From: Rik van Riel Free swap cache entries when swapping in pages if vm_swap_full() [swap space > 1/2 used]. Uses new pagevec to reduce pressure on locks. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/vmscan.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2008-05-15 16:08:20.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/vmscan.c 2008-05-15 16:08:31.000000000 -0400 @@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ free_it: continue; activate_locked: + /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */ + if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full()) + remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(page); SetPageActive(page); pgactivate++; keep_locked: @@ -1203,6 +1206,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, pgmoved); pgmoved = 0; spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + if (vm_swap_full()) + pagevec_swap_free(&pvec); __pagevec_release(&pvec); spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); } @@ -1212,6 +1217,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned); __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgdeactivate); spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + if (vm_swap_full()) + pagevec_swap_free(&pvec); pagevec_release(&pvec); } Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/swap.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/swap.c 2008-05-15 16:08:27.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/swap.c 2008-05-15 16:08:31.000000000 -0400 @@ -443,6 +443,24 @@ void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec) } } +/* + * Try to free swap space from the pages in a pagevec + */ +void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec) +{ + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(pvec); i++) { + struct page *page = pvec->pages[i]; + + if (PageSwapCache(page) && !TestSetPageLocked(page)) { + if (PageSwapCache(page)) + remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(page); + unlock_page(page); + } + } +} + /** * pagevec_lookup - gang pagecache lookup * @pvec: Where the resulting pages are placed Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/pagevec.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/include/linux/pagevec.h 2008-05-15 16:08:27.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/pagevec.h 2008-05-15 16:08:31.000000000 -0400 @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ void __pagevec_release_nonlru(struct pag void __pagevec_free(struct pagevec *pvec); void ____pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec, enum lru_list lru); void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec); +void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec); unsigned pagevec_lookup(struct pagevec *pvec, struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start, unsigned nr_pages); unsigned pagevec_lookup_tag(struct pagevec *pvec, Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/swap.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/include/linux/swap.h 2008-05-15 16:08:27.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/include/linux/swap.h 2008-05-15 16:08:31.000000000 -0400 @@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff extern struct swap_info_struct *get_swap_info_struct(unsigned); extern int can_share_swap_page(struct page *); extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *); +extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(struct page *); struct backing_dev_info; /* linux/mm/thrash.c */ Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/swapfile.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/swapfile.c 2008-05-15 11:21:11.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/swapfile.c 2008-05-16 13:31:42.000000000 -0400 @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ int can_share_swap_page(struct page *pag * Work out if there are any other processes sharing this * swap cache page. Free it if you can. Return success. */ -int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *page) +static int remove_exclusive_swap_page_count(struct page *page, int count) { int retval; struct swap_info_struct * p; @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct pa return 0; if (PageWriteback(page)) return 0; - if (page_count(page) != 2) /* 2: us + cache */ + if (page_count(page) != count) /* us + cache + ptes */ return 0; entry.val = page_private(page); @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct pa if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) { /* Recheck the page count with the swapcache lock held.. */ write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock); - if ((page_count(page) == 2) && !PageWriteback(page)) { + if ((page_count(page) == count) && !PageWriteback(page)) { __delete_from_swap_cache(page); SetPageDirty(page); retval = 1; @@ -387,6 +387,25 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct pa } /* + * Most of the time the page should have two references: one for the + * process and one for the swap cache. + */ +int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *page) +{ + return remove_exclusive_swap_page_count(page, 2); +} + +/* + * The pageout code holds an extra reference to the page. That raises + * the reference count to test for to 2 for a page that is only in the + * swap cache plus 1 for each process that maps the page. + */ +int remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(struct page *page) +{ + return remove_exclusive_swap_page_count(page, 2 + page_mapcount(page)); +} + +/* * Free the swap entry like above, but also try to * free the page cache entry if it is the last user. */ -- All Rights Reversed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/