---

yaml
---
r: 30725
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3218ae1
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  30723: b3839e4
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 10ad400b49aca15ecf83b0fde7e35e4064b15c85
+refs/heads/master: 3218ae14b1e3ee2ab81df30ed690c8e864d23316

trunk/include/linux/swap.h

@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ static inline int zone_reclaim(struct zone *z, gfp_t mask, unsigned int order)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern int kswapd_run(int nid);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 /* linux/mm/shmem.c */
 extern int shmem_unuse(swp_entry_t entry, struct page *page);

trunk/mm/vmscan.c

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -1223,7 +1224,6 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 	};
 	cpumask_t cpumask;
 
-	daemonize("kswapd%d", pgdat->node_id);
 	cpumask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id);
 	if (!cpus_empty(cpumask))
 		set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cpumask);
@@ -1468,20 +1468,35 @@ static int cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
+/*
+ * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
+ * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
+ */
+int kswapd_run(int nid)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (pgdat->kswapd)
+		return 0;
+
+	pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
+	if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
+		/* failure at boot is fatal */
+		BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
+		printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
 {
-	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+	int nid;
 
 	swap_setup();
-	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
-		pid_t pid;
-
-		pid = kernel_thread(kswapd, pgdat, CLONE_KERNEL);
-		BUG_ON(pid < 0);
-		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-		pgdat->kswapd = find_task_by_pid(pid);
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-	}
+	for_each_online_node(nid)
+ 		kswapd_run(nid);
 	hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
 	return 0;
 }