kernel.git/mm/swap.h, branch linux-5.19.y

swap: convert add_to_swap() to take a folio

2022-05-13T14:20:15Z

The only caller already has a folio available, so this saves a conversion. Also convert the return type to boolean. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220504182857.4013401-9-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: submit multipage write for SWP_FS_OPS swap-space

2022-05-10T01:20:49Z

swap_writepage() is given one page at a time, but may be called repeatedly in succession. For block-device swapspace, the blk_plug functionality allows the multiple pages to be combined together at lower layers. That cannot be used for SWP_FS_OPS as blk_plug may not exist - it is only active when CONFIG_BLOCK=y. Consequently all swap reads over NFS are single page reads. With this patch we pass a pointer-to-pointer via the wbc. swap_writepage can store state between calls - much like the pointer passed explicitly to swap_readpage. After calling swap_writepage() some number of times, the state will be passed to swap_write_unplug() which can submit the combined request. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778128.29473.5191868522654408537.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Tested-by: David Howells Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Miaohe Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: submit multipage reads for SWP_FS_OPS swap-space

2022-05-10T01:20:49Z

swap_readpage() is given one page at a time, but may be called repeatedly in succession. For block-device swap-space, the blk_plug functionality allows the multiple pages to be combined together at lower layers. That cannot be used for SWP_FS_OPS as blk_plug may not exist - it is only active when CONFIG_BLOCK=y. Consequently all swap reads over NFS are single page reads. With this patch we pass in a pointer-to-pointer when swap_readpage can store state between calls - much like the effect of blk_plug. After calling swap_readpage() some number of times, the state will be passed to swap_read_unplug() which can submit the combined request. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778127.29473.14059420492644907783.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Tested-by: David Howells Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Miaohe Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: introduce ->swap_rw and use it for reads from SWP_FS_OPS swap-space

2022-05-10T01:20:48Z

swap currently uses ->readpage to read swap pages. This can only request one page at a time from the filesystem, which is not most efficient. swap uses ->direct_IO for writes which while this is adequate is an inappropriate over-loading. ->direct_IO may need to had handle allocate space for holes or other details that are not relevant for swap. So this patch introduces a new address_space operation: ->swap_rw. In this patch it is used for reads, and a subsequent patch will switch writes to use it. No filesystem yet supports ->swap_rw, but that is not a problem because no filesystem actually works with filesystem-based swap. Only two filesystems set SWP_FS_OPS: - cifs sets the flag, but ->direct_IO always fails so swap cannot work. - nfs sets the flag, but ->direct_IO calls generic_write_checks() which has failed on swap files for several releases. To ensure that a NULL ->swap_rw isn't called, ->activate_swap() for both NFS and cifs are changed to fail if ->swap_rw is not set. This can be removed if/when the function is added. Future patches will restore swap-over-NFS functionality. To submit an async read with ->swap_rw() we need to allocate a structure to hold the kiocb and other details. swap_readpage() cannot handle transient failure, so we create a mempool to provide the structures. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778125.29473.13430559328221330589.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Tested-by: David Howells Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Miaohe Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: reclaim mustn't enter FS for SWP_FS_OPS swap-space

2022-05-10T01:20:48Z

If swap-out is using filesystem operations (SWP_FS_OPS), then it is not safe to enter the FS for reclaim. So only down-grade the requirement for swap pages to __GFP_IO after checking that SWP_FS_OPS are not being used. This makes the calculation of "may_enter_fs" slightly more complex, so move it into a separate function. with that done, there is little value in maintaining the bool variable any more. So replace the may_enter_fs variable with a may_enter_fs() function. This removes any risk for the variable becoming out-of-date. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778124.29473.16176717935781721855.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Tested-by: David Howells Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Miaohe Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: create new mm/swap.h header file

2022-05-10T01:20:47Z

Patch series "MM changes to improve swap-over-NFS support". Assorted improvements for swap-via-filesystem. This is a resend of these patches, rebased on current HEAD. The only substantial changes is that swap_dirty_folio has replaced swap_set_page_dirty. Currently swap-via-fs (SWP_FS_OPS) doesn't work for any filesystem. It has previously worked for NFS but that broke a few releases back. This series changes to use a new ->swap_rw rather than ->readpage and ->direct_IO. It also makes other improvements. There is a companion series already in linux-next which fixes various issues with NFS. Once both series land, a final patch is needed which changes NFS over to use ->swap_rw. This patch (of 10): Many functions declared in include/linux/swap.h are only used within mm/ Create a new "mm/swap.h" and move some of these declarations there. Remove the redundant 'extern' from the function declarations. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: mm/memory-failure.c needs mm/swap.h] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859751830.29473.5309689752169286816.stgit@noble.brown Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778120.29473.11725907882296224053.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Tested-by: David Howells Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Miaohe Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton