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-rw-r--r-- | fs/super.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/shrinker.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 3f56a269a4f..32a81f3467e 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int prune_super(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc) return -1; if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) - return -1; + return !sc->nr_to_scan ? 0 : -1; if (sb->s_op && sb->s_op->nr_cached_objects) fs_objects = sb->s_op->nr_cached_objects(sb); diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h index 790651b4e5b..a83833a1f7a 100644 --- a/include/linux/shrinker.h +++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct shrink_control { * 'nr_to_scan' entries and attempt to free them up. It should return * the number of objects which remain in the cache. If it returns -1, it means * it cannot do any scanning at this time (eg. there is a risk of deadlock). + * The callback must not return -1 if nr_to_scan is zero. * * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to * fulfil. |