Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm/swap_state: fix get_shadow_from_swap_cache() race with swapoff

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Mon Apr 12 2021 - 21:33:55 EST


Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The function get_shadow_from_swap_cache() can race with swapoff, though
> it's only called by do_swap_page() now.
>
> Fixes: aae466b0052e ("mm/swap: implement workingset detection for anonymous LRU")
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is unnecessary. The only caller has guaranteed the swap device
from swapoff.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> ---
> mm/swap_state.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> index 272ea2108c9d..709c260d644a 100644
> --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> @@ -83,11 +83,14 @@ void show_swap_cache_info(void)
>
> void *get_shadow_from_swap_cache(swp_entry_t entry)
> {
> - struct address_space *address_space = swap_address_space(entry);
> - pgoff_t idx = swp_offset(entry);
> + struct swap_info_struct *si;
> struct page *page;
>
> - page = xa_load(&address_space->i_pages, idx);
> + si = get_swap_device(entry);
> + if (!si)
> + return NULL;
> + page = xa_load(&swap_address_space(entry)->i_pages, swp_offset(entry));
> + put_swap_device(si);
> if (xa_is_value(page))
> return page;
> return NULL;