Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] swap: Add comments to lock_cluster_or_swap_info()

[Huang\, Ying]

Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 07/16/2018 05:55 PM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * For non-HDD swap devices, the fine grained cluster lock is used to
>> + * protect si->swap_map.  But cluster and cluster locks isn't
>> + * available for HDD, so coarse grained si->lock will be used instead
>> + * for that.
>> + */
>>  static inline struct swap_cluster_info *lock_cluster_or_swap_info(
>>  	struct swap_info_struct *si,
>>  	unsigned long offset)
>
> This nomenclature is not consistent with the rest of the file.  We call
> a "non-HDD" device an "ssd" absolutely everywhere else in the file.  Why
> are you calling it a non-HDD here?  (fwiw, HDD _barely_ hits my acronym
> cache anyway).
>
> How about this?
>
> /*
>  * Determine the locking method in use for this device.  Return
>  * swap_cluster_info if SSD-style cluster-based locking is in place.
>  */
> static inline struct swap_cluster_info *lock_cluster_or_swap_info(
>         struct swap_info_struct *si,
>         unsigned long offset)
> {
>         struct swap_cluster_info *ci;
>
> 	/* Try to use fine-grained SSD-style locking if available: */
>         ci = lock_cluster(si, offset);
>
> 	/* Otherwise, fall back to traditional, coarse locking: */
>         if (!ci)
>                 spin_lock(&si->lock);
>
>         return ci;
> }

This is better than my one, will use this.  Thanks!

> Which reminds me?  Why do we even bother having two locking models?

Because si->cluster_info is NULL for non-SSD, so we cannot use cluster
lock.

About why not use struct swap_cluster_info for non-SSD?  Per my
understanding, struct swap_cluster_info is optimized for SSD.
Especially it assumes seeking is cheap.  So different free swap slot
scanning policy is used for SSD and non-SSD.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying