From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
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Subject: [PATCH v3 03/11] mm, swap: prepare the swap IO path for vswap
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 11:42:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806184254.3790858-4-nphamcs@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806184254.3790858-1-nphamcs@gmail.com>
In preparation for adding a physical swap backend for vswap, make the
swap IO path able to submit IO for a swap entry other than folio->swap.
swap_add_folio() and __swap_writepage() derive the target device and
sector from folio->swap. For a vswap folio backed by a physical slot
that entry is virtual, so it identifies neither the backing device nor
the sector to submit IO against.
Compute the sector from an explicit entry (swap_folio_sector becomes
swap_entry_sector), thread that entry through swap_add_folio,
__swap_writepage and ops->can_merge, and stash it in swap_iocb so the
submit path addresses the IO from it rather than from folio->swap.
This lets the batching path serve both vswap entries (backed by a
physical slot) and physical entries mapped directly into PTEs.
All callers pass folio->swap for now, so there is no functional change.
Signed-off-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 2 +-
mm/page_io.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
mm/swap.h | 7 +++---
mm/swapfile.c | 6 +++---
mm/zswap.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a955bd60dd58..8359134d08cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ extern int __swap_count(swp_entry_t entry);
extern bool swap_entry_swapped(struct swap_info_struct *si, swp_entry_t entry);
extern int swp_swapcount(swp_entry_t entry);
extern struct swap_info_struct *get_swap_device(swp_entry_t entry);
-sector_t swap_folio_sector(struct folio *folio);
+sector_t swap_entry_sector(swp_entry_t entry);
/*
* If there is an existing swap slot reference (swap entry) and the caller
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index b1894cd014b3..5c780bda92bb 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int swap_writeout(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
}
- __swap_writepage(ctx, folio);
+ __swap_writepage(ctx, folio, folio->swap);
return 0;
out_unlock:
folio_unlock(folio);
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ struct swap_iocb {
struct bio_vec bvecs[SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX];
int nr_bvecs;
int len;
+ swp_entry_t entry; /* first slot in the batch; addresses the IO */
};
static mempool_t *sio_pool;
@@ -343,24 +344,22 @@ int sio_pool_init(void)
}
static bool swap_can_merge(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio,
- int rw)
+ swp_entry_t phys, int rw)
{
- struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(folio->swap);
- struct bio_vec *last_bv = &ctx->sio->bvecs[ctx->sio->nr_bvecs - 1];
- struct folio *prev_folio = bvec_folio(last_bv);
- size_t prev_folio_size = folio_size(prev_folio);
+ struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(phys);
if (ctx->sis != sis)
return false;
- return sis->ops->can_merge(folio, prev_folio, prev_folio_size, rw);
+ return sis->ops->can_merge(folio, phys, ctx->sio, rw);
}
-static void swap_add_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio, int rw)
+static void swap_add_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio,
+ swp_entry_t phys, int rw)
{
- struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(folio->swap);
+ struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(phys);
struct swap_iocb *sio = ctx->sio;
- if (sio && !swap_can_merge(ctx, folio, rw)) {
+ if (sio && !swap_can_merge(ctx, folio, phys, rw)) {
if (rw == WRITE)
swap_write_submit(ctx);
else
@@ -373,6 +372,7 @@ static void swap_add_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio, int rw)
ctx->sio = sio = mempool_alloc(sio_pool, GFP_NOIO);
sio->nr_bvecs = 0;
sio->len = 0;
+ sio->entry = phys;
}
bvec_set_folio(&sio->bvecs[sio->nr_bvecs], folio, folio_size(folio), 0);
sio->len += folio_size(folio);
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ static void swap_add_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio, int rw)
}
}
-void __swap_writepage(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
+void __swap_writepage(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio,
+ swp_entry_t phys)
{
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_swapcache(folio), folio);
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ void __swap_writepage(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
folio_start_writeback(folio);
folio_unlock(folio);
- swap_add_folio(ctx, folio, WRITE);
+ swap_add_folio(ctx, folio, phys, WRITE);
}
/*
@@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ void swap_read_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
/* We have to read from slower devices. Increase zswap protection. */
zswap_folio_swapin(folio);
- swap_add_folio(ctx, folio, READ);
+ swap_add_folio(ctx, folio, folio->swap, READ);
finish:
if (workingset) {
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ static void swap_bdev_submit_write(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx)
bio_init(bio, ctx->sis->bdev, sio->bvecs, ARRAY_SIZE(sio->bvecs),
REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SWAP);
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = sio->len;
- bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = swap_folio_sector(bio_first_folio_all(bio));
+ bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = swap_entry_sector(sio->entry);
bio_associate_blkg_from_page(bio, bio_first_folio_all(bio));
if (ctx->sis->flags & SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO) {
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@ static void swap_bdev_submit_read(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx)
bio_init(bio, ctx->sis->bdev, sio->bvecs, ARRAY_SIZE(sio->bvecs),
REQ_OP_READ);
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = sio->len;
- bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = swap_folio_sector(bio_first_folio_all(bio));
+ bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = swap_entry_sector(sio->entry);
if (ctx->sis->flags & SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO) {
/*
@@ -655,13 +656,14 @@ static void swap_bdev_submit_read(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx)
}
}
-static bool swap_bdev_can_merge(struct folio *folio, struct folio *prev_folio,
- size_t prev_folio_size, int rw)
+static bool swap_bdev_can_merge(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t phys,
+ struct swap_iocb *sio, int rw)
{
- if (swap_folio_sector(folio) !=
- swap_folio_sector(prev_folio) + (prev_folio_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT))
+ if (swap_entry_sector(phys) !=
+ swap_entry_sector(sio->entry) + (sio->len >> SECTOR_SHIFT))
return false;
- if (rw == WRITE && !folio_blkg_can_merge(folio, prev_folio))
+ if (rw == WRITE && !folio_blkg_can_merge(folio,
+ bvec_folio(&sio->bvecs[sio->nr_bvecs - 1])))
return false;
return true;
}
@@ -679,7 +681,7 @@ static void swap_fs_submit(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, int rw)
int ret;
init_sync_kiocb(&sio->iocb, ctx->sis->swap_file);
- sio->iocb.ki_pos = swap_dev_pos(bvec_folio(&sio->bvecs[0])->swap);
+ sio->iocb.ki_pos = swap_dev_pos(sio->entry);
if (rw == WRITE)
sio->iocb.ki_complete = swap_fs_write_complete;
else
@@ -702,11 +704,10 @@ static void swap_fs_submit_read(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx)
swap_fs_submit(ctx, READ);
}
-static bool swap_fs_can_merge(struct folio *folio, struct folio *prev_folio,
- size_t prev_folio_size, int rw)
+static bool swap_fs_can_merge(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t phys,
+ struct swap_iocb *sio, int rw)
{
- return swap_dev_pos(folio->swap) ==
- swap_dev_pos(prev_folio->swap) + prev_folio_size;
+ return swap_dev_pos(phys) == swap_dev_pos(sio->entry) + sio->len;
}
static const struct swap_ops swap_fs_ops = {
diff --git a/mm/swap.h b/mm/swap.h
index d241e81e967e..88ca9be71b7e 100644
--- a/mm/swap.h
+++ b/mm/swap.h
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ struct swap_io_ctx {
struct swap_ops {
unsigned int flags;
- bool (*can_merge)(struct folio *folio, struct folio *prev_folio,
- size_t prev_folio_size, int rw);
+ bool (*can_merge)(struct folio *folio, swp_entry_t phys,
+ struct swap_iocb *sio, int rw);
void (*submit_write)(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx);
void (*submit_read)(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx);
};
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ void swap_read_folio(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio);
void swap_read_submit(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx);
void swap_write_submit(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx);
int swap_writeout(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio);
-void __swap_writepage(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio);
+void __swap_writepage(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio,
+ swp_entry_t phys);
/* linux/mm/swap_state.c */
extern struct address_space swap_space __read_mostly;
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index a26cfe5751c8..b8fdb426514c 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -355,14 +355,14 @@ offset_to_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long offset)
BUG();
}
-sector_t swap_folio_sector(struct folio *folio)
+sector_t swap_entry_sector(swp_entry_t entry)
{
- struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(folio->swap);
+ struct swap_info_struct *sis = __swap_entry_to_info(entry);
struct swap_extent *se;
sector_t sector;
pgoff_t offset;
- offset = swp_offset(folio->swap);
+ offset = swp_offset(entry);
se = offset_to_swap_extent(sis, offset);
sector = se->start_block + (offset - se->start_page);
return sector << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index e19bde9df722..789079c3945b 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static int zswap_writeback_entry(struct zswap_entry *entry,
folio_set_reclaim(folio);
/* start writeback */
- __swap_writepage(&ctx, folio);
+ __swap_writepage(&ctx, folio, folio->swap);
swap_write_submit(&ctx);
out:
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 18:42 [PATCH v3 00/11] Virtual Swap Space (Swap Table Edition) Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] mm, swap: add virtual swap device infrastructure Nhat Pham
2026-08-07 15:49 ` Johannes Weiner
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] mm, swap: support zswap and zeroswap as vswap backends Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` Nhat Pham [this message]
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] mm, swap: support physical swap as a vswap backend Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] mm, swap: enable THP swapin for vswap entries Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] mm, swap: write back vswap zswap entries to physical swap Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] mm, swap: reclaim physical slots backing cache-only vswap entries Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] mm, swap: only charge physical swap entries Nhat Pham
2026-08-07 16:31 ` Johannes Weiner
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] mm, swap: add debugfs counters for vswap Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] mm, swap: defer memcg_table allocation for physical swap clusters Nhat Pham
2026-08-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] mm, swap: widen swap_info_struct max/pages to unsigned long Nhat Pham
2026-08-07 5:26 ` [syzbot ci] Re: Virtual Swap Space (Swap Table Edition) syzbot ci
2026-08-07 7:21 ` Chris Li
2026-08-07 9:07 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] " Chris Li
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