linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid swapon failure by giving a warning first

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Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 09:28:23 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
CC:     kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid swapon failure by giving a warning
 first

On 2021/5/12 5:43, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> The final solution can be migrating blocks to form a section-aligned file
> internally. Meanwhile, let's ask users to do that when preparing the swap
> file initially like:
> 1) create()
> 2) ioctl(F2FS_IOC_SET_PIN_FILE)
> 3) fallocate()

Let me take a look how to migrate unaligned swapfile during swapon(). :)

> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
> Fixes: 36e4d95891ed ("f2fs: check if swapfile is section-alligned")
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,