[RFC PATCH 09/10] mm/swapfile: implement swap_ghost_extend_max() for dynamic growth
From: Baoquan He
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 04:29:43 EST
Allocate additional physical pages and map them at the end of the
already-reserved sparse vmalloc area via vm_area_map_pages(). The flat
cluster_info pointer never moves — new clusters appear contiguously at
higher indices. New clusters are fully initialized (spinlocks, list
heads, trailing BAD mask) before si->max is published via WRITE_ONCE.
Page-pointer tracking in cluster_vm->pages is reallocated to accommodate
additional entries. Returns -E2BIG if the requested size exceeds the
reserved VA range. Extension is serialized by swapon_mutex.
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 110 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index da085a75d7b5..8bf336678887 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static void move_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
enum swap_cluster_flags new_flags);
#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
#define GHOST_MAX_CLUSTER_BYTES (64UL * 1024 * 1024)
+static int swap_ghost_extend_max(struct swap_info_struct *si,
+ unsigned int new_maxpages);
#endif
/*
@@ -4247,6 +4249,114 @@ swp_entry_t ghost_redirect_to_phys(struct swap_info_struct *si, pgoff_t offset)
return (swp_entry_t){};
}
+
+/*
+ * swap_ghost_extend_max — Extend an active ghost swap device.
+ * @si: ghost device (SWP_GHOST set)
+ * @new: new max pages (> si->max)
+ *
+ * Allocates physical pages and maps them at the end of the reserved
+ * sparse vmalloc area. si->cluster_info never moves. New clusters
+ * are fully initialized before si->max is published via WRITE_ONCE.
+ *
+ * Returns 0, -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, or -E2BIG. Caller holds swapon_mutex.
+ */
+static int swap_ghost_extend_max(struct swap_info_struct *si,
+ unsigned int new)
+{
+ unsigned long old_max = si->max, old_nr, new_nr;
+ unsigned long old_bytes, new_bytes, nr_new_pg;
+ struct page **new_pglist;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ if (!(si->flags & SWP_GHOST) ||
+ !(si->flags & (SWP_USED | SWP_WRITEOK)) ||
+ new <= si->max)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ old_nr = DIV_ROUND_UP(si->max, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
+ new_nr = DIV_ROUND_UP(new, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
+ old_bytes = ALIGN(old_nr * sizeof(struct swap_cluster_info), PAGE_SIZE);
+ new_bytes = ALIGN(new_nr * sizeof(struct swap_cluster_info), PAGE_SIZE);
+ nr_new_pg = (new_bytes - old_bytes) / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+ if (old_bytes + nr_new_pg * PAGE_SIZE > si->cluster_vm->size) {
+ pr_warn("ghost: extend to %u exceeds reserved VA (%lu bytes)\n",
+ new, si->cluster_vm->size);
+ return -E2BIG;
+ }
+
+ new_pglist = kvmalloc_array(si->cluster_vm->nr_pages + nr_new_pg,
+ sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_pglist)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ if (si->cluster_vm->pages) {
+ memcpy(new_pglist, si->cluster_vm->pages,
+ si->cluster_vm->nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *));
+ kvfree(si->cluster_vm->pages);
+ }
+ si->cluster_vm->pages = (void *)new_pglist;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_new_pg; i++) {
+ struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+ if (!page) {
+ while (i-- > 0)
+ __free_page(new_pglist[si->cluster_vm->nr_pages + i]);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ new_pglist[si->cluster_vm->nr_pages + i] = page;
+ }
+
+ if (vm_area_map_pages(si->cluster_vm,
+ (unsigned long)si->cluster_vm->addr + old_bytes,
+ (unsigned long)si->cluster_vm->addr + new_bytes,
+ &new_pglist[si->cluster_vm->nr_pages])) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_new_pg; i++)
+ __free_page(new_pglist[si->cluster_vm->nr_pages + i]);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ si->cluster_vm->nr_pages += nr_new_pg;
+
+ for (i = old_nr; i < new_nr; i++) {
+ struct swap_cluster_info *ci = &si->cluster_info[i];
+ spin_lock_init(&ci->lock);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ci->list);
+ }
+
+ if (new % SWAPFILE_CLUSTER) {
+ unsigned long base = (new - 1) / SWAPFILE_CLUSTER *
+ SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
+ unsigned long idx = base / SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
+ struct swap_cluster_info *ci = &si->cluster_info[idx];
+
+ if (!ci->count && swap_cluster_alloc_table(ci, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_new_pg; i++)
+ __free_page(new_pglist[si->cluster_vm->nr_pages + i]);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ spin_lock(&ci->lock);
+ for (i = new % SWAPFILE_CLUSTER; i < SWAPFILE_CLUSTER; i++)
+ __swap_table_set(ci, i, SWP_TB_BAD);
+ spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
+ }
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(si->max, new);
+
+ for (i = old_nr; i < new_nr; i++) {
+ struct swap_cluster_info *ci = &si->cluster_info[i];
+ ci->flags = CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE;
+ spin_lock(&si->lock);
+ list_add_tail(&ci->list, &si->free_clusters);
+ spin_unlock(&si->lock);
+ }
+
+ si->pages += new - old_max;
+ atomic_long_add(new - old_max, &nr_swap_pages);
+ spin_lock(&swap_lock);
+ total_swap_pages += new - old_max;
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_ZSWAP */
static int __init swapfile_init(void)
--
2.54.0