Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/zswap: enable static key after runtime pool recovery

[Usama Arif]

On 07/09/2026 12:34, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
>>>> And thanks.  Sashiko might have found another issue in this zswap code:
>>>>         https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260905125101.2970456-1-xialonglong2025@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Hmm I think this might be fixed by Alexandre's patch (in Usama's
>>> series): https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260818131202.494754-6-usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx/.
>>>
>>> Instead of always returning -EINVAL for large folios we only do so if
>>> they are actually in zswap. Usama/Alexandre, assuming I got this
>>> right, can I interest you in sending the zswap bits of that patch as a
>>> standalone fix? :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Below is what the patch looks like in my tree now. It can be sent independently of
>> the PMD swap series. Yosry if you are happy with it, will send it on the list
> 
> Would you be able to send the zswap bits only as a standalone (and
> hopefully backportable) fix to the issue Sashiko surfaced?


Yes, have sent it in https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260907161938.1932355-1-usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx/.

> 
>>
>> From a5b70b6d72eda15bd7a16b8fc51db1d271b08520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:19:35 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH 01/19] mm: zswap: add range lookup for large-folio swapin
>>
>> A large folio reaches zswap_load() only when the caller expects
>> the whole range to be on disk. Zswap still stores large folios as
>> independent order-0 entries, so reconstructing a large folio from
>> zswap entries would risk returning partially initialized data.
>>
>> Teach zswap_load() to scan the covered range. If no slot is in zswap,
>> return -ENOENT so swap_read_folio() reads the backing device. If any
>> slot is still in zswap, fail the large-folio read so the caller can
>> fall back to per-page swapin.
>>
>> Return -EIO rather than -EINVAL for that conflict. Large-folio loads
>> are now valid requests; the error means zswap cannot safely satisfy
>> the request from partial per-page compressed state, not that the
>> request is unsupported. Existing callers only distinguish -ENOENT,
>> so this is a semantic clarification rather than a behavioral change.
>>
>> Add zswap_is_present() so PMD swap-entry consumers can make the same
>> range decision before attempting PMD-order swapin. For high-order swap
>> cache allocations, check the zswap range after inserting the folio into
>> swap cache. The insertion stabilizes the range against zswap store and
>> writeback; if pre-existing per-page zswap entries are found, remove the
>> folio through the existing allocation rollback path and return -EBUSY.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/zswap.h |  6 ++++++
>>  mm/swap_state.c       | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>  mm/zswap.c            | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/zswap.h b/include/linux/zswap.h
>> index 30c193a1207e1..cd9efcf9dec94 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/zswap.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/zswap.h
>> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void zswap_lruvec_state_init(struct lruvec *lruvec);
>>  void zswap_folio_swapin(struct folio *folio);
>>  bool zswap_is_enabled(void);
>>  bool zswap_never_enabled(void);
>> +bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr);
>>  #else
>>
>>  struct zswap_lruvec_state {};
>> @@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ static inline bool zswap_never_enabled(void)
>>         return true;
>>  }
>>
>> +static inline bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr)
>> +{
>> +       return false;
>> +}
>> +
>>  #endif
>>
>>  #endif /* _LINUX_ZSWAP_H */
>> diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
>> index b76eb3d876fd7..103ae7ae8a4a6 100644
>> --- a/mm/swap_state.c
>> +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
>>  #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
>>  #include <linux/swap.h>
>> +#include <linux/zswap.h>
>>  #include <linux/leafops.h>
>>  #include <linux/init.h>
>>  #include <linux/pagemap.h>
>> @@ -459,16 +460,21 @@ static struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
>>         __swap_cache_do_add_folio(ci, folio, entry);
>>         spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
>>
>> +       /*
>> +        * Once the folio is in swap cache, zswap cannot start storing or
>> +        * writing back any slot in the range. Reject high-order allocations
>> +        * that raced with pre-existing per-page zswap entries.
>> +        */
>> +       if (order && zswap_is_present(entry, nr_pages)) {
>> +               err = -EBUSY;
>> +               goto delete_folio;
>> +       }
>> +
>>         if (mem_cgroup_swapin_charge_folio(folio, memcg_id,
>>                                            vmf ? vmf->vma->vm_mm : NULL, gfp)) {
>> -               spin_lock(&ci->lock);
>> -               __swap_cache_do_del_folio(ci, folio, entry, shadow);
>> -               spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
>> -               folio_unlock(folio);
>> -               /* nr_pages refs from swap cache, 1 from allocation */
>> -               folio_put_refs(folio, nr_pages + 1);
>> +               err = -ENOMEM;
>>                 count_mthp_stat(order, MTHP_STAT_SWPIN_FALLBACK_CHARGE);
>> -               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +               goto delete_folio;
>>         }
>>
>>         if (order > 1 && folio_memcg_alloc_deferred(folio)) {
>> @@ -492,6 +498,15 @@ static struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
>>         /* Caller will initiate read into locked new_folio */
>>         folio_add_lru(folio);
>>         return folio;
>> +
>> +delete_folio:
>> +       spin_lock(&ci->lock);
>> +       __swap_cache_do_del_folio(ci, folio, entry, shadow);
>> +       spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
>> +       folio_unlock(folio);
>> +       /* nr_pages refs from swap cache, 1 from allocation */
>> +       folio_put_refs(folio, nr_pages + 1);
>> +       return ERR_PTR(err);
>>  }
>>
>>  /**
>> diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
>> index 37f34e406c8e3..32671dc2bf84d 100644
>> --- a/mm/zswap.c
>> +++ b/mm/zswap.c
>> @@ -1571,6 +1571,23 @@ bool zswap_store(struct folio *folio)
>>         return ret;
>>  }
>>
>> +/**
>> + * zswap_is_present() - is any slot in [entry, entry + nr) in zswap?
>> + * @entry: base swap entry of the range
>> + * @nr: number of contiguous slots to check (pass 1 for a single-slot query)
>> + */
>> +bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr)
>> +{
>> +       pgoff_t offset = swp_offset(entry);
>> +       struct xarray *tree = swap_zswap_tree(entry);
>> +       unsigned long index = offset;
>> +
>> +       if (!nr || zswap_never_enabled())
>> +               return false;
>> +
>> +       return xa_find(tree, &index, offset + nr - 1, XA_PRESENT);
>> +}
>> +
>>  /**
>>   * zswap_load() - load a folio from zswap
>>   * @folio: folio to load
>> @@ -1578,13 +1595,9 @@ bool zswap_store(struct folio *folio)
>>   * Return: 0 on success, with the folio unlocked and marked up-to-date, or one
>>   * of the following error codes:
>>   *
>> - *  -EIO: if the swapped out content was in zswap, but could not be loaded
>> - *  into the page due to a decompression failure. The folio is unlocked, but
>> - *  NOT marked up-to-date, so that an IO error is emitted (e.g. do_swap_page()
>> - *  will SIGBUS).
>> - *
>> - *  -EINVAL: if the swapped out content was in zswap, but the page belongs
>> - *  to a large folio, which is not supported by zswap. The folio is unlocked,
>> + *  -EIO: if the swapped out content was in zswap but could not be handed
>> + *  back, either because decompression failed or because a slot in a
>> + *  large-folio range is unexpectedly still in zswap. The folio is unlocked,
>>   *  but NOT marked up-to-date, so that an IO error is emitted (e.g.
>>   *  do_swap_page() will SIGBUS).
>>   *
>> @@ -1605,13 +1618,20 @@ int zswap_load(struct folio *folio)
>>                 return -ENOENT;
>>
>>         /*
>> -        * Large folios should not be swapped in while zswap is being used, as
>> -        * they are not properly handled. Zswap does not properly load large
>> -        * folios, and a large folio may only be partially in zswap.
>> +        * A large folio reaches zswap_load() only when its whole range is
>> +        * expected to be on disk: PMD swap-entry consumers split before
>> +        * calling into PMD-order swapin whenever any slot is still in zswap.
>> +        * Confirm the range is entirely absent from zswap and return -ENOENT
>> +        * so the caller reads it from disk; if a slot is unexpectedly still in
>> +        * zswap, fail the read rather than return partially-initialized data.
>>          */
>> -       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
>> -               folio_unlock(folio);
>> -               return -EINVAL;
>> +       if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
>> +               if (WARN_ON_ONCE(zswap_is_present(swp,
>> +                                                 folio_nr_pages(folio)))) {
>> +                       folio_unlock(folio);
>> +                       return -EIO;
>> +               }
>> +               return -ENOENT;
>>         }
>>
>>         entry = xa_load(tree, offset);
>> --
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