The call to frontswap_init() was added within enable_swap_info(), which was called not only during sys_swapon, but also to reinsert the swap_info into the swap_list in case of failure of try_to_unuse() within sys_swapoff. This means that frontswap_init() might be called more than once for the same swap area. While as far as I could see no frontswap implementation has any problem with it (and in fact, all the ones I found ignore the parameter passed to frontswap_init), this could change in the future. To prevent future problems, move the call to frontswap_init() to outside the code shared between sys_swapon and sys_swapoff. Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/swapfile.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c index 886db96..088daf4 100644 --- a/mm/swapfile.c +++ b/mm/swapfile.c @@ -1471,7 +1471,6 @@ static void _enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p, int prio, swap_list.head = swap_list.next = p->type; else swap_info[prev]->next = p->type; - frontswap_init(p->type); } static void enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p, int prio, @@ -1480,6 +1479,7 @@ static void enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p, int prio, { spin_lock(&swap_lock); _enable_swap_info(p, prio, swap_map, frontswap_map); + frontswap_init(p->type); spin_unlock(&swap_lock); } -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>