The swap_info_struct is only 76 or 104 bytes, but it does seem wrong

to reserve an array of about 30 of them in bss, when most people will
want only one.  Change swap_info[] to an array of pointers.

That does need a "type" field in the structure: pack it as a char with
next type and short prio (aha, char is unsigned by default on PowerPC).
Use the (admittedly peculiar) name "type" throughout for this index.

/proc/swaps does not take swap_lock: I wouldn't want it to, but do take
care with barriers when adding a new item to the array (never removed).
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

include/linux/swap.h

@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ enum {
  * The in-memory structure used to track swap areas.
  */
 struct swap_info_struct {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int prio;			/* swap priority */
-	int next;			/* next entry on swap list */
+	unsigned long	flags;		/* SWP_USED etc: see above */
+	signed short	prio;		/* swap priority of this type */
+	signed char	type;		/* strange name for an index */
+	signed char	next;		/* next type on the swap list */
 	struct file *swap_file;
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct list_head extent_list;