[RFC][PATCH v2 17/29] mm/swapfile: Annotate static information into Kmemdump

From: Eugen Hristev
Date: Thu Jul 24 2025 - 10:03:25 EST


Annotate vital static information into kmemdump:
- nr_swapfiles

Information on these variables is stored into dedicated kmemdump section.

Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index b4f3cc712580..ac5a2307a278 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <linux/zswap.h>
#include <linux/plist.h>
+#include <linux/kmemdump.h>

#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <linux/swapops.h>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ static inline void unlock_cluster(struct swap_cluster_info *ci);

static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swap_lock);
static unsigned int nr_swapfiles;
+KMEMDUMP_VAR_CORE(nr_swapfiles, sizeof(nr_swapfiles));
atomic_long_t nr_swap_pages;
/*
* Some modules use swappable objects and may try to swap them out under
--
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