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From: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, chrisl@kernel.org, nphamcs@gmail.com,
	kasong@tencent.com, baohua@kernel.org, youngjun.park@lge.com,
	hannes@cmpxchg.org, yosry@kernel.org, david@kernel.org,
	shikemeng@huaweicloud.com, chengming.zhou@linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 02/11] mm, swap: add CONFIG_XSWAP and xswap fields to swap_info_struct
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:04:53 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727140503.1060918-1-baoquan.he@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727135029.1059441-1-baoquan.he@linux.dev>

Add CONFIG_XSWAP Kconfig option (depends on SWAP && 64BIT) for
extendable (virtual) swap device support.

Add three fields to struct swap_info_struct under CONFIG_XSWAP:
- cluster_vm: the VM_SPARSE vm_struct backing the cluster_info array
- nr_clusters: total number of clusters in the xswap address space
- nr_clusters_mapped: number of clusters currently mapped (lazy grow)

These fields enable lazy vmalloc-based dynamic cluster management
where the cluster_info array is backed by a sparse vmalloc area that
grows on demand and shrinks when clusters are freed.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/swap.h | 5 +++++
 mm/Kconfig           | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 80c83dd8804f..5f6b14d30758 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
 	signed char	type;		/* strange name for an index */
 	unsigned int	max;		/* size of this swap device */
 	struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* cluster info. Only for SSD */
+#ifdef CONFIG_XSWAP
+	struct vm_struct	*cluster_vm;	/* VM_SPARSE area for xswap dynamic cluster_info */
+	unsigned long		nr_clusters;	/* total cluster count for xswap */
+	unsigned long		nr_clusters_mapped; /* currently mapped cluster count */
+#endif
 	struct list_head free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
 	struct list_head full_clusters; /* full clusters list */
 	struct list_head nonfull_clusters[SWAP_NR_ORDERS];
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index c52ab6afcb15..889d5ce20a55 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT
        default "zstd" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_ZSTD
        default ""
 
+config XSWAP
+	bool "Extendable (virtual) swap device"
+	depends on SWAP && 64BIT
+	help
+	  Adds support for extendable swap devices (xswap) that decouple
+	  PTE swap entries from physical backing storage. The cluster_info
+	  array is backed by a sparse vmalloc area that grows and shrinks
+	  on demand, avoiding static pre-allocation overhead.
+
 config ZSMALLOC
 	tristate
 
-- 
2.54.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-27 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-27 13:50 [RFC PATCH 00/11] mm, swap: dynamic cluster management for xswap devices Baoquan He
2026-07-27 13:50 ` [RFC PATCH 01/11] mm: xswap support for zswap Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:04 ` Baoquan He [this message]
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 03/11] mm, swap: add xswap cluster grow via VM_SPARSE vmalloc Baoquan He
2026-07-27 15:05     ` Nhat Pham
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 04/11] mm, swap: add xswap grow trigger on cluster allocation Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 05/11] mm, swap: add xswap_try_shrink and shrink trigger on cluster free Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 06/11] mm, swap: free backing pages in xswap_unmap_clusters Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 07/11] mm, swap: add nr_free_tail for O(1) xswap shrink detection Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:04   ` [RFC PATCH 08/11] mm, swap: add adjustable runtime ceiling (nr_clusters) for xswap Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:05   ` [RFC PATCH 09/11] mm, swap: add debugfs knob for xswap per-device cluster limit Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:05   ` [RFC PATCH 10/11] mm, swap: defer xswap shrink to workqueue to avoid lock recursion Baoquan He
2026-07-27 14:05   ` [RFC PATCH 11/11] mm, swap: serialize xswap map/unmap with a mutex Baoquan He
2026-07-27 15:13     ` Nhat Pham

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