On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:21:53 +0100 Harry Yoo <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 05:18:17PM -0700, SJ Park wrote:
> > Hi Harry,
> 
> Hi SJ, thanks for looking into it!
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:36:39 +0100 "Harry Yoo (Meta)" <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> > Makes sense to me.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > [...]
> > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_zswap.c
> > > @@ -346,7 +346,16 @@ static int attempt_writeback(const char *cgroup, 
> > > void *arg)
> > >    * it can't writeback to swap.
> > >    */
> > >   ret = cg_write_numeric(cgroup, "memory.reclaim", memsize);
> > > - if (!wb_enabled)
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > +  * When writeback is enabled, memory.reclaim may still fail to reclaim
> > > +  * the requested amount of memory due to a slow swap device.
> > > +  * Ignore -EAGAIN here. The caller determines pass/fail based on the
> > > +  * zswap writeback counter.
> > > +  */
> > > + if (wb_enabled && ret == -EAGAIN)
> > > +         ret = 0;
> > > + else if (!wb_enabled)
> > >           ret = (ret == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
> > 
> > My humble eyes were unable to easily understand the change.  Is the change
> > effectively same to below, and if so, would this be easier to read?
> > 
> > '''
> > @@ -344,10 +344,11 @@ static int attempt_writeback(const char *cgroup, void 
> > *arg)
> >          * writeback as zswap.max is 1/4 of what was needed when reclaim 
> > ran the first time.
> >          * If writeback is disabled, memory reclaim will fail as zswap is 
> > limited and
> >          * it can't writeback to swap.
> > +        * Even if writeback is enabled, it could return -EAGAIN due to a 
> > slow
> > +        * swap device.
> >          */
> >         ret = cg_write_numeric(cgroup, "memory.reclaim", memsize);
> > -       if (!wb_enabled)
> > -               ret = (ret == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
> > +       ret = (ret == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
> 
> Hmm, no. This will mark the test as failed when a write to
> memory.reclaim returns zero even when wb_enabled is true.
> 
> It's not the same because when wb_enabled == true we consider
> ret == 0 or ret == -EAGAIN as success, while with wb_enabled == false
> we consider ret == -EAGAIN as success.

Ah, got it.  You are right.  Sorry for making noise and thank you for kindly
correcting me.

Reviewed-by: SJ Park <[email protected]>


Thanks,
SJ

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