Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm/swap: rename __swap_writepage() to __swap_writeout()

[Tal Zussman]

On 8/7/26 1:01 PM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 06:55:38PM -0400, Tal Zussman wrote:
>> Commit 84798514db50 ("mm: Remove swap_writepage() and
>> shmem_writepage()") renamed swap_writepage() to swap_writeout().  Rename
>> __swap_writepage(), which operates on a folio, to match its caller.
>> Update a stale reference to swap_writepage() in swapfile.c as well.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Thanks for the reviews!

> Looking at that commit, I can only guess that pageout() had an
> influence on the swap_writeout() name.
> 
> However, on the read side of the page_io.c API, we're following
> swap_read_folio* consistently.
> 
> [__]swap_write_folio* would seem more symmetrical?
> 

That sounds reasonable, will change it.

> [ At the risk of starting something, should the file itself be
>    renamed? swap_rw.c or swap_io.c or something. ]
> 

You said it, not me... :)
I like swap_io.c - happy to stick a patch at the beginning renaming it
if there are no objections.