Re: [PATCH v2 01/19] mm, swap: rename __read_swap_cache_async to swap_cache_alloc_folio

[Barry Song]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM Kairui Song <ryncsn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> __read_swap_cache_async is widely used to allocate and ensure a folio is
> in swapcache, or get the folio if a folio is already there.
>
> It's not async, and it's not doing any read. Rename it to better present
> its usage, and prepare to be reworked as part of new swap cache APIs.
>
> Also, add some comments for the function. Worth noting that the
> skip_if_exists argument is an long existing workaround that will be
> dropped soon.
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> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>