[PATCH 0/2] Add BLK_FEAT_READ_SYNCHRONOUS and SWP_READ_SYNCHRONOUS_IO

From: Qun-Wei Lin
Date: Thu Sep 19 2024 - 07:30:56 EST


This patchset introduces 2 new feature flags, BLK_FEAT_READ_SYNCHRONOUS and
SWP_READ_SYNCHRONOUS_IO.

These changes are motivated by the need to better accommodate certain swap
devices that support synchronous read operations but asynchronous write
operations.

The existing BLK_FEAT_SYNCHRONOUS and SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO flags are not
sufficient for these devices, as they enforce synchronous behavior for both
read and write operations.

Patch 1:
- introduce BLK_FEAT_READ_SYNCHRONOUS

Patch 2:
- introduce SWP_READ_SYNCHRONOUS_IO

Qun-Wei Lin (2):
block: add BLK_FEAT_READ_SYNCHRONOUS feature for synchronous read
mm, swap: introduce SWP_READ_SYNCHRONOUS_IO

include/linux/blkdev.h | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/swap.h | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
mm/memory.c | 3 ++-
mm/page_io.c | 2 +-
mm/swapfile.c | 3 +++
5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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