linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/23] MM: submit multipage reads for SWP_FS

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:52:46 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:     Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/23] MM: submit multipage reads for SWP_FS_OPS
 swap-space

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 02:48:32PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> swap_readpage() is given one page at a time, but maybe called repeatedly
> in succession.
> For block-device swapspace, the blk_plug functionality allows the
> multiple pages to be combined together at lower layers.
> That cannot be used for SWP_FS_OPS as blk_plug may not exist - it is
> only active when CONFIG_BLOCK=y.  Consequently all swap reads over NFS
> are single page reads.
> 
> With this patch we pass in a pointer-to-pointer when swap_readpage can
> store state between calls - much like the effect of blk_plug.  After
> calling swap_readpage() some number of times, the state will be passed
> to swap_read_unplug() which can submit the combined request.
> 
> Some caller currently call blk_finish_plug() *before* the final call to
> swap_readpage(), so the last page cannot be included.  This patch moves
> blk_finish_plug() to after the last call, and calls swap_read_unplug()
> there too.

Buildbot complais that we might need a forward declaration of
struct swap_iocb, but otherwise this looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>