From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: baoquan.he@linux.dev, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
chrisl@kernel.org, usama.arif@linux.dev, kasong@tencent.com,
nphamcs@gmail.com, shikemeng@huaweicloud.com,
youngjun.park@lge.com, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] mm/swap: remove SWP_FS_OPS
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 15:21:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706132206.935272-7-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706132206.935272-1-hch@lst.de>
Provide a swap_fs_activate helper that directly sets up swap_fs_ops,
and a flag in struct swap_ops to indicate of NOFS swapping is allowed.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 5 +++--
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 4 ++--
fs/nfs/file.c | 4 +---
fs/smb/client/file.c | 4 +---
include/linux/swap.h | 6 +++++-
mm/page_io.c | 10 +++++++++-
mm/swap.h | 22 ++++++++++------------
mm/swapfile.c | 2 --
mm/vmscan.c | 15 +++++++--------
9 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 08d01bc62c31..1a50d41a39a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -355,13 +355,14 @@ should perform any validation and preparation necessary to ensure that
writes can be performed with minimal memory allocation. It should call
add_swap_extent(), or the helper iomap_swapfile_activate(), and return
the number of extents added. If IO should be submitted through
-->swap_rw(), it should set SWP_FS_OPS, otherwise IO will be submitted
+->swap_rw(), it should call swap_fs_activate, otherwise IO will be submitted
directly to the block device ``sis->bdev``.
->swap_deactivate() will be called in the sys_swapoff()
path after ->swap_activate() returned success.
-->swap_rw will be called for swap IO if SWP_FS_OPS was set by ->swap_activate().
+->swap_rw will be called for swap IO if swap_fs_activate was called by
+->swap_activate().
file_lock_operations
====================
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 7c753148af88..e7677423a20f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined:
can be performed with minimal memory allocation. It should call
add_swap_extent(), or the helper iomap_swapfile_activate(), and
return the number of extents added. If IO should be submitted
- through ->swap_rw(), it should set SWP_FS_OPS, otherwise IO will
+ through ->swap_rw(), it should call swap_fs_activate, otherwise IO will
be submitted directly to the block device ``sis->bdev``.
``swap_deactivate``
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ cache in your filesystem. The following members are defined:
successful.
``swap_rw``
- Called to read or write swap pages when SWP_FS_OPS is set.
+ Called to read or write swap pages when swap_fs_activate was called.
The File Object
===============
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a0d8f1c1cf10..851d93a09988 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static int nfs_swap_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis, struct file *file,
ret = rpc_clnt_swap_activate(clnt);
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
+ ret = swap_fs_activate(sis);
if (ret < 0) {
rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate(clnt);
return ret;
@@ -607,8 +607,6 @@ static int nfs_swap_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis, struct file *file,
if (cl->rpc_ops->enable_swap)
cl->rpc_ops->enable_swap(inode);
-
- sis->flags |= SWP_FS_OPS;
return ret;
}
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/file.c b/fs/smb/client/file.c
index 5a25635bc62a..4b1bc16b8f3f 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/file.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/file.c
@@ -3387,9 +3387,7 @@ static int cifs_swap_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis,
* but we could add call to grab a byte range lock to prevent others
* from reading or writing the file
*/
-
- sis->flags |= SWP_FS_OPS;
- return add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
+ return swap_fs_activate(sis);
}
static void cifs_swap_deactivate(struct file *file)
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 74ceb7a88fd5..bb53601e05b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ enum {
SWP_SOLIDSTATE = (1 << 4), /* blkdev seeks are cheap */
SWP_BLKDEV = (1 << 6), /* its a block device */
SWP_ACTIVATED = (1 << 7), /* set after swap_activate success */
- SWP_FS_OPS = (1 << 8), /* swapfile operations go through fs */
SWP_AREA_DISCARD = (1 << 9), /* single-time swap area discards */
SWP_PAGE_DISCARD = (1 << 10), /* freed swap page-cluster discards */
SWP_STABLE_WRITES = (1 << 11), /* no overwrite PG_writeback pages */
@@ -404,6 +403,7 @@ extern void __meminit kswapd_stop(int nid);
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
+int swap_fs_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis);
int add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page,
unsigned long nr_pages, sector_t start_block);
int generic_swapfile_activate(struct swap_info_struct *, struct file *,
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ static inline bool folio_free_swap(struct folio *folio)
return false;
}
+static inline int swap_fs_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis)
+{
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
static inline int add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis,
unsigned long start_page,
unsigned long nr_pages, sector_t start_block)
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index d2b11db1a57f..1e29b36cec07 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -685,12 +685,20 @@ static bool swap_fs_can_merge(struct folio *folio, struct folio *prev_folio,
swap_dev_pos(prev_folio->swap) + prev_folio_size;
}
-const struct swap_ops swap_fs_ops = {
+static const struct swap_ops swap_fs_ops = {
+ .flags = SWAP_OPS_F_REQUIRE_NOFS,
.submit_write = swap_fs_submit_write,
.submit_read = swap_fs_submit_read,
.can_merge = swap_fs_can_merge,
};
+int swap_fs_activate(struct swap_info_struct *sis)
+{
+ sis->ops = &swap_fs_ops;
+ return add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(swap_fs_activate);
+
void swap_write_submit(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx)
{
if (!ctx->sio)
diff --git a/mm/swap.h b/mm/swap.h
index 5119feff0e93..0ff2f82eced3 100644
--- a/mm/swap.h
+++ b/mm/swap.h
@@ -84,7 +84,17 @@ struct swap_io_ctx {
struct swap_info_struct *sis;
};
+/*
+ * SWAP_OPS_F_REQUIRE_NOFS:
+ * When set, all reclaim operations must operated as GFS_NOFS and not
+ * just GFP_NOIO, as GFP_NOIO allocations could recourse into the
+ * file system backing this swap file.
+ */
+#define SWAP_OPS_F_REQUIRE_NOFS (1U << 0)
+
struct swap_ops {
+ unsigned int flags;
+
bool (*can_merge)(struct folio *folio, struct folio *prev_folio,
size_t prev_folio_size, int rw);
void (*submit_write)(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx);
@@ -335,11 +345,6 @@ struct folio *swapin_sync(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t flag, unsigned long orders,
void swap_update_readahead(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr);
-static inline unsigned int folio_swap_flags(struct folio *folio)
-{
- return __swap_entry_to_info(folio->swap)->flags;
-}
-
#else /* CONFIG_SWAP */
static inline struct swap_cluster_info *swap_cluster_lock(
struct swap_info_struct *si, pgoff_t offset, bool irq)
@@ -470,16 +475,9 @@ static inline void __swap_cache_replace_folio(struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
struct folio *old, struct folio *new)
{
}
-
-static inline unsigned int folio_swap_flags(struct folio *folio)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
extern const struct swap_ops swap_bdev_ops;
-extern const struct swap_ops swap_fs_ops;
int shmem_writeout(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio,
struct list_head *folio_list);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index b291510813a6..b0b843372f67 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2957,8 +2957,6 @@ static int setup_swap_extents(struct swap_info_struct *sis,
ret = mapping->a_ops->swap_activate(sis, swap_file, span);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- if (sis->flags & SWP_FS_OPS)
- sis->ops = &swap_fs_ops;
sis->flags |= SWP_ACTIVATED;
return ret;
}
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2747ee68d327..ef280a24454f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1037,16 +1037,15 @@ static bool may_enter_fs(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)
return true;
- if (!folio_test_swapcache(folio) || !(gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
- return false;
/*
- * We can "enter_fs" for swap-cache with only __GFP_IO
- * providing this isn't SWP_FS_OPS.
- * ->flags can be updated non-atomically,
- * but that will never affect SWP_FS_OPS, so the data_race
- * is safe.
+ * We can "enter_fs" for swap-cache with only __GFP_IO unless backed by
+ * a swapfile that requires GFP_NOFS I/O.
*/
- return !data_race(folio_swap_flags(folio) & SWP_FS_OPS);
+ if (folio_test_swapcache(folio) && (gfp_mask & __GFP_IO) &&
+ !(__swap_entry_to_info(folio->swap)->ops->flags &
+ SWAP_OPS_F_REQUIRE_NOFS))
+ return true;
+ return false;
}
/*
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 13:21 better block swap batching and a different take on swap_ops v3 Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 1/7] shmem: provide a shmem_write_folio wrapper Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-07 2:40 ` Baolin Wang
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm/swap: introduce struct swap_io_ctx Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm/swap: also use struct swap_iocb for block I/O Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 4/7] mm/swap: remove count_swpout_vm_event Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 5/7] mm/swap: use swap_ops to register swap device's methods Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 13:21 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-07-06 13:21 ` [PATCH 7/7] mm/vmstat: add NRSWP{IN,OUT} counters Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-06 17:21 ` better block swap batching and a different take on swap_ops v3 Andrew Morton
2026-07-07 5:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
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