[PATCH 2/2] mm, swap: merge common convention and simplify allocation helper

From: Kairui Song

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 05:26:04 EST


From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

almost all callers of the cluster scan helper require the: lock -> check
usefulness/emptiness -> unlock routine. So merge them into the same
helper to simplify the code.

This should also improve the scan slightly, as a few callers didn't
check the emptiness, which might help reduce fragmentation in rare
cases.

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 30 ++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index bcac10d96fb5..03cc0ff4dc8c 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -923,11 +923,14 @@ static unsigned int alloc_swap_scan_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
bool need_reclaim, ret, usable;

lockdep_assert_held(&ci->lock);
- VM_WARN_ON(!cluster_is_usable(ci, order));

- if (end < nr_pages || ci->count + nr_pages > SWAPFILE_CLUSTER)
+ if (!cluster_is_usable(ci, order) || end < nr_pages ||
+ ci->count + nr_pages > SWAPFILE_CLUSTER)
goto out;

+ if (cluster_is_empty(ci))
+ offset = cluster_offset(si, ci);
+
for (end -= nr_pages; offset <= end; offset += nr_pages) {
need_reclaim = false;
if (!cluster_scan_range(si, ci, offset, nr_pages, &need_reclaim))
@@ -1060,14 +1063,7 @@ static unsigned long cluster_alloc_swap_entry(struct swap_info_struct *si,
goto new_cluster;

ci = swap_cluster_lock(si, offset);
- /* Cluster could have been used by another order */
- if (cluster_is_usable(ci, order)) {
- if (cluster_is_empty(ci))
- offset = cluster_offset(si, ci);
- found = alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, folio, offset);
- } else {
- swap_cluster_unlock(ci);
- }
+ found = alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, folio, offset);
if (found)
goto done;
}
@@ -1332,14 +1328,7 @@ static bool swap_alloc_fast(struct folio *folio)
return false;

ci = swap_cluster_lock(si, offset);
- if (cluster_is_usable(ci, order)) {
- if (cluster_is_empty(ci))
- offset = cluster_offset(si, ci);
- alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, folio, offset);
- } else {
- swap_cluster_unlock(ci);
- }
-
+ alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, folio, offset);
put_swap_device(si);
return folio_test_swapcache(folio);
}
@@ -1945,10 +1934,7 @@ swp_entry_t swap_alloc_hibernation_slot(int type)
pcp_offset = this_cpu_read(percpu_swap_cluster.offset[0]);
if (pcp_si == si && pcp_offset) {
ci = swap_cluster_lock(si, pcp_offset);
- if (cluster_is_usable(ci, 0))
- offset = alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, NULL, pcp_offset);
- else
- swap_cluster_unlock(ci);
+ offset = alloc_swap_scan_cluster(si, ci, NULL, pcp_offset);
}
if (!offset)
offset = cluster_alloc_swap_entry(si, NULL);

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2.52.0