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    swapfile: swapon randomize if nonrot · 20137a49
    Hugh Dickins authored
    Swap allocation has always started from the beginning of the swap area;
    but if we're dealing with a solidstate swap device which can only remap
    blocks within limited zones, that would sooner wear out the first zone.
    
    Therefore sys_swapon() test whether blk_queue is non-rotational, and if so
    randomize the cluster_next starting position for allocation.
    
    If blk_queue is nonrot, note SWP_SOLIDSTATE for later use, and report it
    with an "SS" at the right end of the kernel's "Adding ...  swap" message
    (so that if it's both nonrot and discardable, "SSD" will be shown there).
    Perhaps something should be shown in /proc/swaps (swapon -s), but we have
    to be more cautious before making any addition to that format.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
    Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
    Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
    Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
    Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
    Cc: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
    Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
    Cc: Donjun Shin <djshin90@gmail.com>
    Cc: Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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