Re: [PATCH 3/8] mm/zswap: Use PG_dropbehind instead of PG_reclaim

From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Mon Jan 13 2025 - 11:11:40 EST


On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM Kirill A. Shutemov
<kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The recently introduced PG_dropbehind allows for freeing folios
> immediately after writeback. Unlike PG_reclaim, it does not need vmscan
> to be involved to get the folio freed.
>
> Instead of using folio_set_reclaim(), use folio_set_dropbehind() in
> zswap_writeback_entry().
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/zswap.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
> index 167ae641379f..c20bad0b0978 100644
> --- a/mm/zswap.c
> +++ b/mm/zswap.c
> @@ -1096,8 +1096,8 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
> /* folio is up to date */
> folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
>
> - /* move it to the tail of the inactive list after end_writeback */
> - folio_set_reclaim(folio);
> + /* free the folio after writeback */
> + folio_set_dropbehind(folio);
>
> /* start writeback */
> __swap_writepage(folio, &wbc);
> --
> 2.45.2
>