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1 /*
2 * linux/mm/vmscan.c
4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
6 * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie.
7 * kswapd added: 7.1.96 sct
8 * Removed kswapd_ctl limits, and swap out as many pages as needed
9 * to bring the system back to freepages.high: 2.4.97, Rik van Riel.
10 * Zone aware kswapd started 02/00, Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@sgi.com).
11 * Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
14 #include <linux/mm.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/gfp.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/highmem.h>
22 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
23 #include <linux/file.h>
24 #include <linux/writeback.h>
25 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
26 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for try_to_release_page(),
27 buffer_heads_over_limit */
28 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
29 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
30 #include <linux/rmap.h>
31 #include <linux/topology.h>
32 #include <linux/cpu.h>
33 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
34 #include <linux/compaction.h>
35 #include <linux/notifier.h>
36 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
37 #include <linux/delay.h>
38 #include <linux/kthread.h>
39 #include <linux/freezer.h>
40 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
41 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
42 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
43 #include <linux/oom.h>
44 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
46 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
47 #include <asm/div64.h>
49 #include <linux/swapops.h>
51 #include "internal.h"
53 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
54 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
57 * reclaim_mode determines how the inactive list is shrunk
58 * RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE: Reclaim only order-0 pages
59 * RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC: Do not block
60 * RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC: Allow blocking e.g. call wait_on_page_writeback
61 * RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
62 * page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
63 * naturally aligned range
64 * RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
65 * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
67 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ reclaim_mode_t;
68 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x01u)
69 #define RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x02u)
70 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x04u)
71 #define RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x08u)
72 #define RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x10u)
74 struct scan_control {
75 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
76 unsigned long nr_scanned;
78 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
79 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
81 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
82 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim;
84 unsigned long hibernation_mode;
86 /* This context's GFP mask */
87 gfp_t gfp_mask;
89 int may_writepage;
91 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
92 int may_unmap;
94 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
95 int may_swap;
97 int order;
100 * Intend to reclaim enough continuous memory rather than reclaim
101 * enough amount of memory. i.e, mode for high order allocation.
103 reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode;
106 * The memory cgroup that hit its limit and as a result is the
107 * primary target of this reclaim invocation.
109 struct mem_cgroup *target_mem_cgroup;
112 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
113 * are scanned.
115 nodemask_t *nodemask;
118 struct mem_cgroup_zone {
119 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
120 struct zone *zone;
123 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
125 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
126 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
127 do { \
128 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
129 struct page *prev; \
131 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
132 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
134 } while (0)
135 #else
136 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
137 #endif
139 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
140 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
141 do { \
142 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
143 struct page *prev; \
145 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
146 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
148 } while (0)
149 #else
150 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
151 #endif
154 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
156 int vm_swappiness = 60;
157 long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
159 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
160 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
162 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
163 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
165 return !sc->target_mem_cgroup;
168 static bool scanning_global_lru(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
170 return !mz->mem_cgroup;
172 #else
173 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
175 return true;
178 static bool scanning_global_lru(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
180 return true;
182 #endif
184 static struct zone_reclaim_stat *get_reclaim_stat(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
186 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz))
187 return mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat(mz->mem_cgroup, mz->zone);
189 return &mz->zone->reclaim_stat;
192 static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
193 enum lru_list lru)
195 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz))
196 return mem_cgroup_zone_nr_lru_pages(mz->mem_cgroup,
197 zone_to_nid(mz->zone),
198 zone_idx(mz->zone),
199 BIT(lru));
201 return zone_page_state(mz->zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru);
206 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
208 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
210 atomic_long_set(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
211 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
212 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
213 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
215 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
218 * Remove one
220 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
222 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
223 list_del(&shrinker->list);
224 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
226 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
228 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker *shrinker,
229 struct shrink_control *sc,
230 unsigned long nr_to_scan)
232 sc->nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
233 return (*shrinker->shrink)(shrinker, sc);
236 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
238 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
240 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
241 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
242 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
243 * generated by these structures.
245 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
246 * slab to avoid swapping.
248 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
250 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
251 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
252 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
254 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
256 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
257 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned,
258 unsigned long lru_pages)
260 struct shrinker *shrinker;
261 unsigned long ret = 0;
263 if (nr_pages_scanned == 0)
264 nr_pages_scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
266 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
267 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
268 ret = 1;
269 goto out;
272 list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
273 unsigned long long delta;
274 long total_scan;
275 long max_pass;
276 int shrink_ret = 0;
277 long nr;
278 long new_nr;
279 long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
280 : SHRINK_BATCH;
282 max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
283 if (max_pass <= 0)
284 continue;
287 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
288 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
289 * don't also do this scanning work.
291 nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
293 total_scan = nr;
294 delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
295 delta *= max_pass;
296 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
297 total_scan += delta;
298 if (total_scan < 0) {
299 printk(KERN_ERR "shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
300 "delete nr=%ld\n",
301 shrinker->shrink, total_scan);
302 total_scan = max_pass;
306 * We need to avoid excessive windup on filesystem shrinkers
307 * due to large numbers of GFP_NOFS allocations causing the
308 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
309 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
310 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
311 * max_pass. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
312 * memory.
314 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
315 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
317 if (delta < max_pass / 4)
318 total_scan = min(total_scan, max_pass / 2);
321 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
322 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
323 * freeable entries.
325 if (total_scan > max_pass * 2)
326 total_scan = max_pass * 2;
328 trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrink, nr,
329 nr_pages_scanned, lru_pages,
330 max_pass, delta, total_scan);
332 while (total_scan >= batch_size) {
333 int nr_before;
335 nr_before = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
336 shrink_ret = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink,
337 batch_size);
338 if (shrink_ret == -1)
339 break;
340 if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
341 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
342 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, batch_size);
343 total_scan -= batch_size;
345 cond_resched();
349 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
350 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
351 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
353 if (total_scan > 0)
354 new_nr = atomic_long_add_return(total_scan,
355 &shrinker->nr_in_batch);
356 else
357 new_nr = atomic_long_read(&shrinker->nr_in_batch);
359 trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker, shrink_ret, nr, new_nr);
361 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
362 out:
363 cond_resched();
364 return ret;
367 static void set_reclaim_mode(int priority, struct scan_control *sc,
368 bool sync)
370 reclaim_mode_t syncmode = sync ? RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC : RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
373 * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
374 * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
375 * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
377 if (COMPACTION_BUILD)
378 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION;
379 else
380 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM;
383 * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
384 * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
385 * under memory pressure
387 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
388 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
389 else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
390 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
391 else
392 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
395 static void reset_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control *sc)
397 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
400 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
403 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
404 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
405 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
407 return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 2;
410 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
411 struct scan_control *sc)
413 if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
414 return 1;
415 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
416 return 1;
417 if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
418 return 1;
420 /* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
421 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
422 return 1;
423 return 0;
427 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
428 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
429 * fsync(), msync() or close().
431 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
432 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
433 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
435 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
436 * __GFP_FS.
438 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
439 struct page *page, int error)
441 lock_page(page);
442 if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
443 mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
444 unlock_page(page);
447 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
448 typedef enum {
449 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
450 PAGE_KEEP,
451 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
452 PAGE_ACTIVATE,
453 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
454 PAGE_SUCCESS,
455 /* page is clean and locked */
456 PAGE_CLEAN,
457 } pageout_t;
460 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
461 * Calls ->writepage().
463 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
464 struct scan_control *sc)
467 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
468 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
469 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
470 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
471 * PagePrivate for that.
473 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
474 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
475 * will block.
477 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
478 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
479 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
480 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
482 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
483 return PAGE_KEEP;
484 if (!mapping) {
486 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
487 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
489 if (page_has_private(page)) {
490 if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
491 ClearPageDirty(page);
492 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__);
493 return PAGE_CLEAN;
496 return PAGE_KEEP;
498 if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
499 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
500 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc))
501 return PAGE_KEEP;
503 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
504 int res;
505 struct writeback_control wbc = {
506 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
507 .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
508 .range_start = 0,
509 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
510 .for_reclaim = 1,
513 SetPageReclaim(page);
514 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
515 if (res < 0)
516 handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
517 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
518 ClearPageReclaim(page);
519 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
522 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
523 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
524 ClearPageReclaim(page);
526 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page,
527 trace_reclaim_flags(page, sc->reclaim_mode));
528 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);
529 return PAGE_SUCCESS;
532 return PAGE_CLEAN;
536 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
537 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
539 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
541 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
542 BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
544 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
546 * The non racy check for a busy page.
548 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
549 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
550 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
551 * here, then the following race may occur:
553 * get_user_pages(&page);
554 * [user mapping goes away]
555 * write_to(page);
556 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
557 * SetPageDirty(page);
558 * put_page(page);
559 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
561 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
563 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
564 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
565 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
567 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
568 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
570 if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 2))
571 goto cannot_free;
572 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
573 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page))) {
574 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 2);
575 goto cannot_free;
578 if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
579 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
580 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
581 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
582 swapcache_free(swap, page);
583 } else {
584 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
586 freepage = mapping->a_ops->freepage;
588 __delete_from_page_cache(page);
589 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
590 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
592 if (freepage != NULL)
593 freepage(page);
596 return 1;
598 cannot_free:
599 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
600 return 0;
604 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
605 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
606 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
607 * this page.
609 int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
611 if (__remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
613 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
614 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
615 * atomic operation.
617 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 1);
618 return 1;
620 return 0;
624 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
625 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
627 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
628 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
630 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
632 void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
634 int lru;
635 int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page);
636 int was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page);
638 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
640 redo:
641 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
643 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
645 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
646 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
647 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
648 * We know how to handle that.
650 lru = active + page_lru_base_type(page);
651 lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
652 } else {
654 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
655 * list.
657 lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
658 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
660 * When racing with an mlock or AS_UNEVICTABLE clearing
661 * (page is unlocked) make sure that if the other thread
662 * does not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
663 * isolation/check_move_unevictable_pages,
664 * we see PG_mlocked/AS_UNEVICTABLE cleared below and move
665 * the page back to the evictable list.
667 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked() or shmem_lock().
669 smp_mb();
673 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
674 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
675 * check after we added it to the list, again.
677 if (lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE && page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
678 if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
679 put_page(page);
680 goto redo;
682 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
683 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
684 * nothing to do here.
688 if (was_unevictable && lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
689 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
690 else if (!was_unevictable && lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
691 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED);
693 put_page(page); /* drop ref from isolate */
696 enum page_references {
697 PAGEREF_RECLAIM,
698 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN,
699 PAGEREF_KEEP,
700 PAGEREF_ACTIVATE,
703 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
704 struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
705 struct scan_control *sc)
707 int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
708 unsigned long vm_flags;
710 referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags);
711 referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
713 /* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
714 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM)
715 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
718 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
719 * move the page to the unevictable list.
721 if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
722 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
724 if (referenced_ptes) {
725 if (PageAnon(page))
726 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
728 * All mapped pages start out with page table
729 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
730 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
731 * than once.
733 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
734 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
735 * lead to its activation.
737 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
738 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
739 * quickly recovered.
741 SetPageReferenced(page);
743 if (referenced_page || referenced_ptes > 1)
744 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
747 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
749 if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
750 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
752 return PAGEREF_KEEP;
755 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
756 if (referenced_page && !PageSwapBacked(page))
757 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
759 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
763 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
765 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
766 struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
767 struct scan_control *sc,
768 int priority,
769 unsigned long *ret_nr_dirty,
770 unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback)
772 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
773 LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
774 int pgactivate = 0;
775 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
776 unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
777 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
778 unsigned long nr_writeback = 0;
780 cond_resched();
782 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
783 enum page_references references;
784 struct address_space *mapping;
785 struct page *page;
786 int may_enter_fs;
788 cond_resched();
790 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
791 list_del(&page->lru);
793 if (!trylock_page(page))
794 goto keep;
796 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
797 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != mz->zone);
799 sc->nr_scanned++;
801 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL)))
802 goto cull_mlocked;
804 if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page))
805 goto keep_locked;
807 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
808 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
809 sc->nr_scanned++;
811 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
812 (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
814 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
815 nr_writeback++;
817 * Synchronous reclaim cannot queue pages for
818 * writeback due to the possibility of stack overflow
819 * but if it encounters a page under writeback, wait
820 * for the IO to complete.
822 if ((sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC) &&
823 may_enter_fs)
824 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
825 else {
826 unlock_page(page);
827 goto keep_lumpy;
831 references = page_check_references(page, mz, sc);
832 switch (references) {
833 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
834 goto activate_locked;
835 case PAGEREF_KEEP:
836 goto keep_locked;
837 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM:
838 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN:
839 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
843 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
844 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
846 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
847 if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
848 goto keep_locked;
849 if (!add_to_swap(page))
850 goto activate_locked;
851 may_enter_fs = 1;
854 mapping = page_mapping(page);
857 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
858 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
860 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
861 switch (try_to_unmap(page, TTU_UNMAP)) {
862 case SWAP_FAIL:
863 goto activate_locked;
864 case SWAP_AGAIN:
865 goto keep_locked;
866 case SWAP_MLOCK:
867 goto cull_mlocked;
868 case SWAP_SUCCESS:
869 ; /* try to free the page below */
873 if (PageDirty(page)) {
874 nr_dirty++;
877 * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
878 * avoid risk of stack overflow but do not writeback
879 * unless under significant pressure.
881 if (page_is_file_cache(page) &&
882 (!current_is_kswapd() || priority >= DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
884 * Immediately reclaim when written back.
885 * Similar in principal to deactivate_page()
886 * except we already have the page isolated
887 * and know it's dirty
889 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE);
890 SetPageReclaim(page);
892 goto keep_locked;
895 if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
896 goto keep_locked;
897 if (!may_enter_fs)
898 goto keep_locked;
899 if (!sc->may_writepage)
900 goto keep_locked;
902 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
903 switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) {
904 case PAGE_KEEP:
905 nr_congested++;
906 goto keep_locked;
907 case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
908 goto activate_locked;
909 case PAGE_SUCCESS:
910 if (PageWriteback(page))
911 goto keep_lumpy;
912 if (PageDirty(page))
913 goto keep;
916 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
917 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
919 if (!trylock_page(page))
920 goto keep;
921 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
922 goto keep_locked;
923 mapping = page_mapping(page);
924 case PAGE_CLEAN:
925 ; /* try to free the page below */
930 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
931 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
932 * the page as well.
934 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
935 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
936 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
937 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
938 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
939 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
940 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
941 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
943 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
944 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
945 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
946 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
947 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
948 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
950 if (page_has_private(page)) {
951 if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
952 goto activate_locked;
953 if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1) {
954 unlock_page(page);
955 if (put_page_testzero(page))
956 goto free_it;
957 else {
959 * rare race with speculative reference.
960 * the speculative reference will free
961 * this page shortly, so we may
962 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
963 * leave it off the LRU).
965 nr_reclaimed++;
966 continue;
971 if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page))
972 goto keep_locked;
975 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
976 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
977 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
978 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
979 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
981 __clear_page_locked(page);
982 free_it:
983 nr_reclaimed++;
986 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
987 * appear not as the counts should be low
989 list_add(&page->lru, &free_pages);
990 continue;
992 cull_mlocked:
993 if (PageSwapCache(page))
994 try_to_free_swap(page);
995 unlock_page(page);
996 putback_lru_page(page);
997 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
998 continue;
1000 activate_locked:
1001 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
1002 if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
1003 try_to_free_swap(page);
1004 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
1005 SetPageActive(page);
1006 pgactivate++;
1007 keep_locked:
1008 unlock_page(page);
1009 keep:
1010 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
1011 keep_lumpy:
1012 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
1013 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
1017 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
1018 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
1019 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
1020 * will encounter the same problem
1022 if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && global_reclaim(sc))
1023 zone_set_flag(mz->zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
1025 free_hot_cold_page_list(&free_pages, 1);
1027 list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
1028 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
1029 *ret_nr_dirty += nr_dirty;
1030 *ret_nr_writeback += nr_writeback;
1031 return nr_reclaimed;
1035 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
1036 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
1037 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
1039 * page: page to consider
1040 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
1042 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
1044 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode, int file)
1046 bool all_lru_mode;
1047 int ret = -EINVAL;
1049 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
1050 if (!PageLRU(page))
1051 return ret;
1053 all_lru_mode = (mode & (ISOLATE_ACTIVE|ISOLATE_INACTIVE)) ==
1054 (ISOLATE_ACTIVE|ISOLATE_INACTIVE);
1057 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
1058 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
1059 * of each.
1061 if (!all_lru_mode && !PageActive(page) != !(mode & ISOLATE_ACTIVE))
1062 return ret;
1064 if (!all_lru_mode && !!page_is_file_cache(page) != file)
1065 return ret;
1068 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
1069 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
1070 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
1072 if (PageUnevictable(page))
1073 return ret;
1075 ret = -EBUSY;
1078 * To minimise LRU disruption, the caller can indicate that it only
1079 * wants to isolate pages it will be able to operate on without
1080 * blocking - clean pages for the most part.
1082 * ISOLATE_CLEAN means that only clean pages should be isolated. This
1083 * is used by reclaim when it is cannot write to backing storage
1085 * ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE is used to indicate that it only wants to pages
1086 * that it is possible to migrate without blocking
1088 if (mode & (ISOLATE_CLEAN|ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE)) {
1089 /* All the caller can do on PageWriteback is block */
1090 if (PageWriteback(page))
1091 return ret;
1093 if (PageDirty(page)) {
1094 struct address_space *mapping;
1096 /* ISOLATE_CLEAN means only clean pages */
1097 if (mode & ISOLATE_CLEAN)
1098 return ret;
1101 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
1102 * ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
1103 * without blocking
1105 mapping = page_mapping(page);
1106 if (mapping && !mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
1107 return ret;
1111 if ((mode & ISOLATE_UNMAPPED) && page_mapped(page))
1112 return ret;
1114 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
1116 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1117 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1118 * page release code relies on it.
1120 ClearPageLRU(page);
1121 ret = 0;
1124 return ret;
1128 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1129 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1130 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1132 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1133 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1135 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1137 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1138 * @mz: The mem_cgroup_zone to pull pages from.
1139 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1140 * @nr_scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1141 * @sc: The scan_control struct for this reclaim session
1142 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1143 * @active: True [1] if isolating active pages
1144 * @file: True [1] if isolating file [!anon] pages
1146 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1148 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1149 struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz, struct list_head *dst,
1150 unsigned long *nr_scanned, struct scan_control *sc,
1151 isolate_mode_t mode, int active, int file)
1153 struct lruvec *lruvec;
1154 struct list_head *src;
1155 unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
1156 unsigned long nr_lumpy_taken = 0;
1157 unsigned long nr_lumpy_dirty = 0;
1158 unsigned long nr_lumpy_failed = 0;
1159 unsigned long scan;
1160 int lru = LRU_BASE;
1162 lruvec = mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(mz->zone, mz->mem_cgroup);
1163 if (active)
1164 lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
1165 if (file)
1166 lru += LRU_FILE;
1167 src = &lruvec->lists[lru];
1169 for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
1170 struct page *page;
1171 unsigned long pfn;
1172 unsigned long end_pfn;
1173 unsigned long page_pfn;
1174 int zone_id;
1176 page = lru_to_page(src);
1177 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
1179 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page));
1181 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode, file)) {
1182 case 0:
1183 mem_cgroup_lru_del(page);
1184 list_move(&page->lru, dst);
1185 nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1186 break;
1188 case -EBUSY:
1189 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1190 list_move(&page->lru, src);
1191 continue;
1193 default:
1194 BUG();
1197 if (!sc->order || !(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM))
1198 continue;
1201 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
1202 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
1203 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
1204 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
1205 * as the mem_map is guaranteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
1206 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
1207 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
1209 zone_id = page_zone_id(page);
1210 page_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
1211 pfn = page_pfn & ~((1 << sc->order) - 1);
1212 end_pfn = pfn + (1 << sc->order);
1213 for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
1214 struct page *cursor_page;
1216 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
1217 if (unlikely(pfn == page_pfn))
1218 continue;
1220 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
1221 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn)))
1222 break;
1224 cursor_page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
1226 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
1227 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
1228 break;
1231 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
1232 * anon page which don't already have a swap slot is
1233 * pointless.
1235 if (nr_swap_pages <= 0 && PageSwapBacked(cursor_page) &&
1236 !PageSwapCache(cursor_page))
1237 break;
1239 if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) {
1240 unsigned int isolated_pages;
1242 mem_cgroup_lru_del(cursor_page);
1243 list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
1244 isolated_pages = hpage_nr_pages(cursor_page);
1245 nr_taken += isolated_pages;
1246 nr_lumpy_taken += isolated_pages;
1247 if (PageDirty(cursor_page))
1248 nr_lumpy_dirty += isolated_pages;
1249 scan++;
1250 pfn += isolated_pages - 1;
1251 } else {
1253 * Check if the page is freed already.
1255 * We can't use page_count() as that
1256 * requires compound_head and we don't
1257 * have a pin on the page here. If a
1258 * page is tail, we may or may not
1259 * have isolated the head, so assume
1260 * it's not free, it'd be tricky to
1261 * track the head status without a
1262 * page pin.
1264 if (!PageTail(cursor_page) &&
1265 !atomic_read(&cursor_page->_count))
1266 continue;
1267 break;
1271 /* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
1272 if (pfn < end_pfn)
1273 nr_lumpy_failed++;
1276 *nr_scanned = scan;
1278 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->order,
1279 nr_to_scan, scan,
1280 nr_taken,
1281 nr_lumpy_taken, nr_lumpy_dirty, nr_lumpy_failed,
1282 mode, file);
1283 return nr_taken;
1287 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1288 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1290 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1291 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1293 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1294 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1296 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1297 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1298 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1299 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1301 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1302 * found will be decremented.
1304 * Restrictions:
1305 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1306 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1307 * without a stable reference).
1308 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1309 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1311 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
1313 int ret = -EBUSY;
1315 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page));
1317 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1318 struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
1320 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1321 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1322 int lru = page_lru(page);
1323 ret = 0;
1324 get_page(page);
1325 ClearPageLRU(page);
1327 del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1329 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1331 return ret;
1335 * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
1337 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
1338 struct scan_control *sc)
1340 unsigned long inactive, isolated;
1342 if (current_is_kswapd())
1343 return 0;
1345 if (!global_reclaim(sc))
1346 return 0;
1348 if (file) {
1349 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1350 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE);
1351 } else {
1352 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1353 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON);
1356 return isolated > inactive;
1359 static noinline_for_stack void
1360 putback_inactive_pages(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1361 struct list_head *page_list)
1363 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(mz);
1364 struct zone *zone = mz->zone;
1365 LIST_HEAD(pages_to_free);
1368 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1370 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
1371 struct page *page = lru_to_page(page_list);
1372 int lru;
1374 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1375 list_del(&page->lru);
1376 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1377 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1378 putback_lru_page(page);
1379 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1380 continue;
1382 SetPageLRU(page);
1383 lru = page_lru(page);
1384 add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1385 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1386 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1387 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1388 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += numpages;
1390 if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
1391 __ClearPageLRU(page);
1392 __ClearPageActive(page);
1393 del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1395 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) {
1396 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1397 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page))(page);
1398 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1399 } else
1400 list_add(&page->lru, &pages_to_free);
1405 * To save our caller's stack, now use input list for pages to free.
1407 list_splice(&pages_to_free, page_list);
1410 static noinline_for_stack void
1411 update_isolated_counts(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1412 struct list_head *page_list,
1413 unsigned long *nr_anon,
1414 unsigned long *nr_file)
1416 struct zone *zone = mz->zone;
1417 unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
1418 unsigned long nr_active = 0;
1419 struct page *page;
1420 int lru;
1423 * Count pages and clear active flags
1425 list_for_each_entry(page, page_list, lru) {
1426 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1427 lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
1428 if (PageActive(page)) {
1429 lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
1430 ClearPageActive(page);
1431 nr_active += numpages;
1433 count[lru] += numpages;
1436 preempt_disable();
1437 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
1439 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
1440 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
1441 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
1442 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
1443 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
1444 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
1445 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
1446 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
1448 *nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
1449 *nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
1451 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, *nr_anon);
1452 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, *nr_file);
1453 preempt_enable();
1457 * Returns true if a direct reclaim should wait on pages under writeback.
1459 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do not reclaim
1460 * everything in the list, try again and wait for writeback IO to complete.
1461 * This will stall high-order allocations noticeably. Only do that when really
1462 * need to free the pages under high memory pressure.
1464 static inline bool should_reclaim_stall(unsigned long nr_taken,
1465 unsigned long nr_freed,
1466 int priority,
1467 struct scan_control *sc)
1469 int lumpy_stall_priority;
1471 /* kswapd should not stall on sync IO */
1472 if (current_is_kswapd())
1473 return false;
1475 /* Only stall on lumpy reclaim */
1476 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE)
1477 return false;
1479 /* If we have reclaimed everything on the isolated list, no stall */
1480 if (nr_freed == nr_taken)
1481 return false;
1484 * For high-order allocations, there are two stall thresholds.
1485 * High-cost allocations stall immediately where as lower
1486 * order allocations such as stacks require the scanning
1487 * priority to be much higher before stalling.
1489 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
1490 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
1491 else
1492 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY / 3;
1494 return priority <= lumpy_stall_priority;
1498 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1499 * of reclaimed pages
1501 static noinline_for_stack unsigned long
1502 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1503 struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
1505 LIST_HEAD(page_list);
1506 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1507 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1508 unsigned long nr_taken;
1509 unsigned long nr_anon;
1510 unsigned long nr_file;
1511 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
1512 unsigned long nr_writeback = 0;
1513 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
1514 struct zone *zone = mz->zone;
1515 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(mz);
1517 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
1518 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1520 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1521 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
1522 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1525 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, false);
1526 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM)
1527 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_ACTIVE;
1529 lru_add_drain();
1531 if (!sc->may_unmap)
1532 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED;
1533 if (!sc->may_writepage)
1534 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_CLEAN;
1536 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1538 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan, mz, &page_list, &nr_scanned,
1539 sc, isolate_mode, 0, file);
1540 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
1541 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1542 if (current_is_kswapd())
1543 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone,
1544 nr_scanned);
1545 else
1546 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone,
1547 nr_scanned);
1549 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1551 if (nr_taken == 0)
1552 return 0;
1554 update_isolated_counts(mz, &page_list, &nr_anon, &nr_file);
1556 nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, mz, sc, priority,
1557 &nr_dirty, &nr_writeback);
1559 /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */
1560 if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) {
1561 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, true);
1562 nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, mz, sc,
1563 priority, &nr_dirty, &nr_writeback);
1566 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1568 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += nr_anon;
1569 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += nr_file;
1571 if (current_is_kswapd())
1572 __count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_reclaimed);
1573 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_reclaimed);
1575 putback_inactive_pages(mz, &page_list);
1577 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, -nr_anon);
1578 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -nr_file);
1580 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1582 free_hot_cold_page_list(&page_list, 1);
1585 * If reclaim is isolating dirty pages under writeback, it implies
1586 * that the long-lived page allocation rate is exceeding the page
1587 * laundering rate. Either the global limits are not being effective
1588 * at throttling processes due to the page distribution throughout
1589 * zones or there is heavy usage of a slow backing device. The
1590 * only option is to throttle from reclaim context which is not ideal
1591 * as there is no guarantee the dirtying process is throttled in the
1592 * same way balance_dirty_pages() manages.
1594 * This scales the number of dirty pages that must be under writeback
1595 * before throttling depending on priority. It is a simple backoff
1596 * function that has the most effect in the range DEF_PRIORITY to
1597 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 which is the priority reclaim is considered to be
1598 * in trouble and reclaim is considered to be in trouble.
1600 * DEF_PRIORITY 100% isolated pages must be PageWriteback to throttle
1601 * DEF_PRIORITY-1 50% must be PageWriteback
1602 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 25% must be PageWriteback, kswapd in trouble
1603 * ...
1604 * DEF_PRIORITY-6 For SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX isolated pages, throttle if any
1605 * isolated page is PageWriteback
1607 if (nr_writeback && nr_writeback >= (nr_taken >> (DEF_PRIORITY-priority)))
1608 wait_iff_congested(zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1610 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id,
1611 zone_idx(zone),
1612 nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed,
1613 priority,
1614 trace_shrink_flags(file, sc->reclaim_mode));
1615 return nr_reclaimed;
1619 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1621 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1622 * processes, from rmap.
1624 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1625 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1626 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1627 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1628 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1629 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1630 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1632 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1633 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1636 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct zone *zone,
1637 struct list_head *list,
1638 struct list_head *pages_to_free,
1639 enum lru_list lru)
1641 unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
1642 struct page *page;
1644 while (!list_empty(list)) {
1645 struct lruvec *lruvec;
1647 page = lru_to_page(list);
1649 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1650 SetPageLRU(page);
1652 lruvec = mem_cgroup_lru_add_list(zone, page, lru);
1653 list_move(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
1654 pgmoved += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1656 if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
1657 __ClearPageLRU(page);
1658 __ClearPageActive(page);
1659 del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1661 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) {
1662 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1663 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page))(page);
1664 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1665 } else
1666 list_add(&page->lru, pages_to_free);
1669 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, pgmoved);
1670 if (!is_active_lru(lru))
1671 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgmoved);
1674 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1675 struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1676 struct scan_control *sc,
1677 int priority, int file)
1679 unsigned long nr_taken;
1680 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1681 unsigned long vm_flags;
1682 LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1683 LIST_HEAD(l_active);
1684 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);
1685 struct page *page;
1686 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(mz);
1687 unsigned long nr_rotated = 0;
1688 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = ISOLATE_ACTIVE;
1689 struct zone *zone = mz->zone;
1691 lru_add_drain();
1693 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
1695 if (!sc->may_unmap)
1696 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED;
1697 if (!sc->may_writepage)
1698 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_CLEAN;
1700 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1702 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan, mz, &l_hold, &nr_scanned, sc,
1703 isolate_mode, 1, file);
1704 if (global_reclaim(sc))
1705 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1707 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_taken;
1709 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, nr_scanned);
1710 if (file)
1711 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE, -nr_taken);
1712 else
1713 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON, -nr_taken);
1714 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, nr_taken);
1715 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1717 while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
1718 cond_resched();
1719 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
1720 list_del(&page->lru);
1722 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1723 putback_lru_page(page);
1724 continue;
1727 if (unlikely(buffer_heads_over_limit)) {
1728 if (page_has_private(page) && trylock_page(page)) {
1729 if (page_has_private(page))
1730 try_to_release_page(page, 0);
1731 unlock_page(page);
1735 if (page_referenced(page, 0, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
1736 nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1738 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1739 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1740 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1741 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1742 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1743 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1744 * so we ignore them here.
1746 if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && page_is_file_cache(page)) {
1747 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
1748 continue;
1752 ClearPageActive(page); /* we are de-activating */
1753 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
1757 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1759 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1761 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1762 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1763 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1764 * get_scan_ratio.
1766 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += nr_rotated;
1768 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_active, &l_hold,
1769 LRU_ACTIVE + file * LRU_FILE);
1770 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_inactive, &l_hold,
1771 LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE);
1772 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
1773 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1775 free_hot_cold_page_list(&l_hold, 1);
1778 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
1779 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1781 unsigned long active, inactive;
1783 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON);
1784 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1786 if (inactive * zone->inactive_ratio < active)
1787 return 1;
1789 return 0;
1793 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1794 * @zone: zone to check
1795 * @sc: scan control of this context
1797 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1798 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1800 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
1803 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1804 * is pointless.
1806 if (!total_swap_pages)
1807 return 0;
1809 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz))
1810 return mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(mz->mem_cgroup,
1811 mz->zone);
1813 return inactive_anon_is_low_global(mz->zone);
1815 #else
1816 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
1818 return 0;
1820 #endif
1822 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1824 unsigned long active, inactive;
1826 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
1827 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1829 return (active > inactive);
1833 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1834 * @mz: memory cgroup and zone to check
1836 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1837 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1838 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1840 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1841 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1843 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1844 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1846 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz)
1848 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz))
1849 return mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(mz->mem_cgroup,
1850 mz->zone);
1852 return inactive_file_is_low_global(mz->zone);
1855 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz, int file)
1857 if (file)
1858 return inactive_file_is_low(mz);
1859 else
1860 return inactive_anon_is_low(mz);
1863 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1864 struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1865 struct scan_control *sc, int priority)
1867 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1869 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1870 if (inactive_list_is_low(mz, file))
1871 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, mz, sc, priority, file);
1872 return 0;
1875 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, mz, sc, priority, file);
1878 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
1879 struct scan_control *sc)
1881 if (global_reclaim(sc))
1882 return vm_swappiness;
1883 return mem_cgroup_swappiness(mz->mem_cgroup);
1887 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1888 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1889 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1890 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1892 * nr[0] = anon pages to scan; nr[1] = file pages to scan
1894 static void get_scan_count(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz, struct scan_control *sc,
1895 unsigned long *nr, int priority)
1897 unsigned long anon, file, free;
1898 unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
1899 unsigned long ap, fp;
1900 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(mz);
1901 u64 fraction[2], denominator;
1902 enum lru_list lru;
1903 int noswap = 0;
1904 bool force_scan = false;
1907 * If the zone or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0. This
1908 * results in no scanning on this priority and a potential
1909 * priority drop. Global direct reclaim can go to the next
1910 * zone and tends to have no problems. Global kswapd is for
1911 * zone balancing and it needs to scan a minimum amount. When
1912 * reclaiming for a memcg, a priority drop can cause high
1913 * latencies, so it's better to scan a minimum amount there as
1914 * well.
1916 if (current_is_kswapd() && mz->zone->all_unreclaimable)
1917 force_scan = true;
1918 if (!global_reclaim(sc))
1919 force_scan = true;
1921 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1922 if (!sc->may_swap || (nr_swap_pages <= 0)) {
1923 noswap = 1;
1924 fraction[0] = 0;
1925 fraction[1] = 1;
1926 denominator = 1;
1927 goto out;
1930 anon = zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
1931 zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
1932 file = zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) +
1933 zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1935 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
1936 free = zone_page_state(mz->zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
1937 /* If we have very few page cache pages,
1938 force-scan anon pages. */
1939 if (unlikely(file + free <= high_wmark_pages(mz->zone))) {
1940 fraction[0] = 1;
1941 fraction[1] = 0;
1942 denominator = 1;
1943 goto out;
1948 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1949 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1951 anon_prio = vmscan_swappiness(mz, sc);
1952 file_prio = 200 - vmscan_swappiness(mz, sc);
1955 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1956 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1957 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1959 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1960 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1961 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1963 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1965 spin_lock_irq(&mz->zone->lru_lock);
1966 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] > anon / 4)) {
1967 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] /= 2;
1968 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] /= 2;
1971 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] > file / 4)) {
1972 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] /= 2;
1973 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] /= 2;
1977 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1978 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1979 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1981 ap = (anon_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] + 1);
1982 ap /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] + 1;
1984 fp = (file_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] + 1);
1985 fp /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] + 1;
1986 spin_unlock_irq(&mz->zone->lru_lock);
1988 fraction[0] = ap;
1989 fraction[1] = fp;
1990 denominator = ap + fp + 1;
1991 out:
1992 for_each_evictable_lru(lru) {
1993 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1994 unsigned long scan;
1996 scan = zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, lru);
1997 if (priority || noswap) {
1998 scan >>= priority;
1999 if (!scan && force_scan)
2000 scan = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
2001 scan = div64_u64(scan * fraction[file], denominator);
2003 nr[lru] = scan;
2008 * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
2009 * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
2010 * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
2011 * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
2012 * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
2014 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
2015 unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
2016 unsigned long nr_scanned,
2017 struct scan_control *sc)
2019 unsigned long pages_for_compaction;
2020 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages;
2022 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
2023 if (!(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION))
2024 return false;
2026 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
2027 if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
2029 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
2030 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
2031 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
2032 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
2034 if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
2035 return false;
2036 } else {
2038 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
2039 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
2040 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
2041 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
2042 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
2043 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
2045 if (!nr_reclaimed)
2046 return false;
2050 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
2051 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
2053 pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
2054 inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
2055 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
2056 inactive_lru_pages += zone_nr_lru_pages(mz, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
2057 if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
2058 inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
2059 return true;
2061 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
2062 switch (compaction_suitable(mz->zone, sc->order)) {
2063 case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
2064 case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
2065 return false;
2066 default:
2067 return true;
2072 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
2074 static void shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(int priority, struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
2075 struct scan_control *sc)
2077 unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
2078 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
2079 enum lru_list lru;
2080 unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
2081 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
2082 struct blk_plug plug;
2084 restart:
2085 nr_reclaimed = 0;
2086 nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
2087 get_scan_count(mz, sc, nr, priority);
2089 blk_start_plug(&plug);
2090 while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
2091 nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
2092 for_each_evictable_lru(lru) {
2093 if (nr[lru]) {
2094 nr_to_scan = min_t(unsigned long,
2095 nr[lru], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
2096 nr[lru] -= nr_to_scan;
2098 nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(lru, nr_to_scan,
2099 mz, sc, priority);
2103 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
2104 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
2105 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2106 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
2107 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
2108 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
2110 if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim)
2111 nr_to_reclaim = 0;
2112 else
2113 nr_to_reclaim -= nr_reclaimed;
2115 if (!nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
2116 break;
2118 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
2119 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_reclaimed;
2122 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
2123 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
2125 if (inactive_anon_is_low(mz))
2126 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, mz, sc, priority, 0);
2128 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
2129 if (should_continue_reclaim(mz, nr_reclaimed,
2130 sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc))
2131 goto restart;
2133 throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
2136 static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
2137 struct scan_control *sc)
2139 struct mem_cgroup *root = sc->target_mem_cgroup;
2140 struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie reclaim = {
2141 .zone = zone,
2142 .priority = priority,
2144 struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
2146 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(root, NULL, &reclaim);
2147 do {
2148 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz = {
2149 .mem_cgroup = memcg,
2150 .zone = zone,
2153 shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(priority, &mz, sc);
2155 * Limit reclaim has historically picked one memcg and
2156 * scanned it with decreasing priority levels until
2157 * nr_to_reclaim had been reclaimed. This priority
2158 * cycle is thus over after a single memcg.
2160 * Direct reclaim and kswapd, on the other hand, have
2161 * to scan all memory cgroups to fulfill the overall
2162 * scan target for the zone.
2164 if (!global_reclaim(sc)) {
2165 mem_cgroup_iter_break(root, memcg);
2166 break;
2168 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(root, memcg, &reclaim);
2169 } while (memcg);
2172 /* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */
2173 static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
2175 unsigned long balance_gap, watermark;
2176 bool watermark_ok;
2178 /* Do not consider compaction for orders reclaim is meant to satisfy */
2179 if (sc->order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
2180 return false;
2183 * Compaction takes time to run and there are potentially other
2184 * callers using the pages just freed. Continue reclaiming until
2185 * there is a buffer of free pages available to give compaction
2186 * a reasonable chance of completing and allocating the page
2188 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2189 (zone->present_pages + KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2190 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2191 watermark = high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap + (2UL << sc->order);
2192 watermark_ok = zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0);
2195 * If compaction is deferred, reclaim up to a point where
2196 * compaction will have a chance of success when re-enabled
2198 if (compaction_deferred(zone, sc->order))
2199 return watermark_ok;
2201 /* If compaction is not ready to start, keep reclaiming */
2202 if (!compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order))
2203 return false;
2205 return watermark_ok;
2209 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
2210 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
2211 * request.
2213 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
2214 * Because:
2215 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
2216 * allocation or
2217 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
2218 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
2219 * zone defense algorithm.
2221 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
2222 * scan then give up on it.
2224 * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
2225 * high-order allocation and compaction is ready to begin. This indicates to
2226 * the caller that it should consider retrying the allocation instead of
2227 * further reclaim.
2229 static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
2230 struct scan_control *sc)
2232 struct zoneref *z;
2233 struct zone *zone;
2234 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2235 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2236 bool aborted_reclaim = false;
2239 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
2240 * allowed level, force direct reclaim to scan the highmem zone as
2241 * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads
2243 if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
2244 sc->gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
2246 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2247 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2248 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2249 continue;
2251 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2252 * to global LRU.
2254 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
2255 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2256 continue;
2257 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2258 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2259 if (COMPACTION_BUILD) {
2261 * If we already have plenty of memory free for
2262 * compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
2263 * Even though compaction is invoked for any
2264 * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
2265 * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
2266 * noticeable problem, like transparent huge
2267 * page allocations.
2269 if (compaction_ready(zone, sc)) {
2270 aborted_reclaim = true;
2271 continue;
2275 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2276 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2277 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2278 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2280 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2281 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2282 sc->order, sc->gfp_mask,
2283 &nr_soft_scanned);
2284 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2285 sc->nr_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
2286 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2289 shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
2292 return aborted_reclaim;
2295 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
2297 return zone->pages_scanned < zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) * 6;
2300 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2301 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2302 struct scan_control *sc)
2304 struct zoneref *z;
2305 struct zone *zone;
2307 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2308 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2309 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2310 continue;
2311 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2312 continue;
2313 if (!zone->all_unreclaimable)
2314 return false;
2317 return true;
2321 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2323 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2324 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2326 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2327 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2328 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2329 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2330 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2331 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2333 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2334 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2336 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2337 struct scan_control *sc,
2338 struct shrink_control *shrink)
2340 int priority;
2341 unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
2342 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2343 struct zoneref *z;
2344 struct zone *zone;
2345 unsigned long writeback_threshold;
2346 bool aborted_reclaim;
2348 delayacct_freepages_start();
2350 if (global_reclaim(sc))
2351 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
2353 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2354 sc->nr_scanned = 0;
2355 if (!priority)
2356 disable_swap_token(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
2357 aborted_reclaim = shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
2360 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2361 * over limit cgroups
2363 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
2364 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2365 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist,
2366 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask)) {
2367 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2368 continue;
2370 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2373 shrink_slab(shrink, sc->nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2374 if (reclaim_state) {
2375 sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2376 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2379 total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
2380 if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
2381 goto out;
2384 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2385 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2386 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2387 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2388 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2390 writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
2391 if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
2392 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned,
2393 WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES);
2394 sc->may_writepage = 1;
2397 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2398 if (!sc->hibernation_mode && sc->nr_scanned &&
2399 priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) {
2400 struct zone *preferred_zone;
2402 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask),
2403 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
2404 &preferred_zone);
2405 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2409 out:
2410 delayacct_freepages_end();
2412 if (sc->nr_reclaimed)
2413 return sc->nr_reclaimed;
2416 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2417 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2418 * check.
2420 if (oom_killer_disabled)
2421 return 0;
2423 /* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
2424 if (aborted_reclaim)
2425 return 1;
2427 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2428 if (global_reclaim(sc) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist, sc))
2429 return 1;
2431 return 0;
2434 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
2435 gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
2437 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2438 struct scan_control sc = {
2439 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
2440 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2441 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2442 .may_unmap = 1,
2443 .may_swap = 1,
2444 .order = order,
2445 .target_mem_cgroup = NULL,
2446 .nodemask = nodemask,
2448 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2449 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2452 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order,
2453 sc.may_writepage,
2454 gfp_mask);
2456 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2458 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2460 return nr_reclaimed;
2463 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
2465 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
2466 gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap,
2467 struct zone *zone,
2468 unsigned long *nr_scanned)
2470 struct scan_control sc = {
2471 .nr_scanned = 0,
2472 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2473 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2474 .may_unmap = 1,
2475 .may_swap = !noswap,
2476 .order = 0,
2477 .target_mem_cgroup = memcg,
2479 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz = {
2480 .mem_cgroup = memcg,
2481 .zone = zone,
2484 sc.gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2485 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
2487 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(0,
2488 sc.may_writepage,
2489 sc.gfp_mask);
2492 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2493 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2494 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2495 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2496 * the priority and make it zero.
2498 shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(0, &mz, &sc);
2500 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc.nr_reclaimed);
2502 *nr_scanned = sc.nr_scanned;
2503 return sc.nr_reclaimed;
2506 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
2507 gfp_t gfp_mask,
2508 bool noswap)
2510 struct zonelist *zonelist;
2511 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2512 int nid;
2513 struct scan_control sc = {
2514 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2515 .may_unmap = 1,
2516 .may_swap = !noswap,
2517 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2518 .order = 0,
2519 .target_mem_cgroup = memcg,
2520 .nodemask = NULL, /* we don't care the placement */
2521 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2522 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK),
2524 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2525 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2529 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2530 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2531 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2533 nid = mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(memcg);
2535 zonelist = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zonelists;
2537 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2538 sc.may_writepage,
2539 sc.gfp_mask);
2541 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2543 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2545 return nr_reclaimed;
2547 #endif
2549 static void age_active_anon(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
2550 int priority)
2552 struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
2554 if (!total_swap_pages)
2555 return;
2557 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
2558 do {
2559 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz = {
2560 .mem_cgroup = memcg,
2561 .zone = zone,
2564 if (inactive_anon_is_low(&mz))
2565 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, &mz,
2566 sc, priority, 0);
2568 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL);
2569 } while (memcg);
2573 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2574 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2575 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2576 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2577 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2578 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2579 * The choice of 25% is due to
2580 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2581 * reasonable sized machine
2582 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2583 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2584 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2585 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2586 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2588 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long balanced_pages,
2589 int classzone_idx)
2591 unsigned long present_pages = 0;
2592 int i;
2594 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++)
2595 present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[i].present_pages;
2597 /* A special case here: if zone has no page, we think it's balanced */
2598 return balanced_pages >= (present_pages >> 2);
2601 /* is kswapd sleeping prematurely? */
2602 static bool sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, long remaining,
2603 int classzone_idx)
2605 int i;
2606 unsigned long balanced = 0;
2607 bool all_zones_ok = true;
2609 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2610 if (remaining)
2611 return true;
2613 /* Check the watermark levels */
2614 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++) {
2615 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2617 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2618 continue;
2621 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2622 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2623 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2624 * is to sleep
2626 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2627 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2628 continue;
2631 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, high_wmark_pages(zone),
2632 i, 0))
2633 all_zones_ok = false;
2634 else
2635 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2639 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2640 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2641 * must be balanced
2643 if (order)
2644 return !pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, classzone_idx);
2645 else
2646 return !all_zones_ok;
2650 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2651 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2653 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2655 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2656 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2657 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2658 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2659 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2660 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2661 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2663 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2664 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2665 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2666 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2667 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2668 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2670 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
2671 int *classzone_idx)
2673 int all_zones_ok;
2674 unsigned long balanced;
2675 int priority;
2676 int i;
2677 int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2678 unsigned long total_scanned;
2679 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2680 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2681 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2682 struct scan_control sc = {
2683 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
2684 .may_unmap = 1,
2685 .may_swap = 1,
2687 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2688 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2690 .nr_to_reclaim = ULONG_MAX,
2691 .order = order,
2692 .target_mem_cgroup = NULL,
2694 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2695 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2697 loop_again:
2698 total_scanned = 0;
2699 sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
2700 sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
2701 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
2703 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2704 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2705 int has_under_min_watermark_zone = 0;
2707 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
2708 if (!priority)
2709 disable_swap_token(NULL);
2711 all_zones_ok = 1;
2712 balanced = 0;
2715 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2716 * zone which needs scanning
2718 for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
2719 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2721 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2722 continue;
2724 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2725 continue;
2728 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2729 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2731 age_active_anon(zone, &sc, priority);
2734 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine
2735 * exceeds the maximum allowed level and this node
2736 * has a highmem zone, force kswapd to reclaim from
2737 * it to relieve lowmem pressure.
2739 if (buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) {
2740 end_zone = i;
2741 break;
2744 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2745 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2746 end_zone = i;
2747 break;
2748 } else {
2749 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2750 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2753 if (i < 0)
2754 goto out;
2756 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2757 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2759 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2763 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2764 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2766 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2767 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2768 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2769 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2771 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2772 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2773 int nr_slab, testorder;
2774 unsigned long balance_gap;
2776 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2777 continue;
2779 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2780 continue;
2782 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
2784 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2786 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2788 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2789 order, sc.gfp_mask,
2790 &nr_soft_scanned);
2791 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2792 total_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
2795 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2796 * one zone has way too many pages free
2797 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2798 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2799 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2800 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2802 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2803 (zone->present_pages +
2804 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2805 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2807 * Kswapd reclaims only single pages with compaction
2808 * enabled. Trying too hard to reclaim until contiguous
2809 * free pages have become available can hurt performance
2810 * by evicting too much useful data from memory.
2811 * Do not reclaim more than needed for compaction.
2813 testorder = order;
2814 if (COMPACTION_BUILD && order &&
2815 compaction_suitable(zone, order) !=
2816 COMPACT_SKIPPED)
2817 testorder = 0;
2819 if ((buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) ||
2820 !zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, testorder,
2821 high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap,
2822 end_zone, 0)) {
2823 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
2825 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2826 nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2827 sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2828 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
2830 if (nr_slab == 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone))
2831 zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
2835 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2836 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2837 * even in laptop mode
2839 if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
2840 total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
2841 sc.may_writepage = 1;
2843 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2844 if (end_zone && end_zone == i)
2845 end_zone--;
2846 continue;
2849 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, testorder,
2850 high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
2851 all_zones_ok = 0;
2853 * We are still under min water mark. This
2854 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2855 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2857 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2858 min_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0))
2859 has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
2860 } else {
2862 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2863 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2864 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2865 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2866 * spectulatively avoid congestion waits
2868 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2869 if (i <= *classzone_idx)
2870 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2874 if (all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))
2875 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2877 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2878 * another pass across the zones.
2880 if (total_scanned && (priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
2881 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone)
2882 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT);
2883 else
2884 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2888 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2889 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2890 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2891 * on zone->*_priority.
2893 if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2894 break;
2896 out:
2899 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2900 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2901 * for the node to be balanced
2903 if (!(all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))) {
2904 cond_resched();
2906 try_to_freeze();
2909 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2910 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2911 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2912 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2913 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2914 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2915 * infinite loop.
2917 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2918 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2919 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2920 * reclaim if they wish.
2922 if (sc.nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2923 order = sc.order = 0;
2925 goto loop_again;
2929 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2930 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2931 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2932 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2933 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2934 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2936 if (order) {
2937 int zones_need_compaction = 1;
2939 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2940 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2942 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2943 continue;
2945 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2946 continue;
2948 /* Would compaction fail due to lack of free memory? */
2949 if (compaction_suitable(zone, order) == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
2950 goto loop_again;
2952 /* Confirm the zone is balanced for order-0 */
2953 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0,
2954 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2955 order = sc.order = 0;
2956 goto loop_again;
2959 /* Check if the memory needs to be defragmented. */
2960 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
2961 low_wmark_pages(zone), *classzone_idx, 0))
2962 zones_need_compaction = 0;
2964 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2965 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2968 if (zones_need_compaction)
2969 compact_pgdat(pgdat, order);
2973 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so sleeping_prematurely()
2974 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2975 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2976 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2978 *classzone_idx = end_zone;
2979 return order;
2982 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
2984 long remaining = 0;
2985 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
2987 if (freezing(current) || kthread_should_stop())
2988 return;
2990 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2992 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2993 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2994 remaining = schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
2995 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2996 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
3000 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
3001 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
3003 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
3004 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat->node_id);
3007 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
3008 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
3009 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
3010 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
3011 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
3012 * them before going back to sleep.
3014 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_normal_threshold);
3015 schedule();
3016 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_pressure_threshold);
3017 } else {
3018 if (remaining)
3019 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
3020 else
3021 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
3023 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
3027 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
3028 * from the init process.
3030 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
3031 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
3032 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
3033 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
3034 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
3036 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
3037 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
3039 static int kswapd(void *p)
3041 unsigned long order, new_order;
3042 unsigned balanced_order;
3043 int classzone_idx, new_classzone_idx;
3044 int balanced_classzone_idx;
3045 pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
3046 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
3048 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
3049 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
3051 const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
3053 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL);
3055 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask))
3056 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask);
3057 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3060 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
3061 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
3062 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
3063 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
3065 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
3066 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
3067 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
3068 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
3069 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
3071 tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
3072 set_freezable();
3074 order = new_order = 0;
3075 balanced_order = 0;
3076 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3077 balanced_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3078 for ( ; ; ) {
3079 int ret;
3082 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
3083 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
3084 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
3086 if (balanced_classzone_idx >= new_classzone_idx &&
3087 balanced_order == new_order) {
3088 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
3089 new_classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
3090 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
3091 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3094 if (order < new_order || classzone_idx > new_classzone_idx) {
3096 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
3097 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
3099 order = new_order;
3100 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx;
3101 } else {
3102 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat, balanced_order,
3103 balanced_classzone_idx);
3104 order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
3105 classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
3106 new_order = order;
3107 new_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3108 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
3109 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3112 ret = try_to_freeze();
3113 if (kthread_should_stop())
3114 break;
3117 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
3118 * after returning from the refrigerator
3120 if (!ret) {
3121 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat->node_id, order);
3122 balanced_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3123 balanced_order = balance_pgdat(pgdat, order,
3124 &balanced_classzone_idx);
3127 return 0;
3131 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
3133 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
3135 pg_data_t *pgdat;
3137 if (!populated_zone(zone))
3138 return;
3140 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
3141 return;
3142 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
3143 if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order) {
3144 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
3145 pgdat->classzone_idx = min(pgdat->classzone_idx, classzone_idx);
3147 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
3148 return;
3149 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0))
3150 return;
3152 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, zone_idx(zone), order);
3153 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
3157 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
3158 * The less reclaimable pages may be
3159 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
3160 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
3161 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
3163 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
3165 int nr;
3167 nr = global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
3168 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
3170 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
3171 nr += global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
3172 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
3174 return nr;
3177 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
3179 int nr;
3181 nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
3182 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
3184 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
3185 nr += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
3186 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
3188 return nr;
3191 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
3193 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
3194 * freed pages.
3196 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
3197 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
3198 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
3200 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
3202 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
3203 struct scan_control sc = {
3204 .gfp_mask = GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE,
3205 .may_swap = 1,
3206 .may_unmap = 1,
3207 .may_writepage = 1,
3208 .nr_to_reclaim = nr_to_reclaim,
3209 .hibernation_mode = 1,
3210 .order = 0,
3212 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3213 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3215 struct zonelist *zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc.gfp_mask);
3216 struct task_struct *p = current;
3217 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
3219 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
3220 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc.gfp_mask);
3221 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3222 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3224 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
3226 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3227 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3228 p->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
3230 return nr_reclaimed;
3232 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
3234 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
3235 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
3236 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
3237 restore their cpu bindings. */
3238 static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
3239 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
3241 int nid;
3243 if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) {
3244 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
3245 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
3246 const struct cpumask *mask;
3248 mask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
3250 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, mask) < nr_cpu_ids)
3251 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
3252 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
3255 return NOTIFY_OK;
3259 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
3260 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
3262 int kswapd_run(int nid)
3264 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
3265 int ret = 0;
3267 if (pgdat->kswapd)
3268 return 0;
3270 pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
3271 if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
3272 /* failure at boot is fatal */
3273 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
3274 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
3275 ret = -1;
3277 return ret;
3281 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined.
3283 void kswapd_stop(int nid)
3285 struct task_struct *kswapd = NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd;
3287 if (kswapd)
3288 kthread_stop(kswapd);
3291 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
3293 int nid;
3295 swap_setup();
3296 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
3297 kswapd_run(nid);
3298 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
3299 return 0;
3302 module_init(kswapd_init)
3304 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
3306 * Zone reclaim mode
3308 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
3309 * the watermarks.
3311 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
3313 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
3314 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
3315 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
3316 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
3319 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
3320 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
3321 * a zone.
3323 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
3326 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
3327 * occur.
3329 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
3332 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3333 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3335 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;
3337 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone *zone)
3339 unsigned long file_mapped = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
3340 unsigned long file_lru = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE) +
3341 zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
3344 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3345 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3346 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3348 return (file_lru > file_mapped) ? (file_lru - file_mapped) : 0;
3351 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3352 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
3354 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3355 long delta = 0;
3358 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3359 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3360 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3361 * a better estimate
3363 if (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP)
3364 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES);
3365 else
3366 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone);
3368 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3369 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE))
3370 delta += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
3372 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3373 if (unlikely(delta > nr_pagecache_reclaimable))
3374 delta = nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3376 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable - delta;
3380 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3382 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3384 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3385 const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
3386 struct task_struct *p = current;
3387 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
3388 int priority;
3389 struct scan_control sc = {
3390 .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
3391 .may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
3392 .may_swap = 1,
3393 .nr_to_reclaim = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
3394 SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
3395 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
3396 .order = order,
3398 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3399 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3401 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0, nr_slab_pages1;
3403 cond_resched();
3405 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3406 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3407 * and RECLAIM_SWAP.
3409 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
3410 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask);
3411 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3412 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3414 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
3416 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3417 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3419 priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
3420 do {
3421 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
3422 priority--;
3423 } while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
3426 nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3427 if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {
3429 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3430 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3431 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3432 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3433 * pages.
3435 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3436 * take a long time.
3438 for (;;) {
3439 unsigned long lru_pages = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
3441 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3442 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages))
3443 break;
3445 /* Freed enough memory */
3446 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone,
3447 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3448 if (nr_slab_pages1 + nr_pages <= nr_slab_pages0)
3449 break;
3453 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3454 * reclaimed from this zone.
3456 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3457 if (nr_slab_pages1 < nr_slab_pages0)
3458 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_slab_pages0 - nr_slab_pages1;
3461 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3462 current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
3463 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3464 return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
3467 int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3469 int node_id;
3470 int ret;
3473 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3474 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3476 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3477 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3478 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3479 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3480 * unmapped file backed pages.
3482 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages &&
3483 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= zone->min_slab_pages)
3484 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3486 if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
3487 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3490 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3492 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
3493 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3496 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3497 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3498 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3499 * as wide as possible.
3501 node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
3502 if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
3503 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3505 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
3506 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3508 ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
3509 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
3511 if (!ret)
3512 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED);
3514 return ret;
3516 #endif
3519 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3520 * @page: the page to test
3521 * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
3523 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3524 * lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
3525 * fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
3527 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3528 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3529 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3532 int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
3535 if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page)))
3536 return 0;
3538 if (PageMlocked(page) || (vma && is_mlocked_vma(vma, page)))
3539 return 0;
3541 return 1;
3544 #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
3546 * check_move_unevictable_pages - check pages for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3547 * @pages: array of pages to check
3548 * @nr_pages: number of pages to check
3550 * Checks pages for evictability and moves them to the appropriate lru list.
3552 * This function is only used for SysV IPC SHM_UNLOCK.
3554 void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
3556 struct lruvec *lruvec;
3557 struct zone *zone = NULL;
3558 int pgscanned = 0;
3559 int pgrescued = 0;
3560 int i;
3562 for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
3563 struct page *page = pages[i];
3564 struct zone *pagezone;
3566 pgscanned++;
3567 pagezone = page_zone(page);
3568 if (pagezone != zone) {
3569 if (zone)
3570 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3571 zone = pagezone;
3572 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3575 if (!PageLRU(page) || !PageUnevictable(page))
3576 continue;
3578 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
3579 enum lru_list lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
3581 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
3582 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
3583 __dec_zone_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
3584 lruvec = mem_cgroup_lru_move_lists(zone, page,
3585 LRU_UNEVICTABLE, lru);
3586 list_move(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
3587 __inc_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON + lru);
3588 pgrescued++;
3592 if (zone) {
3593 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED, pgrescued);
3594 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pgscanned);
3595 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3598 #endif /* CONFIG_SHMEM */
3600 static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
3602 printk_once(KERN_WARNING
3603 "%s: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
3604 "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
3605 "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n",
3606 current->comm);
3610 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3611 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3613 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages;
3615 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
3616 void __user *buffer,
3617 size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
3619 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3620 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
3621 scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
3622 return 0;
3625 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
3627 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3628 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3631 static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
3632 struct device_attribute *attr,
3633 char *buf)
3635 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3636 return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3639 static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
3640 struct device_attribute *attr,
3641 const char *buf, size_t count)
3643 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3644 return 1;
3648 static DEVICE_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
3649 read_scan_unevictable_node,
3650 write_scan_unevictable_node);
3652 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node)
3654 return device_create_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3657 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node)
3659 device_remove_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3661 #endif