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/*
* Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
* occur.
*/
int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
/*
* If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
* slab reclaim needs to occur.
*/
int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;

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static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone *zone)
{
unsigned long file_mapped = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
unsigned long file_lru = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE) +
zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
/*
* It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
* accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
* tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
*/
return (file_lru > file_mapped) ? (file_lru - file_mapped) : 0;
}
/* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
{
long nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
long delta = 0;
/*
* If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
* potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
* pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
* a better estimate
*/
if (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP)
nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES);
else
nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone);
/* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
if (!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE))
delta += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
/* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
if (unlikely(delta > nr_pagecache_reclaimable))
delta = nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
return nr_pagecache_reclaimable - delta;
}
/*
* Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
*/
static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
/* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
struct task_struct *p = current;
struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
struct scan_control sc = {
.may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
.may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
.nr_to_reclaim = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
.priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY,
struct shrink_control shrink = {
.gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
};
unsigned long nr_slab_pages0, nr_slab_pages1;
/*
* We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
* and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
* and RECLAIM_SWAP.
*/
p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask);
reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;

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if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
/*
* Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
* priorities until we have enough memory freed.
*/
do {
shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
} while (sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages && --sc.priority >= 0);
nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {
* shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
* many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
* number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
* by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
* pages.
* Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
* take a long time.

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for (;;) {
unsigned long lru_pages = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
/* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
if (!shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages))

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break;
/* Freed enough memory */
nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone,
NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
if (nr_slab_pages1 + nr_pages <= nr_slab_pages0)
break;
}
/*
* Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
* reclaimed from this zone.
*/
nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
if (nr_slab_pages1 < nr_slab_pages0)
sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_slab_pages0 - nr_slab_pages1;
current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
{
int node_id;
* Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
* slab pages if we are over the defined limits.

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* A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
* file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
* thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
* if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
* unmapped file backed pages.

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if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages &&
zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= zone->min_slab_pages)
return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
* Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
/*
* Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
* have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
* over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
* as wide as possible.
*/
node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
if (!ret)
count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED);
return ret;
/*
* page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
* @page: the page to test
* @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
*
* Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
* lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
* fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
*
* Reasons page might not be evictable:
* (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
* (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
*/
int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page)))
return 0;
if (PageMlocked(page) || (vma && mlocked_vma_newpage(vma, page)))
* check_move_unevictable_pages - check pages for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
* @pages: array of pages to check
* @nr_pages: number of pages to check
* Checks pages for evictability and moves them to the appropriate lru list.
*
* This function is only used for SysV IPC SHM_UNLOCK.
void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
struct zone *zone = NULL;
int pgscanned = 0;
int pgrescued = 0;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
struct page *page = pages[i];
struct zone *pagezone;
pgscanned++;
pagezone = page_zone(page);
if (pagezone != zone) {
if (zone)
spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
zone = pagezone;
spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
}
lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone);
if (!PageLRU(page) || !PageUnevictable(page))
continue;
if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
enum lru_list lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
ClearPageUnevictable(page);
del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
if (zone) {
__count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED, pgrescued);
__count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pgscanned);
spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
printk_once(KERN_WARNING
"%s: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
"disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
"one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n",
current->comm);
}
/*
* scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
* all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
*/
unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages;
int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer,
size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
return 0;
}

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#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/*
* per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
* a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
*/
static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
}
static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
static DEVICE_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
read_scan_unevictable_node,
write_scan_unevictable_node);
int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node)
{
return device_create_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
}
void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node)
{
device_remove_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);