From: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: 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 v2 02/10] mm, swap: add CONFIG_XSWAP and xswap fields to swap_info_struct
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:53:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805075336.3579395-3-baoquan.he@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805075336.3579395-1-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 78f4302b92e1..970232f6359d 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 060190e12bce..82f62f4c5b23 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 7:53 [RFC PATCH v2 00/10] mm, swap: dynamic cluster management for xswap devices Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/10] mm: xswap support for zswap Baoquan He
2026-08-05 14:17 ` Johannes Weiner
2026-08-05 7:53 ` Baoquan He [this message]
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/10] mm, swap: add xswap cluster grow via VM_SPARSE vmalloc Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/10] mm, swap: add xswap grow trigger on cluster allocation Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/10] mm, swap: add xswap_try_shrink and shrink trigger on cluster free Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/10] mm, swap: free backing pages in xswap_unmap_clusters Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/10] mm, swap: add nr_free_tail for O(1) xswap shrink detection Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/10] mm, swap: add adjustable runtime ceiling (nr_clusters) for xswap Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/10] mm, swap: add debugfs knob for xswap per-device cluster limit Baoquan He
2026-08-05 7:53 ` [RFC PATCH v2 10/10] mm, swap: defer xswap shrink to workqueue to avoid lock recursion Baoquan He
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