linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix __dump_page when mapping->host is not set

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Message-ID: <20190315143304.pkuvj4qwtlzgm7iq@d104.suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:33:07 +0100
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, anshuman.khandual@....com,
        william.kucharski@...cle.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix __dump_page when mapping->host is not set

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 01:47:33PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
> index 1611cf00a137..499c26d5ebe5 100644
> --- a/mm/debug.c
> +++ b/mm/debug.c
> @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ void __dump_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
>  	else if (PageKsm(page))
>  		pr_warn("ksm ");
>  	else if (mapping) {
> +		if (PageSwapCache(page))
> +			mapping = page_swap_info(page)->swap_file->f_mapping;
> +
>  		pr_warn("%ps ", mapping->a_ops);
>  		if (mapping->host->i_dentry.first) {
>  			struct dentry *dentry;

This looks like a much nicer fix, indeed.
I gave it a spin and it works.

Since the mapping is set during the swapon, I would assume that this should
always work for swap.
Although I am not sure if once you start playing with e.g zswap the picture can
change.

Let us wait for Hugh and Jan.

Thanks Michal

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3