Re: [PATCH -V2 1/5] swap: Remove get/put_swap_device() in __swap_count()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon May 22 2023 - 07:55:00 EST


On 22.05.23 09:09, Huang Ying wrote:
__swap_count() is called in do_swap_page() only, which encloses the
call site with get/put_swap_device() already.

Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 274bbf797480..8419cba9c192 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1432,16 +1432,10 @@ void swapcache_free_entries(swp_entry_t *entries, int n)
int __swap_count(swp_entry_t entry)
{
- struct swap_info_struct *si;
+ struct swap_info_struct *si = swp_swap_info(entry);
pgoff_t offset = swp_offset(entry);
- int count = 0;
- si = get_swap_device(entry);
- if (si) {
- count = swap_count(si->swap_map[offset]);
- put_swap_device(si);
- }
- return count;
+ return swap_count(si->swap_map[offset]);
}
/*

That locking was added in eb085574a752 ("mm, swap: fix race between swapoff and some swap operations"). Before 2799e77529c ("swap: fix do_swap_page() race with swapoff") added the get_swap_device() to do_swap_page().

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb