linux-kernel - [PATCH -next v7 4/4] mm/zswap: delay the initializaton of zswap

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Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:14:20 +0800
From:   Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>
To:     Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next v7 4/4] mm/zswap: delay the initializaton of zswap

Since some users may not use zswap, the zswap_pool is wasted. Save memory
by delaying the initialization of zswap until enabled.

Signed-off-by: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>
---
 mm/zswap.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 9eda48c8b8dc..af98bd8d4b79 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ static bool zswap_pool_reached_full;
 
 #define ZSWAP_PARAM_UNSET ""
 
+static int zswap_setup(void);
+
 /* Enable/disable zswap */
 static bool zswap_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON);
 static int zswap_enabled_param_set(const char *,
@@ -220,6 +222,9 @@ static atomic_t zswap_pools_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 static int zswap_init_state;
 
+/* used to ensure the integrity of initialization */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(zswap_init_lock);
+
 /* init completed, but couldn't create the initial pool */
 static bool zswap_has_pool;
 
@@ -652,7 +657,7 @@ static struct zswap_pool *zswap_pool_create(char *type, char *compressor)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static __init struct zswap_pool *__zswap_pool_create_fallback(void)
+static struct zswap_pool *__zswap_pool_create_fallback(void)
 {
 	bool has_comp, has_zpool;
 
@@ -765,16 +770,22 @@ static int __zswap_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp,
 	if (!strcmp(s, *(char **)kp->arg) && zswap_has_pool)
 		return 0;
 
+	mutex_lock(&zswap_init_lock);
 	if (zswap_init_state == ZSWAP_INIT_FAILED) {
 		pr_err("can't set param, initialization failed\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	/* if this is load-time (pre-init) param setting,
 	 * don't create a pool; that's done during init.
 	 */
-	if (zswap_init_state == ZSWAP_UNINIT)
-		return param_set_charp(s, kp);
+	if (zswap_init_state == ZSWAP_UNINIT) {
+		ret = param_set_charp(s, kp);
+		mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
 
 	if (!type) {
 		if (!zpool_has_pool(s)) {
@@ -873,14 +884,23 @@ static int zswap_enabled_param_set(const char *val,
 	if (res == *(bool *)kp->arg)
 		return 0;
 
+	mutex_lock(&zswap_init_lock);
+	if (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING && zswap_setup()) {
+		mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if (zswap_init_state == ZSWAP_INIT_FAILED) {
 		pr_err("can't enable, initialization failed\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	if (!zswap_has_pool && (zswap_init_state == ZSWAP_INIT_SUCCEED)) {
 		pr_err("can't enable, no pool configured\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&zswap_init_lock);
 
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
@@ -1440,7 +1460,7 @@ static const struct frontswap_ops zswap_frontswap_ops = {
 
 static struct dentry *zswap_debugfs_root;
 
-static int __init zswap_debugfs_init(void)
+static int zswap_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	if (!debugfs_initialized())
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1471,7 +1491,7 @@ static int __init zswap_debugfs_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 #else
-static int __init zswap_debugfs_init(void)
+static int zswap_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1480,11 +1500,14 @@ static int __init zswap_debugfs_init(void)
 /*********************************
 * module init and exit
 **********************************/
-static int __init init_zswap(void)
+static int zswap_setup(void)
 {
 	struct zswap_pool *pool;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (zswap_init_state != ZSWAP_UNINIT)
+		return 0;
+
 	zswap_entry_cache = KMEM_CACHE(zswap_entry, 0);
 	if (!zswap_entry_cache) {
 		pr_err("entry cache creation failed\n");
@@ -1543,8 +1566,15 @@ static int __init init_zswap(void)
 	zswap_enabled = false;
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
+
+static int __init zswap_init(void)
+{
+	if (!zswap_enabled)
+		return 0;
+	return zswap_setup();
+}
 /* must be late so crypto has time to come up */
-late_initcall(init_zswap);
+late_initcall(zswap_init);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Seth Jennings <sjennings@...iantweb.net>");
-- 
2.25.1