linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/swapfile.c: introduce function alloc_swap_scan

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Message-ID: <CAKEwX=NLG_MBvwqMuoLwRmD_EBSJoc1w=-u7mj62YpG9BAFbig@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:57:47 -0700
From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>, 
	Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, 
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/swapfile.c: introduce function alloc_swap_scan_list()

On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> alloc_swap_scan_list() will scan the whole list or the first cluster.
>
> This reduces the repeat patterns of isolating a cluster then scanning that
> cluster. As a result, cluster_alloc_swap_entry() is shorter and shallower.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>

Code seems more readable now, IMO. Thanks, Chris!

Acked-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>