linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] VFS: Extend drop_caches sysctl handler to allow directory level cache cleaning

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Message-Id: <612334c18d31f67fb41416638f40cdf090062140.1387205337.git.liwang@ubuntukylin.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:00:09 -0800
From:	Li Wang <liwang@...ntukylin.com>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Sage Weil <sage@...tank.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Li Wang <liwang@...ntukylin.com>,
	Yunchuan Wen <yunchuanwen@...ntukylin.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] VFS: Extend drop_caches sysctl handler to allow directory level cache cleaning


Signed-off-by: Li Wang <liwang@...ntukylin.com>
Signed-off-by: Yunchuan Wen <yunchuanwen@...ntukylin.com>
---
 fs/drop_caches.c |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 9fd702f..ab31393 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
-int sysctl_drop_caches;
+char sysctl_drop_caches[PATH_MAX];
 
 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
 {
@@ -54,15 +55,43 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret;
+	int command;
+	struct path path;
+	struct path root;
 
-	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	if (write) {
-		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1)
+	ret = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+	if (ret || !write)
+		goto out;
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	command = sysctl_drop_caches[0] - '0';
+	if (command < 1 || command > 3)
+		goto out;
+	if (sysctl_drop_caches[1] == '\0') {
+		if (command & 1)
 			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
-		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2)
+		if (command & 2)
 			drop_slab();
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	if (sysctl_drop_caches[1] != ':' || sysctl_drop_caches[2] == '\0')
+		goto out;
+	if (sysctl_drop_caches[2] == '/')
+		get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
+	else
+		get_fs_pwd(current->fs, &root);
+	ret = vfs_path_lookup(root.dentry, root.mnt,
+		&sysctl_drop_caches[2], 0, &path);
+	path_put(&root);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+	if (command & 1)
+		shrink_pagecache_parent(path.dentry);
+	if (command & 2)
+		shrink_dcache_parent(path.dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
+out:
+	if (ret)
+		memset(sysctl_drop_caches, 0, PATH_MAX);
+	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.7.9.5

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