[PATCH v5 09/19] mm, swap: use a stable id for xswap devices

From: Baoquan He

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 00:58:24 EST


From: Baoquan He <hebaoquan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Give each xswap device a 64-bit id from a counter. The id is never
reused. Show "xswap<id>" in /proc/swaps and use the same id in
debugfs. Destroy matches the id, so an old name fails with -ENODEV
instead of hitting a new device.

This avoids names based on the swap type, which can be reused after
swapoff. The swap type is still used inside the kernel and in dmesg.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <hebaoquan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 1 +
mm/swapfile.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 569989856c25..f4eb1912d1e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* array, one entry per cluster */
#ifdef CONFIG_XSWAP
struct vm_struct *cluster_vm; /* VM_SPARSE area for cluster_info */
+ u64 xswap_id; /* stable id, shown to userspace */
unsigned long nr_clusters_max;/* total clusters in the xswap address space */
unsigned long nr_clusters_mapped; /* currently mapped cluster count */
struct mutex xswap_lock; /* serialize map/unmap operations */
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 35c8aac1e25d..44b54118d10a 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ static void xswap_unmap_clusters(struct swap_info_struct *si,
static int xswap_mapped_end(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data);

static int xswap_create(int prio);
-static int xswap_destroy(int type);
+static int xswap_destroy(u64 id);
+
+/* Stable device id, assigned at create and never reused. */
+static atomic64_t xswap_id_counter = ATOMIC64_INIT(0);

static ssize_t xswap_create_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
@@ -121,19 +124,17 @@ static ssize_t xswap_destroy_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- unsigned long type;
+ u64 id;
int err;

if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;

- err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &type);
+ err = kstrtoull(buf, 0, &id);
if (err)
return err;
- if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES)
- return -EINVAL;

- err = xswap_destroy(type);
+ err = xswap_destroy(id);
if (err)
return err;

@@ -3657,9 +3658,15 @@ static int swap_show(struct seq_file *swap, void *v)
if (file)
len = seq_file_path(swap, file, " \t\n\\");
else {
- char name[16];
+ char name[32];

+#ifdef CONFIG_XSWAP
+ len = scnprintf(name, sizeof(name), "xswap%llu",
+ (unsigned long long)si->xswap_id);
+#else
+ /* CONFIG_XSWAP=n has no file-less devices; keep the type. */
len = scnprintf(name, sizeof(name), "xswap%d", si->type);
+#endif
seq_puts(swap, name);
}
seq_printf(swap, "%*s%s\t%lu\t%s%lu\t%s%d\n",
@@ -4295,6 +4302,11 @@ static int xswap_create(int prio)
si->flags |= SWP_XSWAP | SWP_SOLIDSTATE;
si->max = maxpages;
si->pages = maxpages - 1;
+ /*
+ * Set before the device is enabled, for debugfs; destroy only matches
+ * a WRITEOK device, so the create window is not reachable.
+ */
+ si->xswap_id = atomic64_inc_return(&xswap_id_counter);
/*
* No backing file: setup_swap_extents() is only reachable from the
* file-backed swapon() path, so set ops here. Only ops->flags is
@@ -4316,8 +4328,8 @@ static int xswap_create(int prio)
si->list.prio = -si->prio;
si->avail_list.prio = -si->prio;
enable_swap_info(si);
- pr_info("xswap: adding extendable swap type %d (prio %d, %lu pages)\n",
- si->type, prio, si->pages);
+ pr_info("xswap: adding extendable swap device xswap%llu (prio %d, %lu pages)\n",
+ (unsigned long long)si->xswap_id, prio, si->pages);
mutex_unlock(&swapon_mutex);
atomic_inc(&proc_poll_event);
wake_up_interruptible(&proc_poll_wait);
@@ -4336,20 +4348,31 @@ static int xswap_create(int prio)
return error;
}

-/* Tear down a file-less xswap device by its swap type. */
-static int xswap_destroy(int type)
+/* Tear down a file-less xswap device by its stable id. */
+static int xswap_destroy(u64 id)
{
- struct swap_info_struct *p;
+ struct swap_info_struct *p = NULL;
+ unsigned int type;
int err;

- p = swap_type_to_info(type);
- if (!p)
- return -EINVAL;
-
spin_lock(&swap_lock);
- if (!(p->flags & SWP_WRITEOK) || !(p->flags & SWP_XSWAP)) {
+ /*
+ * Match only a device that is fully enabled: one still being created
+ * is not WRITEOK yet, and one being destroyed has lost it. Neither
+ * is a valid target, so both read as "no such device".
+ */
+ for (type = 0; type < nr_swapfiles; type++) {
+ struct swap_info_struct *q = swap_info[type];
+
+ if (q && (q->flags & (SWP_XSWAP | SWP_WRITEOK)) ==
+ (SWP_XSWAP | SWP_WRITEOK) && q->xswap_id == id) {
+ p = q;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!p) {
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
/* Refuse swapoff while the device is pinned for hibernation */
if (p->flags & SWP_HIBERNATION) {
--
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