On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> I would prefer to make get_swap_page() not lock the swap lock anymore,
> making it necessary to its callers to do the locking themselves. So:
>
> try_to_swap_out() {
> swap_device_lock()
> get_swap_page()
> add_to_swap_cache()
> swap_device_unlock()
> }
>
> read_swap_cache_async() {
> page = alloc_page(page)
> swap_device_lock()
> if(!swap_map[offset]) {
> page_cache_release(page)
> swap_device_unlock()
> return 1;
> }
> alias = __find_page()
> if (!alias) {
> swap_map[offset]++;
> add_to_swap_cache(page)
> }
> swap_device_unlock()
> rw_swap_page(page)
> }
This does gloss over the distinction between the swap_list_lock()
and the swap_device_lock(si). The latter is the more crucial here,
but difficult to use in this way. Though if you were to throw it
away and convert to swap_list_lock() throughout, I wonder if we'd
lose much (only gain on systems with just one swap area). But I
wasn't daring to combine them myself.
> If you don't have that one already done, I can write it as soon as you
> answer me.
Don't wait on me: I'm not ready with my implementation yet, and
you think a lot faster than I do. If you find you can resolve
the details, go ahead. Beware shmem_writepage, where the one
page metamorphoses from being a file page to being a swap page.
Do you intend to scrap the BKL bracketing now?
I hope to resume tomorrow, unless you've sewn it up by then.
Hugh
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