowed_mask, to stop
> > reclaim from going to swap: check that to prevent swap reuse too.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> > Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
> > Cc: Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
> > Cc: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@...il.com>
> > Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
> > Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...onice.net>
> > Cc: stable@...nel.org
> 
> Hmm...seems better.
> 
> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
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