[Question] Is there a race window between swapoff vs synchronous swap_readpage

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Hi all,
I am investigating the swap code, and I found the below possible race window:

CPU 1							CPU 2
-----							-----
do_swap_page
  skip swapcache case (synchronous swap_readpage)
    alloc_page_vma
							swapoff
							  release swap_file, bdev, or ...
      swap_readpage
	check sis->flags is ok
	  access swap_file, bdev or ...[oops!]
							    si->flags = 0

The swapcache case is ok because swapoff will wait on the page_lock of swapcache page.
Is this will really happen or Am I miss something ?
Any reply would be really grateful. Thanks! :)




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