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Message-ID: <aToXzaKrS1WQlXhL@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:01:01 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Kairui Song <ryncsn@...il.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>,
	Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>, Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@....com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Ying Huang <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/19] mm, swap: rename __read_swap_cache_async to
 swap_cache_alloc_folio

On 12/05/25 at 03:29am, Kairui Song wrote:
> From: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
> 
> __read_swap_cache_async is widely used to allocate and ensure a folio is
> in swapcache, or get the folio if a folio is already there.
> 
> It's not async, and it's not doing any read. Rename it to better present
> its usage, and prepare to be reworked as part of new swap cache APIs.
> 
> Also, add some comments for the function. Worth noting that the
> skip_if_exists argument is an long existing workaround that will be
> dropped soon.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
> Acked-by: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
> ---
>  mm/swap.h       |  6 +++---
>  mm/swap_state.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  mm/swapfile.c   |  2 +-
>  mm/zswap.c      |  4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

LGTM,

Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>

> 
> diff --git a/mm/swap.h b/mm/swap.h
> index d034c13d8dd2..0fff92e42cfe 100644
> --- a/mm/swap.h
> +++ b/mm/swap.h
> @@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ struct folio *swap_cache_get_folio(swp_entry_t entry);
>  void *swap_cache_get_shadow(swp_entry_t entry);
>  void swap_cache_add_folio(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry, void **shadow);
>  void swap_cache_del_folio(struct folio *folio);
> +struct folio *swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_flags,
> +				     struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx,
> +				     bool *alloced, bool skip_if_exists);
>  /* Below helpers require the caller to lock and pass in the swap cluster. */
>  void __swap_cache_del_folio(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
>  			    struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t entry, void *shadow);
> @@ -261,9 +264,6 @@ void swapcache_clear(struct swap_info_struct *si, swp_entry_t entry, int nr);
>  struct folio *read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
>  		struct swap_iocb **plug);
> -struct folio *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_flags,
> -		struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx, bool *new_page_allocated,
> -		bool skip_if_exists);
>  struct folio *swap_cluster_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t flag,
>  		struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx);
>  struct folio *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t flag,
> diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> index 5f97c6ae70a2..08252eaef32f 100644
> --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> @@ -402,9 +402,29 @@ void swap_update_readahead(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -struct folio *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> -		struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx, bool *new_page_allocated,
> -		bool skip_if_exists)
> +/**
> + * swap_cache_alloc_folio - Allocate folio for swapped out slot in swap cache.
> + * @entry: the swapped out swap entry to be binded to the folio.
> + * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
> + * @mpol: NUMA memory allocation policy to be applied
> + * @ilx: NUMA interleave index, for use only when MPOL_INTERLEAVE
> + * @new_page_allocated: sets true if allocation happened, false otherwise
> + * @skip_if_exists: if the slot is a partially cached state, return NULL.
> + *                  This is a workaround that would be removed shortly.
> + *
> + * Allocate a folio in the swap cache for one swap slot, typically before
> + * doing IO (e.g. swap in or zswap writeback). The swap slot indicated by
> + * @entry must have a non-zero swap count (swapped out).
> + * Currently only supports order 0.
> + *
> + * Context: Caller must protect the swap device with reference count or locks.
> + * Return: Returns the existing folio if @entry is cached already. Returns
> + * NULL if failed due to -ENOMEM or @entry have a swap count < 1.
> + */
> +struct folio *swap_cache_alloc_folio(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> +				     struct mempolicy *mpol, pgoff_t ilx,
> +				     bool *new_page_allocated,
> +				     bool skip_if_exists)
>  {
>  	struct swap_info_struct *si = __swap_entry_to_info(entry);
>  	struct folio *folio;
> @@ -452,12 +472,12 @@ struct folio *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  			goto put_and_return;
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * Protect against a recursive call to __read_swap_cache_async()
> +		 * Protect against a recursive call to swap_cache_alloc_folio()
>  		 * on the same entry waiting forever here because SWAP_HAS_CACHE
>  		 * is set but the folio is not the swap cache yet. This can
>  		 * happen today if mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_folio() below
>  		 * triggers reclaim through zswap, which may call
> -		 * __read_swap_cache_async() in the writeback path.
> +		 * swap_cache_alloc_folio() in the writeback path.
>  		 */
>  		if (skip_if_exists)
>  			goto put_and_return;
> @@ -466,7 +486,7 @@ struct folio *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  		 * We might race against __swap_cache_del_folio(), and
>  		 * stumble across a swap_map entry whose SWAP_HAS_CACHE
>  		 * has not yet been cleared.  Or race against another
> -		 * __read_swap_cache_async(), which has set SWAP_HAS_CACHE
> +		 * swap_cache_alloc_folio(), which has set SWAP_HAS_CACHE
>  		 * in swap_map, but not yet added its folio to swap cache.
>  		 */
>  		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> @@ -525,7 +545,7 @@ struct folio *read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	mpol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr, 0, &ilx);
> -	folio = __read_swap_cache_async(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
> +	folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
>  					&page_allocated, false);
>  	mpol_cond_put(mpol);
>  
> @@ -643,9 +663,9 @@ struct folio *swap_cluster_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	blk_start_plug(&plug);
>  	for (offset = start_offset; offset <= end_offset ; offset++) {
>  		/* Ok, do the async read-ahead now */
> -		folio = __read_swap_cache_async(
> -				swp_entry(swp_type(entry), offset),
> -				gfp_mask, mpol, ilx, &page_allocated, false);
> +		folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(
> +			swp_entry(swp_type(entry), offset), gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
> +			&page_allocated, false);
>  		if (!folio)
>  			continue;
>  		if (page_allocated) {
> @@ -662,7 +682,7 @@ struct folio *swap_cluster_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	lru_add_drain();	/* Push any new pages onto the LRU now */
>  skip:
>  	/* The page was likely read above, so no need for plugging here */
> -	folio = __read_swap_cache_async(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
> +	folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
>  					&page_allocated, false);
>  	if (unlikely(page_allocated))
>  		swap_read_folio(folio, NULL);
> @@ -767,7 +787,7 @@ static struct folio *swap_vma_readahead(swp_entry_t targ_entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  			if (!si)
>  				continue;
>  		}
> -		folio = __read_swap_cache_async(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
> +		folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(entry, gfp_mask, mpol, ilx,
>  						&page_allocated, false);
>  		if (si)
>  			put_swap_device(si);
> @@ -789,7 +809,7 @@ static struct folio *swap_vma_readahead(swp_entry_t targ_entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	lru_add_drain();
>  skip:
>  	/* The folio was likely read above, so no need for plugging here */
> -	folio = __read_swap_cache_async(targ_entry, gfp_mask, mpol, targ_ilx,
> +	folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(targ_entry, gfp_mask, mpol, targ_ilx,
>  					&page_allocated, false);
>  	if (unlikely(page_allocated))
>  		swap_read_folio(folio, NULL);
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 46d2008e4b99..e5284067a442 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ static unsigned char swap_entry_put_locked(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>   *   CPU1				CPU2
>   *   do_swap_page()
>   *     ...				swapoff+swapon
> - *     __read_swap_cache_async()
> + *     swap_cache_alloc_folio()
>   *       swapcache_prepare()
>   *         __swap_duplicate()
>   *           // check swap_map
> diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
> index 5d0f8b13a958..a7a2443912f4 100644
> --- a/mm/zswap.c
> +++ b/mm/zswap.c
> @@ -1014,8 +1014,8 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
>  		return -EEXIST;
>  
>  	mpol = get_task_policy(current);
> -	folio = __read_swap_cache_async(swpentry, GFP_KERNEL, mpol,
> -			NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX, &folio_was_allocated, true);
> +	folio = swap_cache_alloc_folio(swpentry, GFP_KERNEL, mpol,
> +				       NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX, &folio_was_allocated, true);
>  	put_swap_device(si);
>  	if (!folio)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 


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