linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/5] mm/thp: allow drop THP from page cache

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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:42:21 -0700
From:   Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <matthew.wilcox@...cle.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <william.kucharski@...cle.com>, <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] mm/thp: allow drop THP from page cache

From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

Once a THP is added to the page cache, it cannot be dropped via
/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. Fix this issue with proper handling in
invalidate_mapping_pages().

Fixes: 99cb0dbd47a1 ("mm,thp: add read-only THP support for (non-shmem) FS")
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
---
 mm/truncate.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 8563339041f6..dd9ebc1da356 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -592,6 +592,16 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 					unlock_page(page);
 					continue;
 				}
+
+				/* Take a pin outside pagevec */
+				get_page(page);
+
+				/*
+				 * Drop extra pins before trying to invalidate
+				 * the huge page.
+				 */
+				pagevec_remove_exceptionals(&pvec);
+				pagevec_release(&pvec);
 			}
 
 			ret = invalidate_inode_page(page);
@@ -602,6 +612,8 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			 */
 			if (!ret)
 				deactivate_file_page(page);
+			if (PageTransHuge(page))
+				put_page(page);
 			count += ret;
 		}
 		pagevec_remove_exceptionals(&pvec);
-- 
2.17.1