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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/slab.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/pagevec.h>
30 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
31 #include <linux/rmap.h>
32 #include <linux/topology.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/cpuset.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>
41 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
42 #include <asm/div64.h>
44 #include <linux/swapops.h>
46 #include "internal.h"
48 struct scan_control {
49 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
50 unsigned long nr_scanned;
52 /* This context's GFP mask */
53 gfp_t gfp_mask;
55 int may_writepage;
57 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
58 int may_swap;
60 /* This context's SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX. If freeing memory for
61 * suspend, we effectively ignore SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX.
62 * In this context, it doesn't matter that we scan the
63 * whole list at once. */
64 int swap_cluster_max;
66 int swappiness;
68 int all_unreclaimable;
70 int order;
73 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
75 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
76 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
77 do { \
78 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
79 struct page *prev; \
81 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
82 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
83 } \
84 } while (0)
85 #else
86 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
87 #endif
89 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
90 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
91 do { \
92 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
93 struct page *prev; \
95 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
96 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
97 } \
98 } while (0)
99 #else
100 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
101 #endif
104 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
106 int vm_swappiness = 60;
107 long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
109 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
110 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
113 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
115 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
117 shrinker->nr = 0;
118 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
119 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
120 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
122 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
125 * Remove one
127 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
129 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
130 list_del(&shrinker->list);
131 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
133 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
135 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
137 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
139 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
140 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
141 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
142 * generated by these structures.
144 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
145 * slab to avoid swapping.
147 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
149 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
150 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
151 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
153 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
155 unsigned long shrink_slab(unsigned long scanned, gfp_t gfp_mask,
156 unsigned long lru_pages)
158 struct shrinker *shrinker;
159 unsigned long ret = 0;
161 if (scanned == 0)
162 scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
164 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
165 return 1; /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
167 list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
168 unsigned long long delta;
169 unsigned long total_scan;
170 unsigned long max_pass = (*shrinker->shrink)(0, gfp_mask);
172 delta = (4 * scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
173 delta *= max_pass;
174 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
175 shrinker->nr += delta;
176 if (shrinker->nr < 0) {
177 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: nr=%ld\n",
178 __FUNCTION__, shrinker->nr);
179 shrinker->nr = max_pass;
183 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
184 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
185 * freeable entries.
187 if (shrinker->nr > max_pass * 2)
188 shrinker->nr = max_pass * 2;
190 total_scan = shrinker->nr;
191 shrinker->nr = 0;
193 while (total_scan >= SHRINK_BATCH) {
194 long this_scan = SHRINK_BATCH;
195 int shrink_ret;
196 int nr_before;
198 nr_before = (*shrinker->shrink)(0, gfp_mask);
199 shrink_ret = (*shrinker->shrink)(this_scan, gfp_mask);
200 if (shrink_ret == -1)
201 break;
202 if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
203 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
204 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, this_scan);
205 total_scan -= this_scan;
207 cond_resched();
210 shrinker->nr += total_scan;
212 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
213 return ret;
216 /* Called without lock on whether page is mapped, so answer is unstable */
217 static inline int page_mapping_inuse(struct page *page)
219 struct address_space *mapping;
221 /* Page is in somebody's page tables. */
222 if (page_mapped(page))
223 return 1;
225 /* Be more reluctant to reclaim swapcache than pagecache */
226 if (PageSwapCache(page))
227 return 1;
229 mapping = page_mapping(page);
230 if (!mapping)
231 return 0;
233 /* File is mmap'd by somebody? */
234 return mapping_mapped(mapping);
237 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
239 return page_count(page) - !!PagePrivate(page) == 2;
242 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
244 if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
245 return 1;
246 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
247 return 1;
248 if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
249 return 1;
250 return 0;
254 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
255 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
256 * fsync(), msync() or close().
258 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
259 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
260 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
262 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
263 * __GFP_FS.
265 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
266 struct page *page, int error)
268 lock_page(page);
269 if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
270 mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
271 unlock_page(page);
274 /* Request for sync pageout. */
275 enum pageout_io {
276 PAGEOUT_IO_ASYNC,
277 PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC,
280 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
281 typedef enum {
282 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
283 PAGE_KEEP,
284 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
285 PAGE_ACTIVATE,
286 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
287 PAGE_SUCCESS,
288 /* page is clean and locked */
289 PAGE_CLEAN,
290 } pageout_t;
293 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
294 * Calls ->writepage().
296 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
297 enum pageout_io sync_writeback)
300 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
301 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
302 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
303 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
304 * PagePrivate for that.
306 * If this process is currently in generic_file_write() against
307 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
308 * will block.
310 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
311 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
312 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
313 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
314 * See swapfile.c:page_queue_congested().
316 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
317 return PAGE_KEEP;
318 if (!mapping) {
320 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
321 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
323 if (PagePrivate(page)) {
324 if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
325 ClearPageDirty(page);
326 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __FUNCTION__);
327 return PAGE_CLEAN;
330 return PAGE_KEEP;
332 if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
333 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
334 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info))
335 return PAGE_KEEP;
337 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
338 int res;
339 struct writeback_control wbc = {
340 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
341 .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
342 .range_start = 0,
343 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
344 .nonblocking = 1,
345 .for_reclaim = 1,
348 SetPageReclaim(page);
349 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
350 if (res < 0)
351 handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
352 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
353 ClearPageReclaim(page);
354 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
358 * Wait on writeback if requested to. This happens when
359 * direct reclaiming a large contiguous area and the
360 * first attempt to free a range of pages fails.
362 if (PageWriteback(page) && sync_writeback == PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC)
363 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
365 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
366 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
367 ClearPageReclaim(page);
369 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);
370 return PAGE_SUCCESS;
373 return PAGE_CLEAN;
377 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
378 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
379 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
380 * this page.
382 int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
384 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
385 BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
387 write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
389 * The non racy check for a busy page.
391 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
392 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
393 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
394 * here, then the following race may occur:
396 * get_user_pages(&page);
397 * [user mapping goes away]
398 * write_to(page);
399 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
400 * SetPageDirty(page);
401 * put_page(page);
402 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
404 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
406 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
407 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
408 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
410 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
411 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
413 if (unlikely(page_count(page) != 2))
414 goto cannot_free;
415 smp_rmb();
416 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page)))
417 goto cannot_free;
419 if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
420 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
421 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
422 write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
423 swap_free(swap);
424 __put_page(page); /* The pagecache ref */
425 return 1;
428 __remove_from_page_cache(page);
429 write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
430 __put_page(page);
431 return 1;
433 cannot_free:
434 write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
435 return 0;
439 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
441 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
442 struct scan_control *sc,
443 enum pageout_io sync_writeback)
445 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
446 struct pagevec freed_pvec;
447 int pgactivate = 0;
448 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
450 cond_resched();
452 pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
453 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
454 struct address_space *mapping;
455 struct page *page;
456 int may_enter_fs;
457 int referenced;
459 cond_resched();
461 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
462 list_del(&page->lru);
464 if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
465 goto keep;
467 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
469 sc->nr_scanned++;
471 if (!sc->may_swap && page_mapped(page))
472 goto keep_locked;
474 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
475 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
476 sc->nr_scanned++;
478 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
479 (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
481 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
483 * Synchronous reclaim is performed in two passes,
484 * first an asynchronous pass over the list to
485 * start parallel writeback, and a second synchronous
486 * pass to wait for the IO to complete. Wait here
487 * for any page for which writeback has already
488 * started.
490 if (sync_writeback == PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC && may_enter_fs)
491 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
492 else
493 goto keep_locked;
496 referenced = page_referenced(page, 1);
497 /* In active use or really unfreeable? Activate it. */
498 if (sc->order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER &&
499 referenced && page_mapping_inuse(page))
500 goto activate_locked;
502 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
504 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
505 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
507 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page))
508 if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_ATOMIC))
509 goto activate_locked;
510 #endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
512 mapping = page_mapping(page);
515 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
516 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
518 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
519 switch (try_to_unmap(page, 0)) {
520 case SWAP_FAIL:
521 goto activate_locked;
522 case SWAP_AGAIN:
523 goto keep_locked;
524 case SWAP_SUCCESS:
525 ; /* try to free the page below */
529 if (PageDirty(page)) {
530 if (sc->order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER && referenced)
531 goto keep_locked;
532 if (!may_enter_fs)
533 goto keep_locked;
534 if (!sc->may_writepage)
535 goto keep_locked;
537 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
538 switch (pageout(page, mapping, sync_writeback)) {
539 case PAGE_KEEP:
540 goto keep_locked;
541 case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
542 goto activate_locked;
543 case PAGE_SUCCESS:
544 if (PageWriteback(page) || PageDirty(page))
545 goto keep;
547 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
548 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
550 if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
551 goto keep;
552 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
553 goto keep_locked;
554 mapping = page_mapping(page);
555 case PAGE_CLEAN:
556 ; /* try to free the page below */
561 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
562 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
563 * the page as well.
565 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
566 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
567 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
568 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
569 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
570 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
571 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
572 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
574 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
575 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
576 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
577 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
578 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
579 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
581 if (PagePrivate(page)) {
582 if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
583 goto activate_locked;
584 if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1)
585 goto free_it;
588 if (!mapping || !remove_mapping(mapping, page))
589 goto keep_locked;
591 free_it:
592 unlock_page(page);
593 nr_reclaimed++;
594 if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page))
595 __pagevec_release_nonlru(&freed_pvec);
596 continue;
598 activate_locked:
599 SetPageActive(page);
600 pgactivate++;
601 keep_locked:
602 unlock_page(page);
603 keep:
604 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
605 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
607 list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
608 if (pagevec_count(&freed_pvec))
609 __pagevec_release_nonlru(&freed_pvec);
610 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
611 return nr_reclaimed;
614 /* LRU Isolation modes. */
615 #define ISOLATE_INACTIVE 0 /* Isolate inactive pages. */
616 #define ISOLATE_ACTIVE 1 /* Isolate active pages. */
617 #define ISOLATE_BOTH 2 /* Isolate both active and inactive pages. */
620 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
621 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
622 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
624 * page: page to consider
625 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
627 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
629 static int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode)
631 int ret = -EINVAL;
633 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
634 if (!PageLRU(page))
635 return ret;
638 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
639 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
640 * of each.
642 if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && (!PageActive(page) != !mode))
643 return ret;
645 ret = -EBUSY;
646 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
648 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
649 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
650 * page release code relies on it.
652 ClearPageLRU(page);
653 ret = 0;
656 return ret;
660 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
661 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
662 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
664 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
665 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
667 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
669 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
670 * @src: The LRU list to pull pages off.
671 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
672 * @scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
673 * @order: The caller's attempted allocation order
674 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
676 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
678 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
679 struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst,
680 unsigned long *scanned, int order, int mode)
682 unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
683 unsigned long scan;
685 for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
686 struct page *page;
687 unsigned long pfn;
688 unsigned long end_pfn;
689 unsigned long page_pfn;
690 int zone_id;
692 page = lru_to_page(src);
693 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
695 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page));
697 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode)) {
698 case 0:
699 list_move(&page->lru, dst);
700 nr_taken++;
701 break;
703 case -EBUSY:
704 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
705 list_move(&page->lru, src);
706 continue;
708 default:
709 BUG();
712 if (!order)
713 continue;
716 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
717 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
718 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
719 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
720 * as the mem_map is guarenteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
721 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
722 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
724 zone_id = page_zone_id(page);
725 page_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
726 pfn = page_pfn & ~((1 << order) - 1);
727 end_pfn = pfn + (1 << order);
728 for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
729 struct page *cursor_page;
731 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
732 if (unlikely(pfn == page_pfn))
733 continue;
735 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
736 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn)))
737 break;
739 cursor_page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
740 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
741 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
742 continue;
743 switch (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode)) {
744 case 0:
745 list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
746 nr_taken++;
747 scan++;
748 break;
750 case -EBUSY:
751 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
752 list_move(&cursor_page->lru, src);
753 default:
754 break;
759 *scanned = scan;
760 return nr_taken;
764 * clear_active_flags() is a helper for shrink_active_list(), clearing
765 * any active bits from the pages in the list.
767 static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head *page_list)
769 int nr_active = 0;
770 struct page *page;
772 list_for_each_entry(page, page_list, lru)
773 if (PageActive(page)) {
774 ClearPageActive(page);
775 nr_active++;
778 return nr_active;
782 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
783 * of reclaimed pages
785 static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
786 struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
788 LIST_HEAD(page_list);
789 struct pagevec pvec;
790 unsigned long nr_scanned = 0;
791 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
793 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
795 lru_add_drain();
796 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
797 do {
798 struct page *page;
799 unsigned long nr_taken;
800 unsigned long nr_scan;
801 unsigned long nr_freed;
802 unsigned long nr_active;
804 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(sc->swap_cluster_max,
805 &zone->inactive_list,
806 &page_list, &nr_scan, sc->order,
807 (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)?
808 ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE);
809 nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list);
810 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
812 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, -nr_active);
813 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE,
814 -(nr_taken - nr_active));
815 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scan;
816 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
818 nr_scanned += nr_scan;
819 nr_freed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc, PAGEOUT_IO_ASYNC);
822 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do
823 * not reclaim everything in the list, try again and wait
824 * for IO to complete. This will stall high-order allocations
825 * but that should be acceptable to the caller
827 if (nr_freed < nr_taken && !current_is_kswapd() &&
828 sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
829 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
832 * The attempt at page out may have made some
833 * of the pages active, mark them inactive again.
835 nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list);
836 count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
838 nr_freed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc,
839 PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC);
842 nr_reclaimed += nr_freed;
843 local_irq_disable();
844 if (current_is_kswapd()) {
845 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone, nr_scan);
846 __count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_freed);
847 } else
848 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone, nr_scan);
849 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_freed);
851 if (nr_taken == 0)
852 goto done;
854 spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
856 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
858 while (!list_empty(&page_list)) {
859 page = lru_to_page(&page_list);
860 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
861 SetPageLRU(page);
862 list_del(&page->lru);
863 if (PageActive(page))
864 add_page_to_active_list(zone, page);
865 else
866 add_page_to_inactive_list(zone, page);
867 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
868 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
869 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
870 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
873 } while (nr_scanned < max_scan);
874 spin_unlock(&zone->lru_lock);
875 done:
876 local_irq_enable();
877 pagevec_release(&pvec);
878 return nr_reclaimed;
882 * We are about to scan this zone at a certain priority level. If that priority
883 * level is smaller (ie: more urgent) than the previous priority, then note
884 * that priority level within the zone. This is done so that when the next
885 * process comes in to scan this zone, it will immediately start out at this
886 * priority level rather than having to build up its own scanning priority.
887 * Here, this priority affects only the reclaim-mapped threshold.
889 static inline void note_zone_scanning_priority(struct zone *zone, int priority)
891 if (priority < zone->prev_priority)
892 zone->prev_priority = priority;
895 static inline int zone_is_near_oom(struct zone *zone)
897 return zone->pages_scanned >= (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE)
898 + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE))*3;
902 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
904 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
905 * processes, from rmap.
907 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
908 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
909 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
910 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
911 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
912 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
913 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
915 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
916 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
918 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
919 struct scan_control *sc, int priority)
921 unsigned long pgmoved;
922 int pgdeactivate = 0;
923 unsigned long pgscanned;
924 LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
925 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive); /* Pages to go onto the inactive_list */
926 LIST_HEAD(l_active); /* Pages to go onto the active_list */
927 struct page *page;
928 struct pagevec pvec;
929 int reclaim_mapped = 0;
931 if (sc->may_swap) {
932 long mapped_ratio;
933 long distress;
934 long swap_tendency;
935 long imbalance;
937 if (zone_is_near_oom(zone))
938 goto force_reclaim_mapped;
941 * `distress' is a measure of how much trouble we're having
942 * reclaiming pages. 0 -> no problems. 100 -> great trouble.
944 distress = 100 >> min(zone->prev_priority, priority);
947 * The point of this algorithm is to decide when to start
948 * reclaiming mapped memory instead of just pagecache. Work out
949 * how much memory
950 * is mapped.
952 mapped_ratio = ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED) +
953 global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES)) * 100) /
954 vm_total_pages;
957 * Now decide how much we really want to unmap some pages. The
958 * mapped ratio is downgraded - just because there's a lot of
959 * mapped memory doesn't necessarily mean that page reclaim
960 * isn't succeeding.
962 * The distress ratio is important - we don't want to start
963 * going oom.
965 * A 100% value of vm_swappiness overrides this algorithm
966 * altogether.
968 swap_tendency = mapped_ratio / 2 + distress + sc->swappiness;
971 * If there's huge imbalance between active and inactive
972 * (think active 100 times larger than inactive) we should
973 * become more permissive, or the system will take too much
974 * cpu before it start swapping during memory pressure.
975 * Distress is about avoiding early-oom, this is about
976 * making swappiness graceful despite setting it to low
977 * values.
979 * Avoid div by zero with nr_inactive+1, and max resulting
980 * value is vm_total_pages.
982 imbalance = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE);
983 imbalance /= zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE) + 1;
986 * Reduce the effect of imbalance if swappiness is low,
987 * this means for a swappiness very low, the imbalance
988 * must be much higher than 100 for this logic to make
989 * the difference.
991 * Max temporary value is vm_total_pages*100.
993 imbalance *= (vm_swappiness + 1);
994 imbalance /= 100;
997 * If not much of the ram is mapped, makes the imbalance
998 * less relevant, it's high priority we refill the inactive
999 * list with mapped pages only in presence of high ratio of
1000 * mapped pages.
1002 * Max temporary value is vm_total_pages*100.
1004 imbalance *= mapped_ratio;
1005 imbalance /= 100;
1007 /* apply imbalance feedback to swap_tendency */
1008 swap_tendency += imbalance;
1011 * Now use this metric to decide whether to start moving mapped
1012 * memory onto the inactive list.
1014 if (swap_tendency >= 100)
1015 force_reclaim_mapped:
1016 reclaim_mapped = 1;
1019 lru_add_drain();
1020 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1021 pgmoved = isolate_lru_pages(nr_pages, &zone->active_list,
1022 &l_hold, &pgscanned, sc->order, ISOLATE_ACTIVE);
1023 zone->pages_scanned += pgscanned;
1024 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, -pgmoved);
1025 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1027 while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
1028 cond_resched();
1029 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
1030 list_del(&page->lru);
1031 if (page_mapped(page)) {
1032 if (!reclaim_mapped ||
1033 (total_swap_pages == 0 && PageAnon(page)) ||
1034 page_referenced(page, 0)) {
1035 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
1036 continue;
1039 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
1042 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
1043 pgmoved = 0;
1044 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1045 while (!list_empty(&l_inactive)) {
1046 page = lru_to_page(&l_inactive);
1047 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, &l_inactive, flags);
1048 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1049 SetPageLRU(page);
1050 VM_BUG_ON(!PageActive(page));
1051 ClearPageActive(page);
1053 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->inactive_list);
1054 pgmoved++;
1055 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1056 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE, pgmoved);
1057 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1058 pgdeactivate += pgmoved;
1059 pgmoved = 0;
1060 if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
1061 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1062 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1063 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1066 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE, pgmoved);
1067 pgdeactivate += pgmoved;
1068 if (buffer_heads_over_limit) {
1069 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1070 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1071 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1074 pgmoved = 0;
1075 while (!list_empty(&l_active)) {
1076 page = lru_to_page(&l_active);
1077 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, &l_active, flags);
1078 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1079 SetPageLRU(page);
1080 VM_BUG_ON(!PageActive(page));
1081 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->active_list);
1082 pgmoved++;
1083 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1084 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, pgmoved);
1085 pgmoved = 0;
1086 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1087 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1088 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1091 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, pgmoved);
1093 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned);
1094 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgdeactivate);
1095 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1097 pagevec_release(&pvec);
1101 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1103 static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
1104 struct scan_control *sc)
1106 unsigned long nr_active;
1107 unsigned long nr_inactive;
1108 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
1109 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1112 * Add one to `nr_to_scan' just to make sure that the kernel will
1113 * slowly sift through the active list.
1115 zone->nr_scan_active +=
1116 (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE) >> priority) + 1;
1117 nr_active = zone->nr_scan_active;
1118 if (nr_active >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
1119 zone->nr_scan_active = 0;
1120 else
1121 nr_active = 0;
1123 zone->nr_scan_inactive +=
1124 (zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE) >> priority) + 1;
1125 nr_inactive = zone->nr_scan_inactive;
1126 if (nr_inactive >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
1127 zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
1128 else
1129 nr_inactive = 0;
1131 while (nr_active || nr_inactive) {
1132 if (nr_active) {
1133 nr_to_scan = min(nr_active,
1134 (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
1135 nr_active -= nr_to_scan;
1136 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority);
1139 if (nr_inactive) {
1140 nr_to_scan = min(nr_inactive,
1141 (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
1142 nr_inactive -= nr_to_scan;
1143 nr_reclaimed += shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone,
1144 sc);
1148 throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
1149 return nr_reclaimed;
1153 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
1154 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
1155 * request.
1157 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over pages_high. Because:
1158 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
1159 * allocation or
1160 * b) The zones may be over pages_high but they must go *over* pages_high to
1161 * satisfy the `incremental min' zone defense algorithm.
1163 * Returns the number of reclaimed pages.
1165 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
1166 * scan then give up on it.
1168 static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zone **zones,
1169 struct scan_control *sc)
1171 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1172 int i;
1174 sc->all_unreclaimable = 1;
1175 for (i = 0; zones[i] != NULL; i++) {
1176 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1178 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1179 continue;
1181 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
1182 continue;
1184 note_zone_scanning_priority(zone, priority);
1186 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1187 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
1189 sc->all_unreclaimable = 0;
1191 nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
1193 return nr_reclaimed;
1197 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
1199 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
1200 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
1202 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
1203 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
1204 * caller can't do much about. We kick pdflush and take explicit naps in the
1205 * hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the allocating task
1206 * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the
1207 * allocation attempt will fail.
1209 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
1211 int priority;
1212 int ret = 0;
1213 unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
1214 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1215 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
1216 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
1217 int i;
1218 struct scan_control sc = {
1219 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
1220 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
1221 .swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
1222 .may_swap = 1,
1223 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
1224 .order = order,
1227 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
1229 for (i = 0; zones[i] != NULL; i++) {
1230 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1232 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
1233 continue;
1235 lru_pages += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE)
1236 + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE);
1239 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
1240 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
1241 if (!priority)
1242 disable_swap_token();
1243 nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zones, &sc);
1244 shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages);
1245 if (reclaim_state) {
1246 nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
1247 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
1249 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
1250 if (nr_reclaimed >= sc.swap_cluster_max) {
1251 ret = 1;
1252 goto out;
1256 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
1257 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
1258 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
1259 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
1260 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
1262 if (total_scanned > sc.swap_cluster_max +
1263 sc.swap_cluster_max / 2) {
1264 wakeup_pdflush(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
1265 sc.may_writepage = 1;
1268 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
1269 if (sc.nr_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
1270 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
1272 /* top priority shrink_caches still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
1273 if (!sc.all_unreclaimable)
1274 ret = 1;
1275 out:
1277 * Now that we've scanned all the zones at this priority level, note
1278 * that level within the zone so that the next thread which performs
1279 * scanning of this zone will immediately start out at this priority
1280 * level. This affects only the decision whether or not to bring
1281 * mapped pages onto the inactive list.
1283 if (priority < 0)
1284 priority = 0;
1285 for (i = 0; zones[i] != NULL; i++) {
1286 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1288 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
1289 continue;
1291 zone->prev_priority = priority;
1293 return ret;
1297 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
1298 * they are all at pages_high.
1300 * Returns the number of pages which were actually freed.
1302 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
1303 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
1304 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
1305 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
1306 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
1307 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
1308 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
1310 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
1311 * zones which have free_pages > pages_high, but once a zone is found to have
1312 * free_pages <= pages_high, we scan that zone and the lower zones regardless
1313 * of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This interoperates with
1314 * the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging of pages is balanced
1315 * across the zones.
1317 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
1319 int all_zones_ok;
1320 int priority;
1321 int i;
1322 unsigned long total_scanned;
1323 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
1324 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
1325 struct scan_control sc = {
1326 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
1327 .may_swap = 1,
1328 .swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
1329 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
1330 .order = order,
1333 * temp_priority is used to remember the scanning priority at which
1334 * this zone was successfully refilled to free_pages == pages_high.
1336 int temp_priority[MAX_NR_ZONES];
1338 loop_again:
1339 total_scanned = 0;
1340 nr_reclaimed = 0;
1341 sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
1342 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
1344 for (i = 0; i < pgdat->nr_zones; i++)
1345 temp_priority[i] = DEF_PRIORITY;
1347 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
1348 int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
1349 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
1351 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
1352 if (!priority)
1353 disable_swap_token();
1355 all_zones_ok = 1;
1358 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
1359 * zone which needs scanning
1361 for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
1362 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1364 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1365 continue;
1367 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) &&
1368 priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1369 continue;
1371 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, zone->pages_high,
1372 0, 0)) {
1373 end_zone = i;
1374 break;
1377 if (i < 0)
1378 goto out;
1380 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
1381 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1383 lru_pages += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE)
1384 + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE);
1388 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
1389 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
1391 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
1392 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
1393 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
1394 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
1396 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
1397 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1398 int nr_slab;
1400 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1401 continue;
1403 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) &&
1404 priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1405 continue;
1407 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, zone->pages_high,
1408 end_zone, 0))
1409 all_zones_ok = 0;
1410 temp_priority[i] = priority;
1411 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
1412 note_zone_scanning_priority(zone, priority);
1414 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless one
1415 * zone has way too many pages free already.
1417 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, 8*zone->pages_high,
1418 end_zone, 0))
1419 nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
1420 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
1421 nr_slab = shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, GFP_KERNEL,
1422 lru_pages);
1423 nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
1424 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
1425 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone))
1426 continue;
1427 if (nr_slab == 0 && zone->pages_scanned >=
1428 (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE)
1429 + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE)) * 6)
1430 zone_set_flag(zone,
1431 ZONE_ALL_UNRECLAIMABLE);
1433 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
1434 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
1435 * even in laptop mode
1437 if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
1438 total_scanned > nr_reclaimed + nr_reclaimed / 2)
1439 sc.may_writepage = 1;
1441 if (all_zones_ok)
1442 break; /* kswapd: all done */
1444 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
1445 * another pass across the zones.
1447 if (total_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
1448 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
1451 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
1452 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
1453 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
1454 * on zone->*_priority.
1456 if (nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
1457 break;
1459 out:
1461 * Note within each zone the priority level at which this zone was
1462 * brought into a happy state. So that the next thread which scans this
1463 * zone will start out at that priority level.
1465 for (i = 0; i < pgdat->nr_zones; i++) {
1466 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1468 zone->prev_priority = temp_priority[i];
1470 if (!all_zones_ok) {
1471 cond_resched();
1473 try_to_freeze();
1475 goto loop_again;
1478 return nr_reclaimed;
1482 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
1483 * from the init process.
1485 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
1486 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
1487 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
1488 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
1489 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
1491 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
1492 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
1494 static int kswapd(void *p)
1496 unsigned long order;
1497 pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
1498 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1499 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
1500 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
1501 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
1503 cpumask_t cpumask;
1505 cpumask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id);
1506 if (!cpus_empty(cpumask))
1507 set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cpumask);
1508 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
1511 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
1512 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
1513 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
1514 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
1516 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
1517 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
1518 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
1519 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
1520 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
1522 tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
1523 set_freezable();
1525 order = 0;
1526 for ( ; ; ) {
1527 unsigned long new_order;
1529 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
1530 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
1531 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
1532 if (order < new_order) {
1534 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
1535 * allocation
1537 order = new_order;
1538 } else {
1539 if (!freezing(current))
1540 schedule();
1542 order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
1544 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
1546 if (!try_to_freeze()) {
1547 /* We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call
1548 * balance_pgdat after returning from the refrigerator
1550 balance_pgdat(pgdat, order);
1553 return 0;
1557 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
1559 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order)
1561 pg_data_t *pgdat;
1563 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1564 return;
1566 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
1567 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, zone->pages_low, 0, 0))
1568 return;
1569 if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order)
1570 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
1571 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
1572 return;
1573 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
1574 return;
1575 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
1578 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
1580 * Helper function for shrink_all_memory(). Tries to reclaim 'nr_pages' pages
1581 * from LRU lists system-wide, for given pass and priority, and returns the
1582 * number of reclaimed pages
1584 * For pass > 3 we also try to shrink the LRU lists that contain a few pages
1586 static unsigned long shrink_all_zones(unsigned long nr_pages, int prio,
1587 int pass, struct scan_control *sc)
1589 struct zone *zone;
1590 unsigned long nr_to_scan, ret = 0;
1592 for_each_zone(zone) {
1594 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1595 continue;
1597 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) && prio != DEF_PRIORITY)
1598 continue;
1600 /* For pass = 0 we don't shrink the active list */
1601 if (pass > 0) {
1602 zone->nr_scan_active +=
1603 (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE) >> prio) + 1;
1604 if (zone->nr_scan_active >= nr_pages || pass > 3) {
1605 zone->nr_scan_active = 0;
1606 nr_to_scan = min(nr_pages,
1607 zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE));
1608 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, prio);
1612 zone->nr_scan_inactive +=
1613 (zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE) >> prio) + 1;
1614 if (zone->nr_scan_inactive >= nr_pages || pass > 3) {
1615 zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
1616 nr_to_scan = min(nr_pages,
1617 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE));
1618 ret += shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc);
1619 if (ret >= nr_pages)
1620 return ret;
1624 return ret;
1627 static unsigned long count_lru_pages(void)
1629 return global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE) + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE);
1633 * Try to free `nr_pages' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
1634 * freed pages.
1636 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
1637 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
1638 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
1640 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages)
1642 unsigned long lru_pages, nr_slab;
1643 unsigned long ret = 0;
1644 int pass;
1645 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
1646 struct scan_control sc = {
1647 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
1648 .may_swap = 0,
1649 .swap_cluster_max = nr_pages,
1650 .may_writepage = 1,
1651 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
1654 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
1656 lru_pages = count_lru_pages();
1657 nr_slab = global_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
1658 /* If slab caches are huge, it's better to hit them first */
1659 while (nr_slab >= lru_pages) {
1660 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
1661 shrink_slab(nr_pages, sc.gfp_mask, lru_pages);
1662 if (!reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab)
1663 break;
1665 ret += reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
1666 if (ret >= nr_pages)
1667 goto out;
1669 nr_slab -= reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
1673 * We try to shrink LRUs in 5 passes:
1674 * 0 = Reclaim from inactive_list only
1675 * 1 = Reclaim from active list but don't reclaim mapped
1676 * 2 = 2nd pass of type 1
1677 * 3 = Reclaim mapped (normal reclaim)
1678 * 4 = 2nd pass of type 3
1680 for (pass = 0; pass < 5; pass++) {
1681 int prio;
1683 /* Force reclaiming mapped pages in the passes #3 and #4 */
1684 if (pass > 2) {
1685 sc.may_swap = 1;
1686 sc.swappiness = 100;
1689 for (prio = DEF_PRIORITY; prio >= 0; prio--) {
1690 unsigned long nr_to_scan = nr_pages - ret;
1692 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
1693 ret += shrink_all_zones(nr_to_scan, prio, pass, &sc);
1694 if (ret >= nr_pages)
1695 goto out;
1697 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
1698 shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, sc.gfp_mask,
1699 count_lru_pages());
1700 ret += reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
1701 if (ret >= nr_pages)
1702 goto out;
1704 if (sc.nr_scanned && prio < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
1705 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ / 10);
1710 * If ret = 0, we could not shrink LRUs, but there may be something
1711 * in slab caches
1713 if (!ret) {
1714 do {
1715 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
1716 shrink_slab(nr_pages, sc.gfp_mask, count_lru_pages());
1717 ret += reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
1718 } while (ret < nr_pages && reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab > 0);
1721 out:
1722 current->reclaim_state = NULL;
1724 return ret;
1726 #endif
1728 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
1729 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
1730 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
1731 restore their cpu bindings. */
1732 static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
1733 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
1735 pg_data_t *pgdat;
1736 cpumask_t mask;
1737 int nid;
1739 if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) {
1740 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
1741 pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
1742 mask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id);
1743 if (any_online_cpu(mask) != NR_CPUS)
1744 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
1745 set_cpus_allowed(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
1748 return NOTIFY_OK;
1752 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
1753 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
1755 int kswapd_run(int nid)
1757 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
1758 int ret = 0;
1760 if (pgdat->kswapd)
1761 return 0;
1763 pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
1764 if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
1765 /* failure at boot is fatal */
1766 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
1767 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
1768 ret = -1;
1770 return ret;
1773 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
1775 int nid;
1777 swap_setup();
1778 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
1779 kswapd_run(nid);
1780 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
1781 return 0;
1784 module_init(kswapd_init)
1786 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
1788 * Zone reclaim mode
1790 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
1791 * the watermarks.
1793 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
1795 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
1796 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_cache on the zone */
1797 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
1798 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
1801 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
1802 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
1803 * a zone.
1805 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
1808 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
1809 * occur.
1811 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
1814 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
1815 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
1817 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;
1820 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
1822 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
1824 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
1825 const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
1826 struct task_struct *p = current;
1827 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
1828 int priority;
1829 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1830 struct scan_control sc = {
1831 .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
1832 .may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
1833 .swap_cluster_max = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
1834 SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
1835 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
1836 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
1838 unsigned long slab_reclaimable;
1840 disable_swap_token();
1841 cond_resched();
1843 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
1844 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
1845 * and RECLAIM_SWAP.
1847 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
1848 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
1849 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
1851 if (zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES) -
1852 zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED) >
1853 zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
1855 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
1856 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
1858 priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
1859 do {
1860 note_zone_scanning_priority(zone, priority);
1861 nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
1862 priority--;
1863 } while (priority >= 0 && nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
1866 slab_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
1867 if (slab_reclaimable > zone->min_slab_pages) {
1869 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
1870 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
1871 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
1872 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
1873 * pages.
1875 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
1876 * take a long time.
1878 while (shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, order) &&
1879 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) >
1880 slab_reclaimable - nr_pages)
1884 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
1885 * reclaimed from this zone.
1887 nr_reclaimed += slab_reclaimable -
1888 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
1891 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
1892 current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
1893 return nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
1896 int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
1898 int node_id;
1899 int ret;
1902 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
1903 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
1905 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
1906 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
1907 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
1908 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
1909 * unmapped file backed pages.
1911 if (zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES) -
1912 zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages
1913 && zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE)
1914 <= zone->min_slab_pages)
1915 return 0;
1917 if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone))
1918 return 0;
1921 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
1923 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
1924 return 0;
1927 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
1928 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
1929 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
1930 * as wide as possible.
1932 node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
1933 if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
1934 return 0;
1936 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
1937 return 0;
1938 ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
1939 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
1941 return ret;
1943 #endif