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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/swapfile.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c index bd035677f196..df312534e239 100644 --- a/mm/swapfile.c +++ b/mm/swapfile.c @@ -1220,6 +1220,13 @@ static unsigned char __swap_entry_free_locked(struct swap_info_struct *p, } /* + * When we get a swap entry, if there aren't some other ways to + * prevent swapoff, such as the folio in swap cache is locked, page + * table lock is held, etc., the swap entry may become invalid because + * of swapoff. Then, we need to enclose all swap related functions + * with get_swap_device() and put_swap_device(), unless the swap + * functions call get/put_swap_device() by themselves. + * * Check whether swap entry is valid in the swap device. If so, * return pointer to swap_info_struct, and keep the swap entry valid * via preventing the swap device from being swapoff, until @@ -1228,9 +1235,8 @@ static unsigned char __swap_entry_free_locked(struct swap_info_struct *p, * Notice that swapoff or swapoff+swapon can still happen before the * percpu_ref_tryget_live() in get_swap_device() or after the * percpu_ref_put() in put_swap_device() if there isn't any other way - * to prevent swapoff, such as page lock, page table lock, etc. The - * caller must be prepared for that. For example, the following - * situation is possible. + * to prevent swapoff. The caller must be prepared for that. For + * example, the following situation is possible. * * CPU1 CPU2 * do_swap_page() |