From: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, chrisl@kernel.org, kasong@tencent.com,
shikemeng@huaweicloud.com, nphamcs@gmail.com, baohua@kernel.org,
youngjun.park@lge.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, yosry@kernel.org,
chengming.zhou@linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/10] mm/page_io: forward ghost swap reads to physical device via Redirect
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 16:26:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707082614.95030-8-baoquan.he@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707082614.95030-1-baoquan.he@linux.dev>
When swap_read_folio() encounters a ghost swap entry (SWP_GHOST),
check if there is a Redirect mapping to a physical swap slot via
ghost_redirect_to_phys(). If a physical backing exists, forward
the I/O to that device:
1. Query the redirect_xa / swap table for the physical swp_entry_t.
2. Temporarily redirect folio->swap to the physical entry so the
existing swap_read_folio_bdev_{sync,async} / swap_read_folio_fs
path computes the correct sector from the physical offset.
3. Restore folio->swap to the original ghost entry after I/O.
This completes the backend-switching round trip:
- Swapout: PTE -> ghost entry -> zswap_store -> Pointer(zswap_entry)
- Writeback: Pointer -> decompress -> write to phys -> Redirect(phys)
- Swapin: PTE -> ghost entry -> Redirect -> read from phys device
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
---
mm/page_io.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 96e776f9a503..b87b46f05b2f 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -697,6 +697,39 @@ void swap_read_folio(struct folio *folio, struct swap_iocb **plug, void *zentry)
goto finish;
if (unlikely(sis->flags & SWP_GHOST)) {
+ swp_entry_t phys_entry;
+ struct swap_info_struct *phys_si;
+
+ /*
+ * Ghost swap entry: check if there's a Redirect to a
+ * physical swap slot. If so, read from the physical
+ * device instead.
+ */
+ phys_entry = ghost_redirect_to_phys(sis, swp_offset(folio->swap));
+ if (phys_entry.val) {
+ phys_si = __swap_entry_to_info(phys_entry);
+ if (phys_si && phys_si->bdev) {
+ swp_entry_t saved = folio->swap;
+
+ /*
+ * Temporarily point the folio to the
+ * physical entry so the bdev read path
+ * computes the correct sector.
+ */
+ folio->swap = phys_entry;
+ zswap_folio_swapin(folio);
+ if (data_race(phys_si->flags & SWP_FS_OPS))
+ swap_read_folio_fs(folio, plug);
+ else if (phys_si->flags & SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO)
+ swap_read_folio_bdev_sync(folio,
+ phys_si);
+ else
+ swap_read_folio_bdev_async(folio,
+ phys_si);
+ folio->swap = saved;
+ goto finish;
+ }
+ }
folio_unlock(folio);
goto finish;
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-07 8:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-07 8:26 [RFC PATCH 00/10] mm/swap: ghost swapfile with backend switching via Redirect entries Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 01/10] mm: ghost swapfile support for zswap Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] mm/swap_table: add Redirect entry encoding for ghost swap backend switching Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 03/10] mm/swap: add redirect_xa field and ghost redirect helper declarations Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] mm/swapfile: implement ghost redirect helpers and free-path cascade Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 05/10] mm/swap_state: restore Redirect entry when swap cache folio is removed Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 06/10] mm/zswap: implement ghost-to-physical writeback for backend switching Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` Baoquan He [this message]
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] mm/swapfile: manage ghost cluster_info via lazy vmalloc Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] mm/swapfile: implement swap_ghost_extend_max() for dynamic growth Baoquan He
2026-07-07 22:36 ` Nhat Pham
2026-07-07 8:26 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] mm/swapfile: add sysfs interface for ghost swap extension Baoquan He
2026-07-07 8:56 ` [RFC PATCH 00/10] mm/swap: ghost swapfile with backend switching via Redirect entries Baoquan He
2026-07-07 21:23 ` Nhat Pham
2026-07-07 21:25 ` Nhat Pham
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