On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 20:15:54 +0100 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09.03.22 19:48, Yang Shi wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 8:33 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Let's make it clearer that KSM might only have to copy a page > >> in case we have a page in the swapcache, not if we allocated a fresh > >> page and bypassed the swapcache. While at it, add a comment why this is > >> usually necessary and merge the two swapcache conditions. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> mm/memory.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > >> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c > >> index 923165b4c27e..3c91294cca98 100644 > >> --- a/mm/memory.c > >> +++ b/mm/memory.c > >> @@ -3615,21 +3615,29 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf) > >> goto out_release; > >> } > >> > >> - /* > >> - * Make sure try_to_free_swap or reuse_swap_page or swapoff did not > > > > We could remove the reference to "reuse_swap_page", right? > > > Yes, I noticed this a couple of days ago as well and already have a > patch prepared for that ("mm: adjust stale comment in do_swap_page() > mentioning reuse_swap_page()" at > https://github.com/davidhildenbrand/linux/commits/cow_fixes_part_3) > > If Andrew wants, we can fix that up directly before sending upstream or > I'll simply include that patch when sending out part2 v2. > > (I want to avoid sending another series just for this) Thanks, I did this. The same change plus gratuitous comment reflowing. --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-slightly-clarify-ksm-logic-in-do_swap_page-fix +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -3609,11 +3609,11 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault if (swapcache) { /* - * Make sure try_to_free_swap or reuse_swap_page or swapoff did - * not release the swapcache from under us. The page pin, and - * pte_same test below, are not enough to exclude that. Even if - * it is still swapcache, we need to check that the page's swap - * has not changed. + * Make sure try_to_free_swap or swapoff did not release the + * swapcache from under us. The page pin, and pte_same test + * below, are not enough to exclude that. Even if it is still + * swapcache, we need to check that the page's swap has not + * changed. */ if (unlikely(!PageSwapCache(page) || page_private(page) != entry.val)) _