[RESEND v7 13/29] mm: zswap: reject high-order swap cache allocations backed by zswap

From: Usama Arif

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 08:43:17 EST


zswap stores swapped-out pages one at a time, so a range of swap slots can
be split between zswap entries and the backing device. A high-order
swap-cache folio over such a range cannot be read back in one go: the disk
read would return stale or zero data for every slot zswap owns.

Reject that in __swap_cache_alloc(). Do the check after the folio is in the
swap cache: from that point zswap can neither start storing nor start
writing back any slot in the range, so the answer is stable. Callers
already fall back to order-0, which zswap_load() handles per page.

Export zswap_is_present() for the PMD-order swap-in users added later.

Co-developed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/zswap.h | 6 ++++++
mm/swap_state.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
mm/zswap.c | 12 +++++++++---
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/zswap.h b/include/linux/zswap.h
index df6cafbe95dc0..94746fb71bb65 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 {};
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ 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 625c185a1ca4d..251b48b2c60e1 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>
@@ -466,26 +467,27 @@ static struct folio *__swap_cache_alloc(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
__swap_cache_do_add_folio(ci, folio, entry);
spin_unlock(&ci->lock);

+ /*
+ * Now that the folio is in the swap cache, zswap can no longer start
+ * storing or writing back any slot in the range, so this is a stable
+ * answer. Reject a high-order allocation over a range that already
+ * has 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)) {
- 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(-ENOMEM);
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto delete_folio;
}

/* memsw uncharges swap when folio is added to swap cache */
@@ -499,6 +501,15 @@ 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 507f2d19fd2a4..f5b5827d30084 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1587,11 +1587,14 @@ bool zswap_store(struct folio *folio)
* @entry: base swap entry of the range
* @nr: number of contiguous slots to check
*
- * Context: The caller must keep the range pinned, otherwise the answer can
- * change under it.
+ * Context: Unless the caller keeps the range pinned, the answer is only a
+ * hint: zswap can store or write back a slot right after this returns. A
+ * caller that needs a stable answer must pin the range first, as
+ * __swap_cache_alloc() does by inserting the folio into the swap cache before
+ * asking.
* Return: true if at least one slot in the range is in zswap.
*/
-static bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr)
+bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr)
{
pgoff_t offset = swp_offset(entry);
struct xarray *tree = swap_zswap_tree(entry);
@@ -1605,6 +1608,9 @@ static bool zswap_is_present(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned int nr)
*/
BUILD_BUG_ON(SWAPFILE_CLUSTER > ZSWAP_ADDRESS_SPACE_PAGES);

+ if (zswap_never_enabled())
+ return false;
+
return xa_find(tree, &index, offset + nr - 1, XA_PRESENT);
}

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