linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V2 4/5] swap: remove get/put_swap_device() in __swap

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2023 09:59:53 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2 4/5] swap: remove get/put_swap_device() in
 __swap_duplicate()

On 23.05.23 02:56, Huang, Ying wrote:
> David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> writes:
> 
>> On 22.05.23 09:09, Huang Ying wrote:
>>> __swap_duplicate() is called by
>>> - swap_shmem_alloc(): the page lock of the swap cache is held.
>>
>> page lock of the swap cache? Did you really mean to say that or am I
>> confused?
>>
>> "Page lock of the page that is in the swap cache?"
> 
> Sorry for my poor English. Or make it shorter?
> 
> "the folio in the swap cache is locked"

Much clearer, thanks.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb