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SubjectRace between try_to_swap_out() and swapin_readahead()

Ok, what prevents this from happening:


CPU0 CPU1

try_to_swap_out()
...

entry = get_swap_page();
if (!entry.val)
goto out_unlock_restore;

swapin_readahead()
finds valid swap entry just allocated by try_to_swap_out()
lookup_swap_cache() fails...
new_page = alloc_page();
lock_page(new_page);
add_to_swap_cache(new_page, entry);
rw_swap_page(READ, new_page);
return new_page;

/* Add it to the swap cache and mark it dirty */
add_to_swap_cache(page, entry);
set_page_dirty(page);

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We'll end up with two pages with the same index in the hash tables, and
one of them has crap read from swap.

I know the window is really really small, but anyway...

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