Re: [PATCH v9] zswap: replace RB tree with xarray

From: Chris Li
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 17:21:20 EST


Hi Yosry, Johannes and Nhat,

Thank you for your review. I have sent out V10 to revert the comment.

Chris

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM Nhat Pham <nphamcs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 11:42 AM Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > - * When reading into the swapcache, invalidate our entry. The
> > > + * When reading into the swapcache, erase our entry. The
> > > * swapcache can be the authoritative owner of the page and
> > > * its mappings, and the pressure that results from having two
> > > * in-memory copies outweighs any benefits of caching the
> > > @@ -1649,8 +1581,12 @@ bool zswap_load(struct folio *folio)
> > > * the fault fails. We remain the primary owner of the entry.)
> > > */
> > > if (swapcache)
> > > - zswap_rb_erase(&tree->rbroot, entry);
> > > - spin_unlock(&tree->lock);
> > > + entry = xa_erase(tree, offset);
> > > + else
> > > + entry = xa_load(tree, offset);
> >
> > This is the place I make the modification for the conflict resolution.
> > It depends on the swapcache to execute xa_erase() or xa_load().
> > Obviously, the xa_load() will not delete the entry from the tree.
> >
>
> The conflict resolution itself LGTM. I'll let you and Johannes decide
> on the comment (but FWIW, the original meaning still holds, so I don't
> see why we need to fix it).
>
> Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@xxxxxxxxx>
>