On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 08:37 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Peter, any chance you could chime in here?

I have this patch to add swap_out/_in methods. I expect we can loosen
the requirement for swapcache pages and change the name a little.

previously posted here:
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/4/143

--- 
Subject: mm: add support for non block device backed swap files

New addres_space_operations methods are added:
  int swapfile(struct address_space *, int);
  int swap_out(struct file *, struct page *, struct writeback_control *);
  int swap_in(struct file *, struct page *);

When during sys_swapon() the swapfile() method is found and returns no error
the swapper_space.a_ops will proxy to sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops, and
make use of swap_{out,in}() to write/read swapcache pages.

The swapfile method will be used to communicate to the address_space that the
VM relies on it, and the address_space should take adequate measures (like 
reserving memory for mempools or the like).

This new interface can be used to obviate the need for ->bmap in the swapfile
code. A filesystem would need to load (and maybe even allocate) the full block
map for a file into memory and pin it there on ->swapfile(,1) so that
->swap_{out,in}() have instant access to it. It can be released on
->swapfile(,0).

The reason to provide ->swap_{out,in}() over using {write,read}page() is to
 1) make a distinction between swapcache and pagecache pages, and
 2) to provide a struct file * for credential context (normally not needed
    in the context of writepage, as the page content is normally dirtied
    using either of the following interfaces:
      write_{begin,end}()
      {prepare,commit}_write()
      page_mkwrite()
    which do have the file context.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/Locking |   19 ++++++++++++
 Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt |   17 +++++++++++
 include/linux/buffer_head.h       |    2 -
 include/linux/fs.h                |    8 +++++
 include/linux/swap.h              |    3 +
 mm/Kconfig                        |    3 +
 mm/page_io.c                      |   58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/swap_state.c                   |    5 +++
 mm/swapfile.c                     |   22 +++++++++++++-
 9 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/swap.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/swap.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ enum {
        SWP_USED        = (1 << 0),     /* is slot in swap_info[] used? */
        SWP_WRITEOK     = (1 << 1),     /* ok to write to this swap?    */
        SWP_ACTIVE      = (SWP_USED | SWP_WRITEOK),
+       SWP_FILE        = (1 << 2),     /* file swap area */
                                        /* add others here before... */
        SWP_SCANNING    = (1 << 8),     /* refcount in scan_swap_map */
 };
@@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ extern void swap_unplug_io_fn(struct bac
 /* linux/mm/page_io.c */
 extern int swap_readpage(struct file *, struct page *);
 extern int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+extern void swap_sync_page(struct page *page);
+extern int swap_set_page_dirty(struct page *page);
 extern void end_swap_bio_read(struct bio *bio, int err);
 
 /* linux/mm/swap_state.c */
Index: linux-2.6/mm/page_io.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page_io.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/page_io.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
 static struct bio *get_swap_bio(gfp_t gfp_flags, pgoff_t index,
@@ -102,6 +103,18 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, st
                unlock_page(page);
                goto out;
        }
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+       {
+               struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
+               if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+                       ret = sis->swap_file->f_mapping->
+                               a_ops->swap_out(sis->swap_file, page, wbc);
+                       if (!ret)
+                               count_vm_event(PSWPOUT);
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
        bio = get_swap_bio(GFP_NOIO, page_private(page), page,
                                end_swap_bio_write);
        if (bio == NULL) {
@@ -120,6 +133,39 @@ out:
        return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+void swap_sync_page(struct page *page)
+{
+       struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
+
+       if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+               const struct address_space_operations * a_ops =
+                       sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops;
+               if (a_ops->sync_page)
+                       a_ops->sync_page(page);
+       } else
+               block_sync_page(page);
+}
+
+int swap_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+       struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
+
+       if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+               const struct address_space_operations * a_ops =
+                       sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops;
+               int (*spd)(struct page *) = a_ops->set_page_dirty;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+               if (!spd)
+                       spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
+#endif
+               return (*spd)(page);
+       }
+
+       return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
+}
+#endif
+
 int swap_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 {
        struct bio *bio;
@@ -127,6 +173,18 @@ int swap_readpage(struct file *file, str
 
        BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
        ClearPageUptodate(page);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+       {
+               struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
+               if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+                       ret = sis->swap_file->f_mapping->
+                               a_ops->swap_in(sis->swap_file, page);
+                       if (!ret)
+                               count_vm_event(PSWPIN);
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
        bio = get_swap_bio(GFP_KERNEL, page_private(page), page,
                                end_swap_bio_read);
        if (bio == NULL) {
Index: linux-2.6/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/swap_state.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@
  */
 static const struct address_space_operations swap_aops = {
        .writepage      = swap_writepage,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+       .sync_page      = swap_sync_page,
+       .set_page_dirty = swap_set_page_dirty,
+#else
        .sync_page      = block_sync_page,
        .set_page_dirty = __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
+#endif
        .migratepage    = migrate_page,
 };
 
Index: linux-2.6/mm/swapfile.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/swapfile.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,13 @@ static void destroy_swap_extents(struct 
                list_del(&se->list);
                kfree(se);
        }
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+       if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+               sis->flags &= ~SWP_FILE;
+               sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops->
+                       swapfile(sis->swap_file->f_mapping, 0);
+       }
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1107,6 +1114,19 @@ static int setup_swap_extents(struct swa
                goto done;
        }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP_FILE
+       if (sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops->swapfile) {
+               ret = sis->swap_file->f_mapping->a_ops->
+                       swapfile(sis->swap_file->f_mapping, 1);
+               if (!ret) {
+                       sis->flags |= SWP_FILE;
+                       ret = add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
+                       *span = sis->pages;
+               }
+               goto done;
+       }
+#endif
+
        blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
        blocks_per_page = PAGE_SIZE >> blkbits;
 
@@ -1671,7 +1691,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_swapon(const char __
 
        mutex_lock(&swapon_mutex);
        spin_lock(&swap_lock);
-       p->flags = SWP_ACTIVE;
+       p->flags |= SWP_WRITEOK;
        nr_swap_pages += nr_good_pages;
        total_swap_pages += nr_good_pages;
 
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -479,6 +479,14 @@ struct address_space_operations {
        int (*migratepage) (struct address_space *,
                        struct page *, struct page *);
        int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
+
+       /*
+        * swapfile support
+        */
+       int (*swapfile)(struct address_space *, int);
+       int (*swap_out)(struct file *file, struct page *page,
+                       struct writeback_control *wbc);
+       int (*swap_in)(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 };
 
 /*
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ prototypes:
        int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
                        loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
        int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
+       int (*swapfile) (struct address_space *, int);
+       int (*swap_out) (struct file *, struct page *, struct writeback_control 
*);
+       int (*swap_in)  (struct file *, struct page *);
 
 locking rules:
        All except set_page_dirty may block
@@ -192,6 +195,9 @@ invalidatepage:             no      yes
 releasepage:           no      yes
 direct_IO:             no
 launder_page:          no      yes
+swapfile               no
+swap_out               no      yes, unlocks
+swap_in                        no      yes, unlocks
 
        ->prepare_write(), ->commit_write(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage()
 may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop).
@@ -291,6 +297,19 @@ cleaned, or an error value if not. Note 
 getting mapped back in and redirtied, it needs to be kept locked
 across the entire operation.
 
+       ->swapfile() will be called with a non zero argument on address spaces
+backing non block device backed swapfiles. A return value of zero indicates
+success. In which case this address space can be used for backing swapspace.
+The swapspace operations will be proxied to the address space operations.
+Swapoff will call this method with a zero argument to release the address
+space.
+
+       ->swap_out() when swapfile() returned success, this method is used to
+write the swap page.
+
+       ->swap_in() when swapfile() returned success, this method is used to
+read the swap page.
+
        Note: currently almost all instances of address_space methods are
 using BKL for internal serialization and that's one of the worst sources
 of contention. Normally they are calling library functions (in fs/buffer.c)
Index: linux-2.6/mm/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6/mm/Kconfig
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ config BOUNCE
        def_bool y
        depends on BLOCK && MMU && (ZONE_DMA || HIGHMEM)
 
+config SWAP_FILE
+       def_bool n
+
 config NR_QUICK
        int
        depends on QUICKLIST
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static inline void invalidate_inode_buff
 static inline int remove_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode) { return 1; }
 static inline int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping) { return 
0; }
 static inline void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) {}
-
+static inline void block_sync_page(struct page *) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 #endif /* _LINUX_BUFFER_HEAD_H */
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -542,6 +542,10 @@ struct address_space_operations {
        /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */
        int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *);
        int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
+       int (*swapfile)(struct address_space *, int);
+       int (*swap_out)(struct file *file, struct page *page,
+                       struct writeback_control *wbc);
+       int (*swap_in)(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 };
 
   writepage: called by the VM to write a dirty page to backing store.
@@ -727,6 +731,19 @@ struct address_space_operations {
        prevent redirtying the page, it is kept locked during the whole
        operation.
 
+  swapfile: Called with a non-zero argument when swapon is used on a file. A
+       return value of zero indicates success. In which case this
+       address_space can be used to back swapspace. The swapspace operations
+       will be proxied to this address space's ->swap_{out,in} methods.
+       Swapoff will call this method with a zero argument to release the
+       address space.
+
+  swap_out: Called to write a swapcache page to a backing store, similar to
+       writepage.
+
+  swap_in: Called to read a swapcache page from a backing store, similar to
+       readpage.
+
 The File Object
 ===============
 


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