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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 84 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index ac644fe8558..3886b0bd786 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -3417,66 +3417,12 @@ void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space *mapping) } -/** - * scan_zone_unevictable_pages - check unevictable list for evictable pages - * @zone - zone of which to scan the unevictable list - * - * Scan @zone's unevictable LRU lists to check for pages that have become - * evictable. Move those that have to @zone's inactive list where they - * become candidates for reclaim, unless shrink_inactive_zone() decides - * to reactivate them. Pages that are still unevictable are rotated - * back onto @zone's unevictable list. - */ -#define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */ -static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone) +static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void) { - struct list_head *l_unevictable = &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list; - unsigned long scan; - unsigned long nr_to_scan = zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE); - - while (nr_to_scan > 0) { - unsigned long batch_size = min(nr_to_scan, - SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE); - - spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - for (scan = 0; scan < batch_size; scan++) { - struct page *page = lru_to_page(l_unevictable); - - if (!trylock_page(page)) - continue; - - prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, l_unevictable, flags); - - if (likely(PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page))) - check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone); - - unlock_page(page); - } - spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - - nr_to_scan -= batch_size; - } -} - - -/** - * scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages - scan all unevictable lists for evictable pages - * - * A really big hammer: scan all zones' unevictable LRU lists to check for - * pages that have become evictable. Move those back to the zones' - * inactive list where they become candidates for reclaim. - * This occurs when, e.g., we have unswappable pages on the unevictable lists, - * and we add swap to the system. As such, it runs in the context of a task - * that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages - * evictable. - */ -static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void) -{ - struct zone *zone; - - for_each_zone(zone) { - scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone); - } + printk_once(KERN_WARNING + "The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been " + "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have " + "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n"); } /* @@ -3489,11 +3435,8 @@ int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos) { + warn_scan_unevictable_pages(); proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos); - - if (write && *(unsigned long *)table->data) - scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(); - scan_unevictable_pages = 0; return 0; } @@ -3508,6 +3451,7 @@ static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev, struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf) { + warn_scan_unevictable_pages(); return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */ } @@ -3515,19 +3459,7 @@ static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev, struct sysdev_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count) { - struct zone *node_zones = NODE_DATA(dev->id)->node_zones; - struct zone *zone; - unsigned long res; - unsigned long req = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &res); - - if (req || !res) - return 1; /* Invalid input or zero is no-op */ - - for (zone = node_zones; zone - node_zones < MAX_NR_ZONES; ++zone) { - if (!populated_zone(zone)) - continue; - scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone); - } + warn_scan_unevictable_pages(); return 1; } |