linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, trivial: Simplify swap related code in try_to_unmap

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Date:   Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:31:45 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, trivial: Simplify swap related code in
 try_to_unmap_one()

On Wed 01-04-20 09:11:13, Huang, Ying wrote:
[...]
> Then what is the check !PageSwapBacked() && PageSwapCache() for?  To
> prevent someone to change the definition of PageSwapCache() in the
> future to break this?

Yes this is my understading. It is essentially an assert that enforces
the assumption about swap cache vs. swap backed being coupled.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs