summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/mm/swap_state.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/swap_state.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/swap_state.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 56a3cc4f1068..85245fdec8d9 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static unsigned long swapin_nr_pages(unsigned long offset)
* This has been extended to use the NUMA policies from the mm triggering
* the readahead.
*
- * Caller must hold down_read on the vma->vm_mm if vmf->vma is not NULL.
+ * Caller must hold read mmap_sem if vmf->vma is not NULL.
*/
struct page *swap_cluster_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
struct vm_fault *vmf)
@@ -698,6 +698,20 @@ static void swap_ra_info(struct vm_fault *vmf,
pte_unmap(orig_pte);
}
+/**
+ * swap_vma_readahead - swap in pages in hope we need them soon
+ * @entry: swap entry of this memory
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
+ * @vmf: fault information
+ *
+ * Returns the struct page for entry and addr, after queueing swapin.
+ *
+ * Primitive swap readahead code. We simply read in a few pages whoes
+ * virtual addresses are around the fault address in the same vma.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold read mmap_sem if vmf->vma is not NULL.
+ *
+ */
static struct page *swap_vma_readahead(swp_entry_t fentry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
struct vm_fault *vmf)
{