On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 02:25:16PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:53:46 +0800
> Bob Liu <lliu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Andrew Morton
> > <a...@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:57:06 -0500
> > > Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenhei...@oracle.com>
> > >>
> > >> With the goal of allowing tmem backends (zcache, ramster, Xen tmem) to be
> > >> built/loaded as modules rather than built-in and enabled by a boot
> > >> parameter,
> > >> this patch provides "lazy initialization", allowing backends to register
> > >> to
> > >> frontswap even after swapon was run. Before a backend registers all calls
> > >> to init are recorded and the creation of tmem_pools delayed until a
> > >> backend
> > >> registers or until a frontswap put is attempted.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >> --- a/mm/frontswap.c
> > >> +++ b/mm/frontswap.c
> > >> @@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ static inline void inc_frontswap_succ_stores(void) { }
> > >> static inline void inc_frontswap_failed_stores(void) { }
> > >> static inline void inc_frontswap_invalidates(void) { }
> > >> #endif
> > >> +
> > >> +/*
> > >> + * When no backend is registered all calls to init are registered and
> > >
> > > What is "init"? Spell it out fully, please.
> > >
> >
> > I think it's frontswap_init().
> > swapon will call frontswap_init() and in it we need to call init
> > function of backends with some parameters
> > like swap_type.
>
> Well, let's improve that comment please.
>
> > >> + * remembered but fail to create tmem_pools. When a backend registers
> > >> with
> > >> + * frontswap the previous calls to init are executed to create
> > >> tmem_pools
> > >> + * and set the respective poolids.
> > >
> > > Again, seems really hacky. Why can't we just change callers so they
> > > call things in the correct order?
> > >
> >
> > I don't think so, because it asynchronous.
> >
> > The original idea was to make backends like zcache/tmem modularization.
> > So that it's more convenient and flexible to use and testing.
> >
> > But currently callers like swapon only invoke frontswap_init() once,
> > it fail if backend not registered.
> > We have no way to notify swap to call frontswap_init() again when
> > backend registered in some random time
> > in future.
>
> We could add such a way?
Hey Andrew,
Sorry for the late email. Right at as you posted your questions I went on
vacation :-)
Let me respond to your email and rebase the patch per your comments/ideas this
week.
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