Re: [PATCH] mm/mincore: handle non-swap entries before !CONFIG_SWAP guard
From: Pedro Falcato
Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 13:59:59 EST
On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 10:22:47AM -0700, Usama Arif wrote:
> mincore_swap() also fields migration/hwpoison entries (and shmem
> swapin-error entries), which can exist on !CONFIG_SWAP builds when
> CONFIG_MIGRATION or CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE is enabled. The
> !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SWAP) guard ran before the non-swap-entry early
> return, so mincore_pte_range() can spuriously WARN and report these
> pages nonresident on !CONFIG_SWAP kernels.
>
> Move the guard below the non-swap-entry check so only true swap
> entries trip the WARN, and migration/hwpoison entries take the
> existing "uptodate / non-shmem" path.
>
> Fixes: 1f2052755c15 ("mm/mincore: use a helper for checking the swap cache")
> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
LGTM, thanks!
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx>
Maybe Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx ?
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Pedro