linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm, swap: rename helper for setup bad slots

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Message-ID: <CAKEwX=Oa3HPQSE5rrFh1DdfoSMtZ4Og5cfTyri5cOqHYzjnkDg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 16:47:31 -0700
From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To: Kairui Song <ryncsn@...il.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, 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>, Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>, 
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, 
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>, Ying Huang <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm, swap: rename helper for setup bad slots

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM Kairui Song <ryncsn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
>
> The name inc_cluster_info_page is very confusing, as this helper is only
> used during swapon to mark bad slots. Rename it properly and turn the
> VM_BUG_ON in it into WARN_ON to expose more potential issues. Swapon is
> a cold path, so adding more checks should be a good idea.
>
> No feature change except new WARN_ON.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>

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