linux-kernel - Re: Calls to do_swap_page() from handle_pte_fault() on a system where swap is not configured

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Message-ID: <aTC5oXnJqoHFiJre@gourry-fedora-PF4VCD3F>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 17:28:49 -0500
From: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
To: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
Cc: Jayaraj Rajappan <jayarajpr@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com
Subject: Re: Calls to do_swap_page() from handle_pte_fault() on a system
 where swap is not configured

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 11:12:23PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> > 
> >  From 92de7131f74b9300ea711ceae98bbe137cf0058f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
> > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 03:12:44 -0500
> > Subject: [PATCH] mm: rename do_swap_page to do_softleaf_page
> > 
> > do_swap_page is a stale function name with introductio of softleaf.
> 
> The "page" in "softleaf_page" is weird.
> 
> In general, the "do_*" is weird as well.
> 
> fault_handle_softleaf? Something like that?
>

Reasonable.  I will probably come back around on this after LPC.

> -- 
> Cheers
> 
> David