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    mm: frontswap: core frontswap functionality · 29f233cf
    Dan Magenheimer authored
    This patch, 3of4, provides the core frontswap code that interfaces between
    the hooks in the swap subsystem and a frontswap backend via frontswap_ops.
    
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    New file added: mm/frontswap.c
    
    [v14: add support for writethrough, per suggestion by aarcange@redhat.com]
    [v11: sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com: s/puts/failed_puts/]
    [v10: sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com: fix debugfs calls on 32-bit]
    [v9: akpm@linux-foundation.org: change "flush" to "invalidate", part 1]
    [v9: akpm@linux-foundation.org: mark some statics __read_mostly]
    [v9: akpm@linux-foundation.org: add clarifying comments]
    [v9: akpm@linux-foundation.org: no need to loop repeating try_to_unuse]
    [v9: error27@gmail.com: remove superfluous check for NULL]
    [v8: rebase to 3.0-rc4]
    [v8: kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com: add comment to clarify find_next_to_unuse]
    [v7: rebase to 3.0-rc3]
    [v7: JBeulich@novell.com: use new static inlines, no-ops if not config'd]
    [v6: rebase to 3.1-rc1]
    [v6: lliubbo@gmail.com: use vzalloc]
    [v6: lliubbo@gmail.com: fix null pointer deref if vzalloc fails]
    [v6: konrad.wilk@oracl.com: various checks and code clarifications/comments]
    [v4: rebase to 2.6.39]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarSeth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
    Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
    Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
    Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
    Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
    Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
    Cc: Rik Riel <riel@redhat.com>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    [v12: Squashed s/flush/invalidate/ in]
    [v15: A bit of cleanup and seperate DEBUGFS]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKonrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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