linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Free unused swap cache page in write protection fault handler

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:47:16 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Free unused swap cache page in write protection fault handler

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:43 PM Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
>
> So in this patch, at the end of wp_page_copy(), the old unused swap
> cache page will be tried to be freed.

I'd much rather free it later when needed, rather than when you're in
a COW section.

            Linus