From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 17/21] swapfile: remove zeromap bitmap
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:27:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320192735.748051-18-nphamcs@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320192735.748051-1-nphamcs@gmail.com>
Zero swap entries are now treated as a separate, decoupled backend in
the virtual swap layer. The zeromap bitmap of physical swapfile is no
longer used - remove it. This does not have any behavioral change, and
save 1 bit per swap page in terms of memory overhead.
Signed-off-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 1 -
mm/swapfile.c | 30 +++++-------------------------
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index fa73696733744..cc1ca4ac2946d 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
signed char type; /* strange name for an index */
unsigned int max; /* extent of the swap_map */
unsigned char *swap_map; /* vmalloc'ed array of usage counts */
- unsigned long *zeromap; /* kvmalloc'ed bitmap to track zero pages */
struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* cluster info. Only for SSD */
struct list_head free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
struct list_head full_clusters; /* full clusters list */
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 32aa080d96a4d..aeb3575df8a0b 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2320,8 +2320,7 @@ static int setup_swap_extents(struct swap_info_struct *sis, sector_t *span)
static void setup_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si, int prio,
unsigned char *swap_map,
- struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info,
- unsigned long *zeromap)
+ struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info)
{
si->prio = prio;
/*
@@ -2332,7 +2331,6 @@ static void setup_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si, int prio,
si->avail_list.prio = -si->prio;
si->swap_map = swap_map;
si->cluster_info = cluster_info;
- si->zeromap = zeromap;
}
static void _enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si)
@@ -2350,12 +2348,11 @@ static void _enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si)
static void enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si, int prio,
unsigned char *swap_map,
- struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info,
- unsigned long *zeromap)
+ struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info)
{
spin_lock(&swap_lock);
spin_lock(&si->lock);
- setup_swap_info(si, prio, swap_map, cluster_info, zeromap);
+ setup_swap_info(si, prio, swap_map, cluster_info);
spin_unlock(&si->lock);
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
/*
@@ -2373,7 +2370,7 @@ static void reinsert_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si)
{
spin_lock(&swap_lock);
spin_lock(&si->lock);
- setup_swap_info(si, si->prio, si->swap_map, si->cluster_info, si->zeromap);
+ setup_swap_info(si, si->prio, si->swap_map, si->cluster_info);
_enable_swap_info(si);
spin_unlock(&si->lock);
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
@@ -2444,7 +2441,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
{
struct swap_info_struct *p = NULL;
unsigned char *swap_map;
- unsigned long *zeromap;
struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info;
struct file *swap_file, *victim;
struct address_space *mapping;
@@ -2539,8 +2535,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
p->swap_file = NULL;
swap_map = p->swap_map;
p->swap_map = NULL;
- zeromap = p->zeromap;
- p->zeromap = NULL;
maxpages = p->max;
cluster_info = p->cluster_info;
p->max = 0;
@@ -2552,7 +2546,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
kfree(p->global_cluster);
p->global_cluster = NULL;
vfree(swap_map);
- kvfree(zeromap);
free_cluster_info(cluster_info, maxpages);
inode = mapping->host;
@@ -3016,7 +3009,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
sector_t span;
unsigned long maxpages;
unsigned char *swap_map = NULL;
- unsigned long *zeromap = NULL;
struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info = NULL;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
struct inode *inode = NULL;
@@ -3122,17 +3114,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
if (error)
goto bad_swap_unlock_inode;
- /*
- * Use kvmalloc_array instead of bitmap_zalloc as the allocation order might
- * be above MAX_PAGE_ORDER incase of a large swap file.
- */
- zeromap = kvmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(maxpages), sizeof(long),
- GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
- if (!zeromap) {
- error = -ENOMEM;
- goto bad_swap_unlock_inode;
- }
-
if (si->bdev && bdev_stable_writes(si->bdev))
si->flags |= SWP_STABLE_WRITES;
@@ -3199,7 +3180,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
prio = DEF_SWAP_PRIO;
if (swap_flags & SWAP_FLAG_PREFER)
prio = swap_flags & SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_MASK;
- enable_swap_info(si, prio, swap_map, cluster_info, zeromap);
+ enable_swap_info(si, prio, swap_map, cluster_info);
pr_info("Adding %uk swap on %s. Priority:%d extents:%d across:%lluk %s%s%s%s\n",
K(si->pages), name->name, si->prio, nr_extents,
@@ -3227,7 +3208,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
si->flags = 0;
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
vfree(swap_map);
- kvfree(zeromap);
if (cluster_info)
free_cluster_info(cluster_info, maxpages);
if (inced_nr_rotate_swap)
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 19:27 [PATCH v5 00/21] Virtual Swap Space Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/21] mm/swap: decouple swap cache from physical swap infrastructure Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/21] swap: rearrange the swap header file Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/21] mm: swap: add an abstract API for locking out swapoff Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 04/21] zswap: add new helpers for zswap entry operations Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/21] mm/swap: add a new function to check if a swap entry is in swap cached Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/21] mm: swap: add a separate type for physical swap slots Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/21] mm: create scaffolds for the new virtual swap implementation Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/21] zswap: prepare zswap for swap virtualization Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/21] mm: swap: allocate a virtual swap slot for each swapped out page Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 10/21] swap: move swap cache to virtual swap descriptor Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 11/21] zswap: move zswap entry management to the " Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 12/21] swap: implement the swap_cgroup API using virtual swap Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 13/21] swap: manage swap entry lifecycle at the virtual swap layer Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 14/21] mm: swap: decouple virtual swap slot from backing store Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 15/21] zswap: do not start zswap shrinker if there is no physical swap slots Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 16/21] swap: do not unnecesarily pin readahead swap entries Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` Nhat Pham [this message]
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 18/21] memcg: swap: only charge physical swap slots Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 19/21] swap: simplify swapoff using virtual swap Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 20/21] swapfile: replace the swap map with bitmaps Nhat Pham
2026-03-20 19:27 ` [PATCH v5 21/21] vswap: batch contiguous vswap free calls Nhat Pham
2026-03-21 18:22 ` [PATCH v5 00/21] Virtual Swap Space Andrew Morton
2026-03-22 2:18 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-03-23 10:08 ` Kairui Song
2026-03-23 15:32 ` Nhat Pham
2026-03-23 16:40 ` Kairui Song
2026-03-23 20:05 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-14 17:23 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-14 17:32 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-16 18:46 ` Kairui Song
2026-03-25 18:53 ` YoungJun Park
2026-04-12 1:03 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-14 3:09 ` YoungJun Park
2026-04-20 16:02 ` Nhat Pham
2026-03-24 13:19 ` Askar Safin
2026-03-24 17:23 ` Nhat Pham
2026-03-25 2:35 ` Askar Safin
2026-03-25 18:36 ` YoungJun Park
2026-04-12 1:40 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-14 2:50 ` YoungJun Park
2026-04-14 3:28 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-14 16:35 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-14 7:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-22 0:26 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-22 2:18 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-22 20:27 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-23 6:16 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-23 20:47 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-24 4:03 ` Gregory Price
2026-04-24 4:15 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-24 4:25 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-24 17:28 ` Nhat Pham
2026-04-24 18:04 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-24 18:08 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-24 18:58 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-24 19:12 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-24 19:51 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-27 18:23 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-28 18:46 ` Kairui Song
2026-04-28 23:53 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-01 13:42 ` Nhat Pham
2026-05-01 14:16 ` Nhat Pham
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