Re: [PATCH 3/6] shmem: account for large order folios

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Sep 15 2023 - 09:45:10 EST


On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 09:51:26AM +0000, Daniel Gomez wrote:
> + xas_for_each(&xas, folio, max) {
> + if (xas_retry(&xas, folio))
> continue;
> - if (xa_is_value(page))
> - swapped++;
> + if (xa_is_value(folio))
> + swapped += (folio_nr_pages(folio));

Unnecessary parens.

> @@ -1006,10 +1006,12 @@ static void shmem_undo_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend,
> folio = fbatch.folios[i];
>
> if (xa_is_value(folio)) {
> + long swaps_freed;
> if (unfalloc)
> continue;
> - nr_swaps_freed += !shmem_free_swap(mapping,
> - indices[i], folio);
> + swaps_freed = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> + if (!shmem_free_swap(mapping, indices[i], folio))
> + nr_swaps_freed += swaps_freed;

Broader change (indeed, in a separate patch), why not make
shmem_free_swap() return the number of pages freed, rather than
returning an errno?

> @@ -1075,14 +1077,16 @@ static void shmem_undo_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend,
> folio = fbatch.folios[i];
>
> if (xa_is_value(folio)) {
> + long swaps_freed;
> if (unfalloc)
> continue;
> + swaps_freed = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> if (shmem_free_swap(mapping, indices[i], folio)) {
> /* Swap was replaced by page: retry */
> index = indices[i];
> break;
> }
> - nr_swaps_freed++;
> + nr_swaps_freed += swaps_freed;
> continue;

... seems like both callers would prefer that.