From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
To: dan.magenheimer@oracle.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 05/10] mm: frontswap: split frontswap_shrink further to simplify locking
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:15:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339182919-11432-6-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339182919-11432-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Split frontswap_shrink to simplify the locking in the original code.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
---
mm/frontswap.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/frontswap.c b/mm/frontswap.c
index 5d9ed36..1f1af0e 100644
--- a/mm/frontswap.c
+++ b/mm/frontswap.c
@@ -265,6 +265,24 @@ static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total, unsigned long *unused,
return ret;
}
+static int __frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages,
+ unsigned long *pages_to_unuse,
+ int *type)
+{
+ unsigned long total_pages = 0, total_pages_to_unuse;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&swap_lock);
+
+ total_pages = __frontswap_curr_pages();
+ if (total_pages <= target_pages) {
+ /* Nothing to do */
+ *pages_to_unuse = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ total_pages_to_unuse = total_pages - target_pages;
+ return __frontswap_unuse_pages(total_pages_to_unuse, pages_to_unuse, type);
+}
+
/*
* Frontswap, like a true swap device, may unnecessarily retain pages
* under certain circumstances; "shrink" frontswap is essentially a
@@ -275,10 +293,8 @@ static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total, unsigned long *unused,
*/
void frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages)
{
- unsigned long total_pages = 0, total_pages_to_unuse;
unsigned long pages_to_unuse = 0;
int type, ret;
- bool locked = false;
/*
* we don't want to hold swap_lock while doing a very
@@ -286,20 +302,10 @@ void frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages)
* so restart scan from swap_list.head each time
*/
spin_lock(&swap_lock);
- locked = true;
- total_pages = __frontswap_curr_pages();
- if (total_pages <= target_pages)
- goto out;
- total_pages_to_unuse = total_pages - target_pages;
- ret = __frontswap_unuse_pages(total_pages_to_unuse, &pages_to_unuse, &type);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto out;
- locked = false;
+ ret = __frontswap_shrink(target_pages, &pages_to_unuse, &type);
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
- try_to_unuse(type, true, pages_to_unuse);
-out:
- if (locked)
- spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ if (ret == 0 && pages_to_unuse)
+ try_to_unuse(type, true, pages_to_unuse);
return;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_shrink);
--
1.7.8.6
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-08 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-08 19:15 [PATCH v2 00/10] minor frontswap cleanups and tracing support Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] mm: frontswap: remove casting from function calls through ops structure Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] mm: frontswap: trivial coding convention issues Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 20:16 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-08 20:36 ` Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] mm: frontswap: split out __frontswap_curr_pages Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] mm: frontswap: split out __frontswap_unuse_pages Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] mm: frontswap: make all branches of if statement in put page consistent Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] mm: frontswap: remove unnecessary check during initialization Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] mm: frontswap: add tracing support Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] mm: frontswap: split out function to clear a page out Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 19:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] mm: frontswap: remove unneeded headers Sasha Levin
2012-06-08 22:04 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] minor frontswap cleanups and tracing support Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-06-08 22:38 ` Sasha Levin
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