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Message-Id: <20130607134303.a9bcff78691c38b03a8b3dde@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:43:03 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Artem Savkov <artem.savkov@...il.com>
Cc: minchan.kernel.2@...il.com, dan.magenheimer@...cle.com,
rjw@...k.pl, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] non-swapcache pages in end_swap_bio_read()
On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:23:18 +0400 Artem Savkov <artem.savkov@...il.com> wrote:
> There is no guarantee that page in end_swap_bio_read is in swapcache so we need
> to check it before calling page_swap_info(). Otherwise kernel hits a bug on
> like the one below.
> Introduced in "mm: remove compressed copy from zram in-memory"
>
> kernel BUG at mm/swapfile.c:2361!
Fair enough.
> --- a/mm/page_io.c
> +++ b/mm/page_io.c
>
> ...
>
> + /*
> + * There is no guarantee that the page is in swap cache, so
> + * we need to check PG_swapcache before proceeding with this
> + * optimization.
> + */
My initial thought was "how the heck can this not be a swapcache page".
So let's add the important details to this comment.
> + if (unlikely(PageSwapCache(page))) {
Surely this is "likely".
> + struct swap_info_struct *sis;
> +
> + sis = page_swap_info(page);
> + if (sis->flags & SWP_BLKDEV) {
> + /*
> + * The swap subsystem performs lazy swap slot freeing,
> + * expecting that the page will be swapped out again.
> + * So we can avoid an unnecessary write if the page
> + * isn't redirtied.
> + * This is good for real swap storage because we can
> + * reduce unnecessary I/O and enhance wear-leveling
> + * if an SSD is used as the as swap device.
> + * But if in-memory swap device (eg zram) is used,
> + * this causes a duplicated copy between uncompressed
> + * data in VM-owned memory and compressed data in
> + * zram-owned memory. So let's free zram-owned memory
> + * and make the VM-owned decompressed page *dirty*,
> + * so the page should be swapped out somewhere again if
> + * we again wish to reclaim it.
> + */
This comment now makes a horrid mess in an 80-col display. I think we
may as well remove a tabstop here.
> + struct gendisk *disk = sis->bdev->bd_disk;
> + if (disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify) {
> + swp_entry_t entry;
> + unsigned long offset;
> +
> + entry.val = page_private(page);
> + offset = swp_offset(entry);
> +
> + SetPageDirty(page);
> + disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify(sis->bdev,
> + offset);
> + }
> }
> }
> }
Result:
--- a/mm/page_io.c~mm-remove-compressed-copy-from-zram-in-memory-fix-2-fix
+++ a/mm/page_io.c
@@ -81,51 +81,54 @@ void end_swap_bio_read(struct bio *bio,
imajor(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode),
iminor(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode),
(unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector);
- } else {
- SetPageUptodate(page);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ SetPageUptodate(page);
+
+ /*
+ * There is no guarantee that the page is in swap cache - the software
+ * suspend code (at least) uses end_swap_bio_read() against a non-
+ * swapcache page. So we must check PG_swapcache before proceeding with
+ * this optimization.
+ */
+ if (likely(PageSwapCache(page))) {
+ struct swap_info_struct *sis;
+
+ sis = page_swap_info(page);
+ if (sis->flags & SWP_BLKDEV) {
+ /*
+ * The swap subsystem performs lazy swap slot freeing,
+ * expecting that the page will be swapped out again.
+ * So we can avoid an unnecessary write if the page
+ * isn't redirtied.
+ * This is good for real swap storage because we can
+ * reduce unnecessary I/O and enhance wear-leveling
+ * if an SSD is used as the as swap device.
+ * But if in-memory swap device (eg zram) is used,
+ * this causes a duplicated copy between uncompressed
+ * data in VM-owned memory and compressed data in
+ * zram-owned memory. So let's free zram-owned memory
+ * and make the VM-owned decompressed page *dirty*,
+ * so the page should be swapped out somewhere again if
+ * we again wish to reclaim it.
+ */
+ struct gendisk *disk = sis->bdev->bd_disk;
+ if (disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify) {
+ swp_entry_t entry;
+ unsigned long offset;
+
+ entry.val = page_private(page);
+ offset = swp_offset(entry);
- /*
- * There is no guarantee that the page is in swap cache, so
- * we need to check PG_swapcache before proceeding with this
- * optimization.
- */
- if (unlikely(PageSwapCache(page))) {
- struct swap_info_struct *sis;
-
- sis = page_swap_info(page);
- if (sis->flags & SWP_BLKDEV) {
- /*
- * The swap subsystem performs lazy swap slot freeing,
- * expecting that the page will be swapped out again.
- * So we can avoid an unnecessary write if the page
- * isn't redirtied.
- * This is good for real swap storage because we can
- * reduce unnecessary I/O and enhance wear-leveling
- * if an SSD is used as the as swap device.
- * But if in-memory swap device (eg zram) is used,
- * this causes a duplicated copy between uncompressed
- * data in VM-owned memory and compressed data in
- * zram-owned memory. So let's free zram-owned memory
- * and make the VM-owned decompressed page *dirty*,
- * so the page should be swapped out somewhere again if
- * we again wish to reclaim it.
- */
- struct gendisk *disk = sis->bdev->bd_disk;
- if (disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify) {
- swp_entry_t entry;
- unsigned long offset;
-
- entry.val = page_private(page);
- offset = swp_offset(entry);
-
- SetPageDirty(page);
- disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify(sis->bdev,
- offset);
- }
+ SetPageDirty(page);
+ disk->fops->swap_slot_free_notify(sis->bdev,
+ offset);
}
}
}
+out:
unlock_page(page);
bio_put(bio);
}
_
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