linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 16/25] SHM_LOCKED pages are non-reclaimable

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:49:06 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
Cc:	riel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 16/25] SHM_LOCKED pages are non-reclaimable

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:22:26 -0400
Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com> wrote:

> > Or mark it unevictable again if it still is.
> > 
> > > > + * scan_mapping_noreclaim_pages - scan an address space for reclaimable pages
> > > > + * @mapping: struct address_space to scan for reclaimable pages
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Scan all pages in mapping.  Check non-reclaimable pages for
> > > > + * reclaimability and move them to the appropriate zone lru list.
> > > > + */
> > > > +void scan_mapping_noreclaim_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
> > > > +{
> > 
> > > This function can spend fantastically large amounts of time under
> > > spin_lock_irq().
> 
> Yes, if we get a run of pages from the same zone [likely, I think],
> we'll hold the lock over a full "batch" of  PAGEVEC_SIZE [14] pages.  I
> haven't measured the hold time, but can do.

oh.  I misread the code.  Holding spin_lock_irq() across a single
pagevec should be OK.  At least, we do that in lots of other places.

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