Re: [PATCH -V3 4/5] swap: remove get/put_swap_device() in __swap_duplicate()

[Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>]

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 02:13:54PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> __swap_duplicate() is called by
> 
> - swap_shmem_alloc(): the folio in swap cache is locked.
> 
> - copy_nonpresent_pte() -> swap_duplicate() and try_to_unmap_one() ->
>   swap_duplicate(): the page table lock is held.
> 
> - __read_swap_cache_async() -> swapcache_prepare(): enclosed with
>   get/put_swap_device() in __read_swap_cache_async() already.
> 
> So, it's safe to remove get/put_swap_device() in __swap_duplicate().
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com>
> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
> Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
> ---
>  mm/swapfile.c | 5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index e9cce775fb25..4dbaea64635d 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -3264,9 +3264,7 @@ static int __swap_duplicate(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned char usage)
>  	unsigned char has_cache;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	p = get_swap_device(entry);
> -	if (!p)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	p = swp_swap_info(entry);
>  
>  	offset = swp_offset(entry);
>  	ci = lock_cluster_or_swap_info(p, offset);
> @@ -3313,7 +3311,6 @@ static int __swap_duplicate(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned char usage)
>  
>  unlock_out:
>  	unlock_cluster_or_swap_info(p, ci);
> -	put_swap_device(p);
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>

Reviewed-by: Chris Li (Google) <chrisl@kernel.org>

Chris