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.
11 * Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
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/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/compaction.h>
36 #include <linux/notifier.h>
37 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
38 #include <linux/delay.h>
39 #include <linux/kthread.h>
40 #include <linux/freezer.h>
41 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
42 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
43 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
44 #include <linux/oom.h>
45 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
47 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
48 #include <asm/div64.h>
50 #include <linux/swapops.h>
54 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
55 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
58 * reclaim_mode determines how the inactive list is shrunk
59 * RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE: Reclaim only order-0 pages
60 * RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC: Do not block
61 * RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC: Allow blocking e.g. call wait_on_page_writeback
62 * RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
63 * page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
64 * naturally aligned range
65 * RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
66 * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
68 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ reclaim_mode_t;
69 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x01u)
70 #define RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x02u)
71 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x04u)
72 #define RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x08u)
73 #define RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x10u)
76 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
77 unsigned long nr_scanned;
79 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
80 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
82 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
83 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim;
85 unsigned long hibernation_mode;
87 /* This context's GFP mask */
92 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
95 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
103 * Intend to reclaim enough continuous memory rather than reclaim
104 * enough amount of memory. i.e, mode for high order allocation.
106 reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode;
108 /* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
109 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
112 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
115 nodemask_t *nodemask;
118 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
120 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
121 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
123 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
126 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
127 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
131 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
134 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
135 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
137 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
140 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
141 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
145 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
149 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
151 int vm_swappiness = 60;
152 long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
154 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
155 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
157 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
158 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (!(sc)->mem_cgroup)
160 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (1)
163 static struct zone_reclaim_stat *get_reclaim_stat(struct zone *zone,
164 struct scan_control *sc)
166 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
167 return mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat(sc->mem_cgroup, zone);
169 return &zone->reclaim_stat;
172 static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct zone *zone,
173 struct scan_control *sc, enum lru_list lru)
175 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
176 return mem_cgroup_zone_nr_pages(sc->mem_cgroup, zone, lru);
178 return zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru);
183 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
185 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
188 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
189 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
190 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
197 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
199 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
200 list_del(&shrinker->list);
201 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
203 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
205 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker *shrinker,
206 struct shrink_control *sc,
207 unsigned long nr_to_scan)
209 sc->nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
210 return (*shrinker->shrink)(shrinker, sc);
213 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
215 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
217 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
218 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
219 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
220 * generated by these structures.
222 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
223 * slab to avoid swapping.
225 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
227 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
228 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
229 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
231 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
233 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
234 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned,
235 unsigned long lru_pages)
237 struct shrinker *shrinker;
238 unsigned long ret = 0;
240 if (nr_pages_scanned == 0)
241 nr_pages_scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
243 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
244 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
249 list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
250 unsigned long long delta;
251 unsigned long total_scan;
252 unsigned long max_pass;
254 max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
255 delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
257 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
258 shrinker->nr += delta;
259 if (shrinker->nr < 0) {
260 printk(KERN_ERR "shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
262 shrinker->shrink, shrinker->nr);
263 shrinker->nr = max_pass;
267 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
268 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
271 if (shrinker->nr > max_pass * 2)
272 shrinker->nr = max_pass * 2;
274 total_scan = shrinker->nr;
277 while (total_scan >= SHRINK_BATCH) {
278 long this_scan = SHRINK_BATCH;
282 nr_before = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
283 shrink_ret = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink,
285 if (shrink_ret == -1)
287 if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
288 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
289 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, this_scan);
290 total_scan -= this_scan;
295 shrinker->nr += total_scan;
297 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
303 static void set_reclaim_mode(int priority, struct scan_control *sc,
306 reclaim_mode_t syncmode = sync ? RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC : RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
309 * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
310 * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
311 * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
313 if (COMPACTION_BUILD)
314 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION;
316 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM;
319 * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
320 * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
321 * under memory pressure
323 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
324 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
325 else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
326 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
328 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
331 static void reset_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control *sc)
333 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
336 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
339 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
340 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
341 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
343 return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 2;
346 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
347 struct scan_control *sc)
349 if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
351 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
353 if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
356 /* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
357 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
363 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
364 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
365 * fsync(), msync() or close().
367 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
368 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
369 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
371 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
374 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
375 struct page *page, int error)
378 if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
379 mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
383 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
385 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
387 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
389 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
391 /* page is clean and locked */
396 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
397 * Calls ->writepage().
399 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
400 struct scan_control *sc)
403 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
404 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
405 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
406 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
407 * PagePrivate for that.
409 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
410 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
413 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
414 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
415 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
416 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
418 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
422 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
423 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
425 if (page_has_private(page)) {
426 if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
427 ClearPageDirty(page);
428 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__);
434 if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
435 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
436 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc))
439 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
441 struct writeback_control wbc = {
442 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
443 .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
445 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
449 SetPageReclaim(page);
450 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
452 handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
453 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
454 ClearPageReclaim(page);
455 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
459 * Wait on writeback if requested to. This happens when
460 * direct reclaiming a large contiguous area and the
461 * first attempt to free a range of pages fails.
463 if (PageWriteback(page) &&
464 (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC))
465 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
467 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
468 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
469 ClearPageReclaim(page);
471 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page,
472 trace_reclaim_flags(page, sc->reclaim_mode));
473 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);
481 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
482 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
484 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
486 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
487 BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
489 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
491 * The non racy check for a busy page.
493 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
494 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
495 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
496 * here, then the following race may occur:
498 * get_user_pages(&page);
499 * [user mapping goes away]
501 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
502 * SetPageDirty(page);
504 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
506 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
508 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
509 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
510 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
512 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
513 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
515 if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 2))
517 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
518 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page))) {
519 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 2);
523 if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
524 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
525 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
526 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
527 swapcache_free(swap, page);
529 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
531 freepage = mapping->a_ops->freepage;
533 __delete_from_page_cache(page);
534 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
535 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
537 if (freepage != NULL)
544 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
549 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
550 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
551 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
554 int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
556 if (__remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
558 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
559 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
562 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 1);
569 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
570 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
572 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
573 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
575 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
577 void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
580 int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page);
581 int was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page);
583 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
586 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
588 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
590 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
591 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
592 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
593 * We know how to handle that.
595 lru = active + page_lru_base_type(page);
596 lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
599 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
602 lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
603 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
605 * When racing with an mlock clearing (page is
606 * unlocked), make sure that if the other thread does
607 * not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
608 * isolation, we see PG_mlocked cleared below and move
609 * the page back to the evictable list.
611 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked().
617 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
618 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
619 * check after we added it to the list, again.
621 if (lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE && page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
622 if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
626 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
627 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
628 * nothing to do here.
632 if (was_unevictable && lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
633 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
634 else if (!was_unevictable && lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
635 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED);
637 put_page(page); /* drop ref from isolate */
640 enum page_references {
642 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN,
647 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
648 struct scan_control *sc)
650 int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
651 unsigned long vm_flags;
653 referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags);
654 referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
656 /* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
657 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM)
658 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
661 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
662 * move the page to the unevictable list.
664 if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
665 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
667 if (referenced_ptes) {
669 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
671 * All mapped pages start out with page table
672 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
673 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
676 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
677 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
678 * lead to its activation.
680 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
681 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
684 SetPageReferenced(page);
687 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
692 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
693 if (referenced_page && !PageSwapBacked(page))
694 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
696 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
699 static noinline_for_stack void free_page_list(struct list_head *free_pages)
701 struct pagevec freed_pvec;
702 struct page *page, *tmp;
704 pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
706 list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, free_pages, lru) {
707 list_del(&page->lru);
708 if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page)) {
709 __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
710 pagevec_reinit(&freed_pvec);
714 pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
718 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
720 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
722 struct scan_control *sc)
724 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
725 LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
727 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
728 unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
729 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
733 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
734 enum page_references references;
735 struct address_space *mapping;
741 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
742 list_del(&page->lru);
744 if (!trylock_page(page))
747 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
748 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
752 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL)))
755 if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page))
758 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
759 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
762 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
763 (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
765 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
767 * Synchronous reclaim is performed in two passes,
768 * first an asynchronous pass over the list to
769 * start parallel writeback, and a second synchronous
770 * pass to wait for the IO to complete. Wait here
771 * for any page for which writeback has already
774 if ((sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC) &&
776 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
783 references = page_check_references(page, sc);
784 switch (references) {
785 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
786 goto activate_locked;
789 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM:
790 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN:
791 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
795 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
796 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
798 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
799 if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
801 if (!add_to_swap(page))
802 goto activate_locked;
806 mapping = page_mapping(page);
809 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
810 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
812 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
813 switch (try_to_unmap(page, TTU_UNMAP)) {
815 goto activate_locked;
821 ; /* try to free the page below */
825 if (PageDirty(page)) {
828 if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
832 if (!sc->may_writepage)
835 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
836 switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) {
841 goto activate_locked;
843 if (PageWriteback(page))
849 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
850 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
852 if (!trylock_page(page))
854 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
856 mapping = page_mapping(page);
858 ; /* try to free the page below */
863 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
864 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
867 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
868 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
869 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
870 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
871 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
872 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
873 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
874 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
876 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
877 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
878 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
879 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
880 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
881 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
883 if (page_has_private(page)) {
884 if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
885 goto activate_locked;
886 if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1) {
888 if (put_page_testzero(page))
892 * rare race with speculative reference.
893 * the speculative reference will free
894 * this page shortly, so we may
895 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
896 * leave it off the LRU).
904 if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page))
908 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
909 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
910 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
911 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
912 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
914 __clear_page_locked(page);
919 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
920 * appear not as the counts should be low
922 list_add(&page->lru, &free_pages);
926 if (PageSwapCache(page))
927 try_to_free_swap(page);
929 putback_lru_page(page);
930 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
934 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
935 if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
936 try_to_free_swap(page);
937 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
943 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
945 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
946 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
950 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
951 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
952 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
953 * will encounter the same problem
955 if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && scanning_global_lru(sc))
956 zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
958 free_page_list(&free_pages);
960 list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
961 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
966 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
967 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
968 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
970 * page: page to consider
971 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
973 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
975 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode, int file)
979 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
984 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
985 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
988 if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && (!PageActive(page) != !mode))
991 if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && page_is_file_cache(page) != file)
995 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
996 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
997 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
999 if (PageUnevictable(page))
1004 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
1006 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1007 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1008 * page release code relies on it.
1018 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1019 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1020 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1022 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1023 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1025 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1027 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1028 * @src: The LRU list to pull pages off.
1029 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1030 * @scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1031 * @order: The caller's attempted allocation order
1032 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1033 * @file: True [1] if isolating file [!anon] pages
1035 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1037 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1038 struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst,
1039 unsigned long *scanned, int order, int mode, int file)
1041 unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
1042 unsigned long nr_lumpy_taken = 0;
1043 unsigned long nr_lumpy_dirty = 0;
1044 unsigned long nr_lumpy_failed = 0;
1047 for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
1050 unsigned long end_pfn;
1051 unsigned long page_pfn;
1054 page = lru_to_page(src);
1055 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
1057 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page));
1059 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode, file)) {
1061 list_move(&page->lru, dst);
1062 mem_cgroup_del_lru(page);
1063 nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1067 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1068 list_move(&page->lru, src);
1069 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page, page_lru(page));
1080 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
1081 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
1082 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
1083 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
1084 * as the mem_map is guaranteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
1085 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
1086 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
1088 zone_id = page_zone_id(page);
1089 page_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
1090 pfn = page_pfn & ~((1 << order) - 1);
1091 end_pfn = pfn + (1 << order);
1092 for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
1093 struct page *cursor_page;
1095 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
1096 if (unlikely(pfn == page_pfn))
1099 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
1100 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn)))
1103 cursor_page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
1105 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
1106 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
1110 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
1111 * anon page which don't already have a swap slot is
1114 if (nr_swap_pages <= 0 && PageAnon(cursor_page) &&
1115 !PageSwapCache(cursor_page))
1118 if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) {
1119 list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
1120 mem_cgroup_del_lru(cursor_page);
1121 nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1123 if (PageDirty(cursor_page))
1127 /* the page is freed already. */
1128 if (!page_count(cursor_page))
1134 /* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
1141 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(order,
1144 nr_lumpy_taken, nr_lumpy_dirty, nr_lumpy_failed,
1149 static unsigned long isolate_pages_global(unsigned long nr,
1150 struct list_head *dst,
1151 unsigned long *scanned, int order,
1152 int mode, struct zone *z,
1153 int active, int file)
1160 return isolate_lru_pages(nr, &z->lru[lru].list, dst, scanned, order,
1165 * clear_active_flags() is a helper for shrink_active_list(), clearing
1166 * any active bits from the pages in the list.
1168 static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head *page_list,
1169 unsigned int *count)
1175 list_for_each_entry(page, page_list, lru) {
1176 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1177 lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
1178 if (PageActive(page)) {
1180 ClearPageActive(page);
1181 nr_active += numpages;
1184 count[lru] += numpages;
1191 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1192 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1194 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1195 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1197 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1198 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1200 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1201 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1202 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1203 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1205 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1206 * found will be decremented.
1209 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1210 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1211 * without a stable reference).
1212 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1213 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1215 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
1219 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page));
1221 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1222 struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
1224 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1225 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1226 int lru = page_lru(page);
1231 del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1233 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1239 * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
1241 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
1242 struct scan_control *sc)
1244 unsigned long inactive, isolated;
1246 if (current_is_kswapd())
1249 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
1253 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1254 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE);
1256 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1257 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON);
1260 return isolated > inactive;
1264 * TODO: Try merging with migrations version of putback_lru_pages
1266 static noinline_for_stack void
1267 putback_lru_pages(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1268 unsigned long nr_anon, unsigned long nr_file,
1269 struct list_head *page_list)
1272 struct pagevec pvec;
1273 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1275 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
1278 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1280 spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
1281 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
1283 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
1284 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1285 list_del(&page->lru);
1286 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1287 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1288 putback_lru_page(page);
1289 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1293 lru = page_lru(page);
1294 add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1295 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1296 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1297 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1298 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += numpages;
1300 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1301 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1302 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1303 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1306 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, -nr_anon);
1307 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -nr_file);
1309 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1310 pagevec_release(&pvec);
1313 static noinline_for_stack void update_isolated_counts(struct zone *zone,
1314 struct scan_control *sc,
1315 unsigned long *nr_anon,
1316 unsigned long *nr_file,
1317 struct list_head *isolated_list)
1319 unsigned long nr_active;
1320 unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
1321 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1323 nr_active = clear_active_flags(isolated_list, count);
1324 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
1326 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
1327 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
1328 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
1329 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
1330 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
1331 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
1332 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
1333 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
1335 *nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
1336 *nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
1337 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, *nr_anon);
1338 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, *nr_file);
1340 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += *nr_anon;
1341 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += *nr_file;
1345 * Returns true if the caller should wait to clean dirty/writeback pages.
1347 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do not reclaim
1348 * everything in the list, try again and wait for writeback IO to complete.
1349 * This will stall high-order allocations noticeably. Only do that when really
1350 * need to free the pages under high memory pressure.
1352 static inline bool should_reclaim_stall(unsigned long nr_taken,
1353 unsigned long nr_freed,
1355 struct scan_control *sc)
1357 int lumpy_stall_priority;
1359 /* kswapd should not stall on sync IO */
1360 if (current_is_kswapd())
1363 /* Only stall on lumpy reclaim */
1364 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE)
1367 /* If we have relaimed everything on the isolated list, no stall */
1368 if (nr_freed == nr_taken)
1372 * For high-order allocations, there are two stall thresholds.
1373 * High-cost allocations stall immediately where as lower
1374 * order allocations such as stacks require the scanning
1375 * priority to be much higher before stalling.
1377 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
1378 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
1380 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY / 3;
1382 return priority <= lumpy_stall_priority;
1386 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1387 * of reclaimed pages
1389 static noinline_for_stack unsigned long
1390 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone,
1391 struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
1393 LIST_HEAD(page_list);
1394 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1395 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1396 unsigned long nr_taken;
1397 unsigned long nr_anon;
1398 unsigned long nr_file;
1400 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
1401 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1403 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1404 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
1405 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1408 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, false);
1410 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1412 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1413 nr_taken = isolate_pages_global(nr_to_scan,
1414 &page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
1415 sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ?
1416 ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
1418 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1419 if (current_is_kswapd())
1420 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone,
1423 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone,
1426 nr_taken = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_to_scan,
1427 &page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
1428 sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ?
1429 ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
1430 zone, sc->mem_cgroup,
1433 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1434 * scanned pages on its own.
1438 if (nr_taken == 0) {
1439 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1443 update_isolated_counts(zone, sc, &nr_anon, &nr_file, &page_list);
1445 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1447 nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc);
1449 /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */
1450 if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) {
1451 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, true);
1452 nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc);
1455 local_irq_disable();
1456 if (current_is_kswapd())
1457 __count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_reclaimed);
1458 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_reclaimed);
1460 putback_lru_pages(zone, sc, nr_anon, nr_file, &page_list);
1462 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id,
1464 nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed,
1466 trace_shrink_flags(file, sc->reclaim_mode));
1467 return nr_reclaimed;
1471 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1473 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1474 * processes, from rmap.
1476 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1477 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1478 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1479 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1480 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1481 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1482 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1484 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1485 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1488 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct zone *zone,
1489 struct list_head *list,
1492 unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
1493 struct pagevec pvec;
1496 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
1498 while (!list_empty(list)) {
1499 page = lru_to_page(list);
1501 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1504 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
1505 mem_cgroup_add_lru_list(page, lru);
1506 pgmoved += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1508 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page) || list_empty(list)) {
1509 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1510 if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
1511 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1512 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1513 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1516 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, pgmoved);
1517 if (!is_active_lru(lru))
1518 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgmoved);
1521 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
1522 struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
1524 unsigned long nr_taken;
1525 unsigned long pgscanned;
1526 unsigned long vm_flags;
1527 LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1528 LIST_HEAD(l_active);
1529 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);
1531 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1532 unsigned long nr_rotated = 0;
1535 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1536 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1537 nr_taken = isolate_pages_global(nr_pages, &l_hold,
1538 &pgscanned, sc->order,
1539 ISOLATE_ACTIVE, zone,
1541 zone->pages_scanned += pgscanned;
1543 nr_taken = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_pages, &l_hold,
1544 &pgscanned, sc->order,
1545 ISOLATE_ACTIVE, zone,
1546 sc->mem_cgroup, 1, file);
1548 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1549 * scanned pages on its own.
1553 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_taken;
1555 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned);
1557 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE, -nr_taken);
1559 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON, -nr_taken);
1560 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, nr_taken);
1561 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1563 while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
1565 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
1566 list_del(&page->lru);
1568 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1569 putback_lru_page(page);
1573 if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
1574 nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1576 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1577 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1578 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1579 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1580 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1581 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1582 * so we ignore them here.
1584 if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && page_is_file_cache(page)) {
1585 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
1590 ClearPageActive(page); /* we are de-activating */
1591 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
1595 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1597 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1599 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1600 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1601 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1604 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += nr_rotated;
1606 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_active,
1607 LRU_ACTIVE + file * LRU_FILE);
1608 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_inactive,
1609 LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE);
1610 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
1611 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1615 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1617 unsigned long active, inactive;
1619 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON);
1620 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1622 if (inactive * zone->inactive_ratio < active)
1629 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1630 * @zone: zone to check
1631 * @sc: scan control of this context
1633 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1634 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1636 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1641 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1644 if (!total_swap_pages)
1647 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
1648 low = inactive_anon_is_low_global(zone);
1650 low = mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
1654 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone,
1655 struct scan_control *sc)
1661 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1663 unsigned long active, inactive;
1665 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
1666 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1668 return (active > inactive);
1672 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1673 * @zone: zone to check
1674 * @sc: scan control of this context
1676 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1677 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1678 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1680 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1681 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1683 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1684 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1686 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1690 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
1691 low = inactive_file_is_low_global(zone);
1693 low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
1697 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1701 return inactive_file_is_low(zone, sc);
1703 return inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc);
1706 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1707 struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int priority)
1709 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1711 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1712 if (inactive_list_is_low(zone, sc, file))
1713 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
1717 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
1721 * Smallish @nr_to_scan's are deposited in @nr_saved_scan,
1722 * until we collected @swap_cluster_max pages to scan.
1724 static unsigned long nr_scan_try_batch(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1725 unsigned long *nr_saved_scan)
1729 *nr_saved_scan += nr_to_scan;
1730 nr = *nr_saved_scan;
1732 if (nr >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
1741 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1742 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1743 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1744 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1746 * nr[0] = anon pages to scan; nr[1] = file pages to scan
1748 static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1749 unsigned long *nr, int priority)
1751 unsigned long anon, file, free;
1752 unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
1753 unsigned long ap, fp;
1754 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1755 u64 fraction[2], denominator;
1759 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1760 if (!sc->may_swap || (nr_swap_pages <= 0)) {
1768 anon = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
1769 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
1770 file = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) +
1771 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1773 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1774 free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
1775 /* If we have very few page cache pages,
1776 force-scan anon pages. */
1777 if (unlikely(file + free <= high_wmark_pages(zone))) {
1786 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1787 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1789 anon_prio = sc->swappiness;
1790 file_prio = 200 - sc->swappiness;
1793 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1794 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1795 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1797 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1798 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1799 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1801 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1803 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1804 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] > anon / 4)) {
1805 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] /= 2;
1806 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] /= 2;
1809 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] > file / 4)) {
1810 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] /= 2;
1811 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] /= 2;
1815 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1816 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1817 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1819 ap = (anon_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] + 1);
1820 ap /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] + 1;
1822 fp = (file_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] + 1);
1823 fp /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] + 1;
1824 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1828 denominator = ap + fp + 1;
1830 for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
1831 int file = is_file_lru(l);
1834 scan = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, l);
1835 if (priority || noswap) {
1837 scan = div64_u64(scan * fraction[file], denominator);
1839 nr[l] = nr_scan_try_batch(scan,
1840 &reclaim_stat->nr_saved_scan[l]);
1845 * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
1846 * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
1847 * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
1848 * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
1849 * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
1851 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
1852 unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
1853 unsigned long nr_scanned,
1854 struct scan_control *sc)
1856 unsigned long pages_for_compaction;
1857 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages;
1859 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
1860 if (!(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION))
1863 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
1864 if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
1866 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
1867 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
1868 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
1869 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
1871 if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
1875 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
1876 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
1877 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
1878 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
1879 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
1880 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
1887 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
1888 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
1890 pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
1891 inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON) +
1892 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1893 if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
1894 inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
1897 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
1898 switch (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order)) {
1899 case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
1900 case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
1908 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1910 static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
1911 struct scan_control *sc)
1913 unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
1914 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
1916 unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
1917 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
1921 nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
1922 get_scan_count(zone, sc, nr, priority);
1924 while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
1925 nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
1926 for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
1928 nr_to_scan = min_t(unsigned long,
1929 nr[l], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
1930 nr[l] -= nr_to_scan;
1932 nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(l, nr_to_scan,
1933 zone, sc, priority);
1937 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
1938 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
1939 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
1940 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
1941 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
1942 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
1944 if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
1947 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_reclaimed;
1950 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
1951 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
1953 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
1954 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);
1956 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
1957 if (should_continue_reclaim(zone, nr_reclaimed,
1958 sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc))
1961 throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
1965 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
1966 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
1969 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
1971 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
1973 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
1974 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
1975 * zone defense algorithm.
1977 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
1978 * scan then give up on it.
1980 static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
1981 struct scan_control *sc)
1986 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
1987 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
1988 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1991 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
1994 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1995 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
1997 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1998 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2001 shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
2005 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
2007 return zone->pages_scanned < zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) * 6;
2010 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2011 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2012 struct scan_control *sc)
2017 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2018 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2019 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2021 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2023 if (!zone->all_unreclaimable)
2031 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2033 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2034 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2036 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2037 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2038 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2039 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2040 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2041 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2043 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2044 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2046 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2047 struct scan_control *sc,
2048 struct shrink_control *shrink)
2051 unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
2052 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2055 unsigned long writeback_threshold;
2058 delayacct_freepages_start();
2060 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
2061 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
2063 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2066 disable_swap_token();
2067 shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
2069 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2070 * over limit cgroups
2072 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
2073 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2074 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist,
2075 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask)) {
2076 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2079 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2082 shrink_slab(shrink, sc->nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2083 if (reclaim_state) {
2084 sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2085 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2088 total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
2089 if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
2093 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2094 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2095 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2096 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2097 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2099 writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
2100 if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
2101 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
2102 sc->may_writepage = 1;
2105 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2106 if (!sc->hibernation_mode && sc->nr_scanned &&
2107 priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) {
2108 struct zone *preferred_zone;
2110 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask),
2111 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
2113 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2118 delayacct_freepages_end();
2121 if (sc->nr_reclaimed)
2122 return sc->nr_reclaimed;
2125 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2126 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2129 if (oom_killer_disabled)
2132 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2133 if (scanning_global_lru(sc) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist, sc))
2139 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
2140 gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
2142 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2143 struct scan_control sc = {
2144 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
2145 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2146 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2149 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2152 .nodemask = nodemask,
2154 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2155 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2158 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order,
2162 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2164 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2166 return nr_reclaimed;
2169 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
2171 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
2172 gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap,
2173 unsigned int swappiness,
2176 struct scan_control sc = {
2177 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2178 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2180 .may_swap = !noswap,
2181 .swappiness = swappiness,
2185 sc.gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2186 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
2188 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(0,
2193 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2194 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2195 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2196 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2197 * the priority and make it zero.
2199 shrink_zone(0, zone, &sc);
2201 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc.nr_reclaimed);
2203 return sc.nr_reclaimed;
2206 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
2209 unsigned int swappiness)
2211 struct zonelist *zonelist;
2212 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2213 struct scan_control sc = {
2214 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2216 .may_swap = !noswap,
2217 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2218 .swappiness = swappiness,
2220 .mem_cgroup = mem_cont,
2221 .nodemask = NULL, /* we don't care the placement */
2222 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2223 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK),
2225 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2226 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2229 zonelist = NODE_DATA(numa_node_id())->node_zonelists;
2231 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2235 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2237 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2239 return nr_reclaimed;
2244 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2245 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2246 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2247 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2248 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2249 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2250 * The choice of 25% is due to
2251 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2252 * reasonable sized machine
2253 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2254 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2255 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2256 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2257 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2259 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long balanced_pages,
2262 unsigned long present_pages = 0;
2265 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++)
2266 present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[i].present_pages;
2268 return balanced_pages > (present_pages >> 2);
2271 /* is kswapd sleeping prematurely? */
2272 static bool sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, long remaining,
2276 unsigned long balanced = 0;
2277 bool all_zones_ok = true;
2279 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2283 /* Check the watermark levels */
2284 for (i = 0; i < pgdat->nr_zones; i++) {
2285 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2287 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2291 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2292 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2293 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2296 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2297 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2301 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, high_wmark_pages(zone),
2303 all_zones_ok = false;
2305 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2309 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2310 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2314 return !pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, classzone_idx);
2316 return !all_zones_ok;
2320 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2321 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2323 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2325 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2326 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2327 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2328 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2329 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2330 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2331 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2333 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2334 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2335 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2336 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2337 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2338 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2340 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
2344 unsigned long balanced;
2347 int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2348 unsigned long total_scanned;
2349 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2350 struct scan_control sc = {
2351 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
2355 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2356 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2358 .nr_to_reclaim = ULONG_MAX,
2359 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2363 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2364 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2368 sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
2369 sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
2370 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
2372 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2373 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2374 int has_under_min_watermark_zone = 0;
2376 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
2378 disable_swap_token();
2384 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2385 * zone which needs scanning
2387 for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
2388 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2390 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2393 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2397 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2398 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2400 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, &sc))
2401 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone,
2404 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2405 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2414 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2415 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2417 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2421 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2422 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2424 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2425 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2426 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2427 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2429 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2430 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2432 unsigned long balance_gap;
2434 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2437 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2443 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2444 * For now we ignore the return value
2446 mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone, order, sc.gfp_mask);
2449 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2450 * one zone has way too many pages free
2451 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2452 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2453 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2454 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2456 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2457 (zone->present_pages +
2458 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2459 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2460 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2461 high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap,
2463 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
2464 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2465 nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2466 sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2467 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
2469 if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
2472 !zone_reclaimable(zone))
2473 zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
2475 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2476 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2477 * even in laptop mode
2479 if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
2480 total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
2481 sc.may_writepage = 1;
2483 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2484 high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
2487 * We are still under min water mark. This
2488 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2489 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2491 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2492 min_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0))
2493 has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
2496 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2497 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2498 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2499 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2500 * spectulatively avoid congestion waits
2502 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2503 if (i <= *classzone_idx)
2504 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2508 if (all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))
2509 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2511 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2512 * another pass across the zones.
2514 if (total_scanned && (priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
2515 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone)
2516 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT);
2518 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2522 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2523 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2524 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2525 * on zone->*_priority.
2527 if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2533 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2534 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2535 * for the node to be balanced
2537 if (!(all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))) {
2543 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2544 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2545 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2546 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2547 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2548 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2551 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2552 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2553 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2554 * reclaim if they wish.
2556 if (sc.nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2557 order = sc.order = 0;
2563 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2564 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2565 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2566 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2567 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2568 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2571 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2572 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2574 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2577 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2580 /* Confirm the zone is balanced for order-0 */
2581 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0,
2582 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2583 order = sc.order = 0;
2587 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2588 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2593 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so sleeping_prematurely()
2594 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2595 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2596 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2598 *classzone_idx = end_zone;
2602 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
2607 if (freezing(current) || kthread_should_stop())
2610 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2612 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2613 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2614 remaining = schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
2615 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2616 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2620 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
2621 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
2623 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2624 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat->node_id);
2627 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
2628 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
2629 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
2630 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
2631 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
2632 * them before going back to sleep.
2634 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_normal_threshold);
2636 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_pressure_threshold);
2639 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2641 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2643 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2647 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
2648 * from the init process.
2650 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
2651 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
2652 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
2653 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
2654 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
2656 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
2657 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
2659 static int kswapd(void *p)
2661 unsigned long order;
2663 pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
2664 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
2666 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
2667 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
2669 const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
2671 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL);
2673 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask))
2674 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask);
2675 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
2678 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
2679 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
2680 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
2681 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
2683 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
2684 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
2685 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
2686 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
2687 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
2689 tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
2693 classzone_idx = MAX_NR_ZONES - 1;
2695 unsigned long new_order;
2696 int new_classzone_idx;
2699 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
2700 new_classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
2701 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
2702 pgdat->classzone_idx = MAX_NR_ZONES - 1;
2703 if (order < new_order || classzone_idx > new_classzone_idx) {
2705 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
2706 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
2709 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx;
2711 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat, order, classzone_idx);
2712 order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
2713 classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
2714 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
2715 pgdat->classzone_idx = MAX_NR_ZONES - 1;
2718 ret = try_to_freeze();
2719 if (kthread_should_stop())
2723 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
2724 * after returning from the refrigerator
2727 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat->node_id, order);
2728 order = balance_pgdat(pgdat, order, &classzone_idx);
2735 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
2737 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
2741 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2744 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2746 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
2747 if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order) {
2748 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
2749 pgdat->classzone_idx = min(pgdat->classzone_idx, classzone_idx);
2751 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
2753 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0))
2756 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, zone_idx(zone), order);
2757 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
2761 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
2762 * The less reclaimable pages may be
2763 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
2764 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
2765 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
2767 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
2771 nr = global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
2772 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
2774 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
2775 nr += global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
2776 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
2781 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
2785 nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
2786 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
2788 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
2789 nr += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
2790 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
2795 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
2797 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
2800 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
2801 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
2802 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
2804 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
2806 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
2807 struct scan_control sc = {
2808 .gfp_mask = GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE,
2812 .nr_to_reclaim = nr_to_reclaim,
2813 .hibernation_mode = 1,
2814 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2817 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2818 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2820 struct zonelist *zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc.gfp_mask);
2821 struct task_struct *p = current;
2822 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2824 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
2825 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc.gfp_mask);
2826 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
2827 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
2829 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2831 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
2832 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
2833 p->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
2835 return nr_reclaimed;
2837 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
2839 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
2840 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
2841 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
2842 restore their cpu bindings. */
2843 static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
2844 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
2848 if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) {
2849 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
2850 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
2851 const struct cpumask *mask;
2853 mask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
2855 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, mask) < nr_cpu_ids)
2856 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
2857 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
2864 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
2865 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
2867 int kswapd_run(int nid)
2869 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
2875 pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
2876 if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
2877 /* failure at boot is fatal */
2878 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
2879 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
2886 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined.
2888 void kswapd_stop(int nid)
2890 struct task_struct *kswapd = NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd;
2893 kthread_stop(kswapd);
2896 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
2901 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
2903 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
2907 module_init(kswapd_init)
2913 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
2916 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
2918 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
2919 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
2920 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
2921 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
2924 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
2925 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
2928 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
2931 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
2934 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
2937 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
2938 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
2940 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;
2942 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone *zone)
2944 unsigned long file_mapped = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
2945 unsigned long file_lru = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE) +
2946 zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
2949 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
2950 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
2951 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
2953 return (file_lru > file_mapped) ? (file_lru - file_mapped) : 0;
2956 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
2957 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
2959 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
2963 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
2964 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
2965 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
2968 if (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP)
2969 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES);
2971 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone);
2973 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
2974 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE))
2975 delta += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
2977 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
2978 if (unlikely(delta > nr_pagecache_reclaimable))
2979 delta = nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
2981 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable - delta;
2985 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
2987 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
2989 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
2990 const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
2991 struct task_struct *p = current;
2992 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
2994 struct scan_control sc = {
2995 .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
2996 .may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
2998 .nr_to_reclaim = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
3000 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
3001 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
3004 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3005 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3007 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0, nr_slab_pages1;
3011 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3012 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3015 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
3016 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask);
3017 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3018 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3020 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
3022 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3023 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3025 priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
3027 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
3029 } while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
3032 nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3033 if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {
3035 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3036 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3037 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3038 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3041 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3045 unsigned long lru_pages = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
3047 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3048 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages))
3051 /* Freed enough memory */
3052 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone,
3053 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3054 if (nr_slab_pages1 + nr_pages <= nr_slab_pages0)
3059 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3060 * reclaimed from this zone.
3062 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3063 if (nr_slab_pages1 < nr_slab_pages0)
3064 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_slab_pages0 - nr_slab_pages1;
3067 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3068 current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
3069 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3070 return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
3073 int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3079 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3080 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3082 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3083 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3084 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3085 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3086 * unmapped file backed pages.
3088 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages &&
3089 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= zone->min_slab_pages)
3090 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3092 if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
3093 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3096 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3098 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
3099 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3102 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3103 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3104 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3105 * as wide as possible.
3107 node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
3108 if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
3109 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3111 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
3112 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3114 ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
3115 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
3118 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED);
3125 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3126 * @page: the page to test
3127 * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
3129 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3130 * lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
3131 * fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
3133 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3134 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3135 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3138 int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
3141 if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page)))
3144 if (PageMlocked(page) || (vma && is_mlocked_vma(vma, page)))
3151 * check_move_unevictable_page - check page for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3152 * @page: page to check evictability and move to appropriate lru list
3153 * @zone: zone page is in
3155 * Checks a page for evictability and moves the page to the appropriate
3158 * Restrictions: zone->lru_lock must be held, page must be on LRU and must
3159 * have PageUnevictable set.
3161 static void check_move_unevictable_page(struct page *page, struct zone *zone)
3163 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
3166 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
3167 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
3168 enum lru_list l = page_lru_base_type(page);
3170 __dec_zone_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
3171 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[l].list);
3172 mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, LRU_UNEVICTABLE, l);
3173 __inc_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON + l);
3174 __count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
3177 * rotate unevictable list
3179 SetPageUnevictable(page);
3180 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list);
3181 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
3182 if (page_evictable(page, NULL))
3188 * scan_mapping_unevictable_pages - scan an address space for evictable pages
3189 * @mapping: struct address_space to scan for evictable pages
3191 * Scan all pages in mapping. Check unevictable pages for
3192 * evictability and move them to the appropriate zone lru list.
3194 void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
3197 pgoff_t end = (i_size_read(mapping->host) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >>
3200 struct pagevec pvec;
3202 if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
3205 pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
3206 while (next < end &&
3207 pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, next, PAGEVEC_SIZE)) {
3213 for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
3214 struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
3215 pgoff_t page_index = page->index;
3216 struct zone *pagezone = page_zone(page);
3219 if (page_index > next)
3223 if (pagezone != zone) {
3225 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3227 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3230 if (PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page))
3231 check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone);
3234 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3235 pagevec_release(&pvec);
3237 count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pg_scanned);
3243 * scan_zone_unevictable_pages - check unevictable list for evictable pages
3244 * @zone - zone of which to scan the unevictable list
3246 * Scan @zone's unevictable LRU lists to check for pages that have become
3247 * evictable. Move those that have to @zone's inactive list where they
3248 * become candidates for reclaim, unless shrink_inactive_zone() decides
3249 * to reactivate them. Pages that are still unevictable are rotated
3250 * back onto @zone's unevictable list.
3252 #define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */
3253 static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
3255 struct list_head *l_unevictable = &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list;
3257 unsigned long nr_to_scan = zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
3259 while (nr_to_scan > 0) {
3260 unsigned long batch_size = min(nr_to_scan,
3261 SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE);
3263 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3264 for (scan = 0; scan < batch_size; scan++) {
3265 struct page *page = lru_to_page(l_unevictable);
3267 if (!trylock_page(page))
3270 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, l_unevictable, flags);
3272 if (likely(PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page)))
3273 check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone);
3277 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3279 nr_to_scan -= batch_size;
3285 * scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages - scan all unevictable lists for evictable pages
3287 * A really big hammer: scan all zones' unevictable LRU lists to check for
3288 * pages that have become evictable. Move those back to the zones'
3289 * inactive list where they become candidates for reclaim.
3290 * This occurs when, e.g., we have unswappable pages on the unevictable lists,
3291 * and we add swap to the system. As such, it runs in the context of a task
3292 * that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages
3295 static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
3299 for_each_zone(zone) {
3300 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
3305 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3306 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3308 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages;
3310 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
3311 void __user *buffer,
3312 size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
3314 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
3316 if (write && *(unsigned long *)table->data)
3317 scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages();
3319 scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
3325 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3326 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3329 static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev,
3330 struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
3333 return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3336 static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev,
3337 struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
3338 const char *buf, size_t count)
3340 struct zone *node_zones = NODE_DATA(dev->id)->node_zones;
3343 unsigned long req = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &res);
3346 return 1; /* zero is no-op */
3348 for (zone = node_zones; zone - node_zones < MAX_NR_ZONES; ++zone) {
3349 if (!populated_zone(zone))
3351 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
3357 static SYSDEV_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
3358 read_scan_unevictable_node,
3359 write_scan_unevictable_node);
3361 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node)
3363 return sysdev_create_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3366 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node)
3368 sysdev_remove_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages);