linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/2] mbcache: fix shrinker function return value

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Message-Id: <20100721202637.2D6633C539AB@imap.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:44:45 +0200
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>, hch@...radead.org,
	"linux-ext4" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"kernel-janitors" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Wang Sheng-Hui" <crosslonelyover@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mbcache: fix shrinker function return value

The shrinker function is supposed to return the number of cache
entries after shrinking, not before shrinking.  Fix that.

Based on a patch from Wang Sheng-Hui <crosslonelyover@...il.com>.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>
---
 fs/mbcache.c |   27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 8a2cbd8..cf4e6cd 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -176,22 +176,12 @@ static int
 mb_cache_shrink_fn(struct shrinker *shrink, int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
-	struct list_head *l, *ltmp;
+	struct mb_cache *cache;
+	struct mb_cache_entry *entry, *tmp;
 	int count = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	list_for_each(l, &mb_cache_list) {
-		struct mb_cache *cache =
-			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache, c_cache_list);
-		mb_debug("cache %s (%d)", cache->c_name,
-			  atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count));
-		count += atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count);
-	}
 	mb_debug("trying to free %d entries", nr_to_scan);
-	if (nr_to_scan == 0) {
-		spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	while (nr_to_scan-- && !list_empty(&mb_cache_lru_list)) {
 		struct mb_cache_entry *ce =
 			list_entry(mb_cache_lru_list.next,
@@ -199,12 +189,15 @@ mb_cache_shrink_fn(struct shrinker *shrink, int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		list_move_tail(&ce->e_lru_list, &free_list);
 		__mb_cache_entry_unhash(ce);
 	}
+	list_for_each_entry(cache, &mb_cache_list, c_cache_list) {
+		mb_debug("cache %s (%d)", cache->c_name,
+			  atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count));
+		count += atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count);
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	list_for_each_safe(l, ltmp, &free_list) {
-		__mb_cache_entry_forget(list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry,
-						   e_lru_list), gfp_mask);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &free_list, e_lru_list) {
+		__mb_cache_entry_forget(entry, gfp_mask);
 	}
-out:
 	return (count / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.2.rc3.57.g77b5b

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