linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] drop_caches: re-enable message after disabling

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Message-Id: <20250217173333.2448-1-rwchen404@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:33:33 +0800
From: Ruiwu Chen <rwchen404@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: corbet@....net,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	mcgrof@...nel.org,
	keescook@...omium.org,
	zachwade.k@...il.com,
	Ruiwu Chen <rwchen404@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] drop_caches: re-enable message after disabling

When 'echo 4 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' the message is disabled,
but there is no interface to enable the message, only by restarting
the way, so I want to add the 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches'
way to enabled the message again.

Signed-off-by: Ruiwu Chen <rwchen404@...il.com>
---
v2: - updated Documentation/ to note this new API.
    - renamed the variable.
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 11 ++++++++++-
 fs/drop_caches.c                        |  9 ++++++---
 kernel/sysctl.c                         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
index f48eaa98d22d..1b9ae9bc6cf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
@@ -266,7 +266,16 @@ used::
 	cat (1234): drop_caches: 3
 
 These are informational only.  They do not mean that anything is wrong
-with your system.  To disable them, echo 4 (bit 2) into drop_caches.
+with your system.
+
+To disable informational::
+
+    echo 4 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+To enable informational::
+
+    echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
 
 enable_soft_offline
 ===================
diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index d45ef541d848..5d02c1d99d9f 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	if (write) {
-		static int stfu;
+		static bool silent;
 
 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
 			lru_add_drain_all();
@@ -68,12 +68,15 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			drop_slab();
 			count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
 		}
-		if (!stfu) {
+		if (!silent) {
 			pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
 				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
 				sysctl_drop_caches);
 		}
-		stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;
+		if (sysctl_drop_caches == 0)
+			silent = false;
+		else if (sysctl_drop_caches == 4)
+			silent = true;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index cb57da499ebb..f2e06e074724 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0200,
 		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
 	},
 	{
-- 
2.27.0