[RFC PATCH 3/7] mm/swap_state: do zswap conversion in __swap_cache_do_del_folio

From: Baoquan He

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 03:37:27 EST


Add zswap_try_convert_to_pointer(), called from __swap_cache_do_del_folio
under cluster lock. When a folio is evicted from swap cache and a Shadow
entry is written, this helper checks if zswap has a compressed copy of
the slot and replaces the Shadow with a Pointer entry.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swap.h | 5 +++++
mm/swap_state.c | 7 +++++++
mm/zswap.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/swap.h b/mm/swap.h
index afe2200bd160..1b07a08e5277 100644
--- a/mm/swap.h
+++ b/mm/swap.h
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ static inline void swap_cluster_unlock_irq(struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
extern int swap_retry_table_alloc(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp);

#ifdef CONFIG_ZSWAP
+void zswap_try_convert_to_pointer(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
+ unsigned int ci_off, int type, pgoff_t offset);
unsigned char zswap_swp_tb_get_count(unsigned long swp_tb);
unsigned char zswap_swp_tb_get_flags(unsigned long swp_tb);
int zswap_swp_tb_dup_count(unsigned long swp_tb,
@@ -218,6 +220,9 @@ int zswap_swp_tb_dup_count(unsigned long swp_tb,
void zswap_swp_tb_put_count(unsigned long swp_tb,
struct swap_cluster_info *ci, unsigned int ci_off);
#else
+static inline void zswap_try_convert_to_pointer(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
+ unsigned int ci_off, int type,
+ pgoff_t offset) {}
static inline unsigned char zswap_swp_tb_get_count(unsigned long swp_tb)
{
return 0;
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 6fd6e3415b71..20fb57adbb7f 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ static void __swap_cache_do_del_folio(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
/* If shadow is NULL, we set an empty shadow. */
__swap_table_set(ci, ci_off, shadow_to_swp_tb(shadow,
__swp_tb_get_flags(old_tb)));
+ /*
+ * If zswap has a compressed copy of this slot, convert the
+ * just-written Shadow to a Pointer entry referencing the
+ * zswap_entry, so the data can be found via the swap table.
+ */
+ zswap_try_convert_to_pointer(ci, ci_off, si->type,
+ swp_offset(entry) + ci_off - ci_start);
} while (++ci_off < ci_end);

folio->swap.val = 0;
diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 81115ca4d10a..f6e8259ab56a 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,41 @@ void zswap_invalidate(swp_entry_t swp)
zswap_entry_free(entry);
}

+/*
+ * This is called after the Shadow entry has been written. We replace the
+ * just-written Shadow with a Pointer entry pointing to the zswap_entry.
+ *
+ * Context: cluster lock must be held. Cannot sleep.
+ */
+void zswap_try_convert_to_pointer(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
+ unsigned int ci_off, int type, pgoff_t offset)
+{
+ struct xarray *tree;
+ struct zswap_entry *entry;
+ unsigned long swp_tb;
+
+ tree = &zswap_trees[type][offset >> ZSWAP_ADDRESS_SPACE_SHIFT];
+ if (xa_empty(tree))
+ return;
+
+ entry = xa_load(tree, offset);
+ if (!entry)
+ return;
+
+ swp_tb = __swap_table_get(ci, ci_off);
+ /* Entry must be a Shadow (just written by __swap_cache_do_del_folio) */
+ if (!swp_tb_is_countable(swp_tb))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Save the complete original swap table entry value, which includes
+ * the swap count, zero flag, and working set shadow information.
+ */
+ entry->swp_tb_val = swp_tb;
+
+ __swap_table_set(ci, ci_off, pointer_to_swp_tb(entry));
+}
+
/*
* Read the swap count from a Pointer-type swap table entry. The count
* and flags are stored in zswap_entry->swp_tb_val which preserves the
--
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