linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm, swap: cleanup swap entry allocation parameter

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Message-ID: <e8002ad7-e24a-4d85-bce0-1eb5d265a8a8@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:12:35 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Kairui Song <ryncsn@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>, Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>,
 Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
 Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>,
 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 3/4] mm, swap: cleanup swap entry allocation parameter



On 2025/10/7 04:02, Kairui Song wrote:
> From: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
> 
> We no longer need this GFP parameter after commit 8578e0c00dcf ("mm, swap:
> use the swap table for the swap cache and switch API"). Before that
> commit the GFP parameter is already almost identical for all callers, so
> nothing changed by that commit. Swap table just moved the GFP to lower
> layer and make it more defined and changes depend on atomic or sleep
> allocation.
> 
> Now this parameter is no longer used, just remove it. No behavior
> change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
> ---

LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>