Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm/swap: rename __swap_writepage() to __swap_writeout()
Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 06:55:38PM -0400, Tal Zussman wrote:
> Commit 84798514db50 ("mm: Remove swap_writepage() and
> shmem_writepage()") renamed swap_writepage() to swap_writeout(). Rename
> __swap_writepage(), which operates on a folio, to match its caller.
> Update a stale reference to swap_writepage() in swapfile.c as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <[email protected]>
Looking at that commit, I can only guess that pageout() had an
influence on the swap_writeout() name.
However, on the read side of the page_io.c API, we're following
swap_read_folio* consistently.
[__]swap_write_folio* would seem more symmetrical?
[ At the risk of starting something, should the file itself be
renamed? swap_rw.c or swap_io.c or something. ]