+ mm-swap-change-swap_alloc_slow-to-void.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: swap: change swap_alloc_slow() to void
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-swap-change-swap_alloc_slow-to-void.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-swap-change-swap_alloc_slow-to-void.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
Subject: mm: swap: change swap_alloc_slow() to void
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:50:10 +0900

swap_alloc_slow() does not need to return a bool, as all callers handle
allocation results via the entry parameter.  Update the function signature
and remove return statements accordingly.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251031065011.40863-5-youngjun.park@lge.com
Signed-off-by: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
Reviewed-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/swapfile.c |    7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-swap-change-swap_alloc_slow-to-void
+++ a/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ static bool swap_alloc_fast(swp_entry_t
 }
 
 /* Rotate the device and switch to a new cluster */
-static bool swap_alloc_slow(swp_entry_t *entry,
+static void swap_alloc_slow(swp_entry_t *entry,
 			    int order)
 {
 	unsigned long offset;
@@ -1356,10 +1356,10 @@ start_over:
 			put_swap_device(si);
 			if (offset) {
 				*entry = swp_entry(si->type, offset);
-				return true;
+				return;
 			}
 			if (order)
-				return false;
+				return;
 		}
 
 		spin_lock(&swap_avail_lock);
@@ -1378,7 +1378,6 @@ start_over:
 			goto start_over;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&swap_avail_lock);
-	return false;
 }
 
 /*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from youngjun.park@lge.com are

mm-swap-remove-duplicate-nr_swap_pages-decrement-in-get_swap_page_of_type.patch
mm-swap-fix-wrong-plist-empty-check-in-swap_alloc_slow.patch
mm-swap-fix-memory-leak-in-setup_clusters-error-path.patch
mm-swap-use-swp_solidstate-to-determine-if-swap-is-rotational.patch
mm-swap-remove-redundant-comment-for-read_swap_cache_async.patch
mm-swap-change-swap_alloc_slow-to-void.patch
mm-swap-remove-scan_swap_map_slots-references-from-comments.patch