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1 /*
2  *  linux/mm/vmscan.c
3  *
4  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994  Linus Torvalds
5  *
6  *  Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie.
7  *  kswapd added: 7.1.96  sct
8  *  Removed kswapd_ctl limits, and swap out as many pages as needed
9  *  to bring the system back to freepages.high: 2.4.97, Rik van Riel.
10  *  Zone aware kswapd started 02/00, Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@sgi.com).
11  *  Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
12  */
13
14 #include <linux/mm.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/slab.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/highmem.h>
22 #include <linux/file.h>
23 #include <linux/writeback.h>
24 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
25 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>  /* for try_to_release_page(),
26                                         buffer_heads_over_limit */
27 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
28 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
29 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
30 #include <linux/rmap.h>
31 #include <linux/topology.h>
32 #include <linux/cpu.h>
33 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
34 #include <linux/notifier.h>
35 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
36
37 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
38 #include <asm/div64.h>
39
40 #include <linux/swapops.h>
41
42 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
43 typedef enum {
44         /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
45         PAGE_KEEP,
46         /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
47         PAGE_ACTIVATE,
48         /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
49         PAGE_SUCCESS,
50         /* page is clean and locked */
51         PAGE_CLEAN,
52 } pageout_t;
53
54 struct scan_control {
55         /* Ask refill_inactive_zone, or shrink_cache to scan this many pages */
56         unsigned long nr_to_scan;
57
58         /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
59         unsigned long nr_scanned;
60
61         /* Incremented by the number of pages reclaimed */
62         unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
63
64         unsigned long nr_mapped;        /* From page_state */
65
66         /* Ask shrink_caches, or shrink_zone to scan at this priority */
67         unsigned int priority;
68
69         /* This context's GFP mask */
70         gfp_t gfp_mask;
71
72         int may_writepage;
73
74         /* This context's SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX. If freeing memory for
75          * suspend, we effectively ignore SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX.
76          * In this context, it doesn't matter that we scan the
77          * whole list at once. */
78         int swap_cluster_max;
79 };
80
81 /*
82  * The list of shrinker callbacks used by to apply pressure to
83  * ageable caches.
84  */
85 struct shrinker {
86         shrinker_t              shrinker;
87         struct list_head        list;
88         int                     seeks;  /* seeks to recreate an obj */
89         long                    nr;     /* objs pending delete */
90 };
91
92 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
93
94 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
95 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field)                    \
96         do {                                                            \
97                 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) {                       \
98                         struct page *prev;                              \
99                                                                         \
100                         prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru));              \
101                         prefetch(&prev->_field);                        \
102                 }                                                       \
103         } while (0)
104 #else
105 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
106 #endif
107
108 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
109 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field)                   \
110         do {                                                            \
111                 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) {                       \
112                         struct page *prev;                              \
113                                                                         \
114                         prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru));              \
115                         prefetchw(&prev->_field);                       \
116                 }                                                       \
117         } while (0)
118 #else
119 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
120 #endif
121
122 /*
123  * From 0 .. 100.  Higher means more swappy.
124  */
125 int vm_swappiness = 60;
126 static long total_memory;
127
128 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
129 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
130
131 /*
132  * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
133  */
134 struct shrinker *set_shrinker(int seeks, shrinker_t theshrinker)
135 {
136         struct shrinker *shrinker;
137
138         shrinker = kmalloc(sizeof(*shrinker), GFP_KERNEL);
139         if (shrinker) {
140                 shrinker->shrinker = theshrinker;
141                 shrinker->seeks = seeks;
142                 shrinker->nr = 0;
143                 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
144                 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
145                 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
146         }
147         return shrinker;
148 }
149 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_shrinker);
150
151 /*
152  * Remove one
153  */
154 void remove_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
155 {
156         down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
157         list_del(&shrinker->list);
158         up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
159         kfree(shrinker);
160 }
161 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_shrinker);
162
163 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
164 /*
165  * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
166  *
167  * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
168  * takes a seek to recreate a cache object.  With this in mind we age equal
169  * percentages of the lru and ageable caches.  This should balance the seeks
170  * generated by these structures.
171  *
172  * If the vm encounted mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
173  * slab to avoid swapping.
174  *
175  * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
176  *
177  * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
178  * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt.  It is used for balancing
179  * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
180  *
181  * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
182  */
183 int shrink_slab(unsigned long scanned, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long lru_pages)
184 {
185         struct shrinker *shrinker;
186         int ret = 0;
187
188         if (scanned == 0)
189                 scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
190
191         if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
192                 return 1;       /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
193
194         list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
195                 unsigned long long delta;
196                 unsigned long total_scan;
197                 unsigned long max_pass = (*shrinker->shrinker)(0, gfp_mask);
198
199                 delta = (4 * scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
200                 delta *= max_pass;
201                 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
202                 shrinker->nr += delta;
203                 if (shrinker->nr < 0) {
204                         printk(KERN_ERR "%s: nr=%ld\n",
205                                         __FUNCTION__, shrinker->nr);
206                         shrinker->nr = max_pass;
207                 }
208
209                 /*
210                  * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
211                  * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
212                  * freeable entries.
213                  */
214                 if (shrinker->nr > max_pass * 2)
215                         shrinker->nr = max_pass * 2;
216
217                 total_scan = shrinker->nr;
218                 shrinker->nr = 0;
219
220                 while (total_scan >= SHRINK_BATCH) {
221                         long this_scan = SHRINK_BATCH;
222                         int shrink_ret;
223                         int nr_before;
224
225                         nr_before = (*shrinker->shrinker)(0, gfp_mask);
226                         shrink_ret = (*shrinker->shrinker)(this_scan, gfp_mask);
227                         if (shrink_ret == -1)
228                                 break;
229                         if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
230                                 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
231                         mod_page_state(slabs_scanned, this_scan);
232                         total_scan -= this_scan;
233
234                         cond_resched();
235                 }
236
237                 shrinker->nr += total_scan;
238         }
239         up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
240         return ret;
241 }
242
243 /* Called without lock on whether page is mapped, so answer is unstable */
244 static inline int page_mapping_inuse(struct page *page)
245 {
246         struct address_space *mapping;
247
248         /* Page is in somebody's page tables. */
249         if (page_mapped(page))
250                 return 1;
251
252         /* Be more reluctant to reclaim swapcache than pagecache */
253         if (PageSwapCache(page))
254                 return 1;
255
256         mapping = page_mapping(page);
257         if (!mapping)
258                 return 0;
259
260         /* File is mmap'd by somebody? */
261         return mapping_mapped(mapping);
262 }
263
264 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
265 {
266         return page_count(page) - !!PagePrivate(page) == 2;
267 }
268
269 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
270 {
271         if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
272                 return 1;
273         if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
274                 return 1;
275         if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
276                 return 1;
277         return 0;
278 }
279
280 /*
281  * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out.  Probably
282  * -ENOSPC.  We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
283  * fsync(), msync() or close().
284  *
285  * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
286  * prevents it from being freed up.  But we have a ref on the page and once
287  * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
288  *
289  * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
290  * __GFP_FS.
291  */
292 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
293                                 struct page *page, int error)
294 {
295         lock_page(page);
296         if (page_mapping(page) == mapping) {
297                 if (error == -ENOSPC)
298                         set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
299                 else
300                         set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
301         }
302         unlock_page(page);
303 }
304
305 /*
306  * pageout is called by shrink_list() for each dirty page. Calls ->writepage().
307  */
308 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
309 {
310         /*
311          * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
312          * will be non-blocking.  To prevent this allocation from being
313          * stalled by pagecache activity.  But note that there may be
314          * stalls if we need to run get_block().  We could test
315          * PagePrivate for that.
316          *
317          * If this process is currently in generic_file_write() against
318          * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
319          * will block.
320          *
321          * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
322          * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
323          * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
324          * congestion state of the swapdevs.  Easy to fix, if needed.
325          * See swapfile.c:page_queue_congested().
326          */
327         if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
328                 return PAGE_KEEP;
329         if (!mapping) {
330                 /*
331                  * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
332                  * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
333                  */
334                 if (PagePrivate(page)) {
335                         if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
336                                 ClearPageDirty(page);
337                                 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __FUNCTION__);
338                                 return PAGE_CLEAN;
339                         }
340                 }
341                 return PAGE_KEEP;
342         }
343         if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
344                 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
345         if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info))
346                 return PAGE_KEEP;
347
348         if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
349                 int res;
350                 struct writeback_control wbc = {
351                         .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
352                         .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
353                         .nonblocking = 1,
354                         .for_reclaim = 1,
355                 };
356
357                 SetPageReclaim(page);
358                 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
359                 if (res < 0)
360                         handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
361                 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
362                         ClearPageReclaim(page);
363                         return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
364                 }
365                 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
366                         /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
367                         ClearPageReclaim(page);
368                 }
369
370                 return PAGE_SUCCESS;
371         }
372
373         return PAGE_CLEAN;
374 }
375
376 static int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
377 {
378         if (!mapping)
379                 return 0;               /* truncate got there first */
380
381         write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
382
383         /*
384          * The non-racy check for busy page.  It is critical to check
385          * PageDirty _after_ making sure that the page is freeable and
386          * not in use by anybody.       (pagecache + us == 2)
387          */
388         if (unlikely(page_count(page) != 2))
389                 goto cannot_free;
390         smp_rmb();
391         if (unlikely(PageDirty(page)))
392                 goto cannot_free;
393
394         if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
395                 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
396                 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
397                 write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
398                 swap_free(swap);
399                 __put_page(page);       /* The pagecache ref */
400                 return 1;
401         }
402
403         __remove_from_page_cache(page);
404         write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
405         __put_page(page);
406         return 1;
407
408 cannot_free:
409         write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
410         return 0;
411 }
412
413 /*
414  * shrink_list adds the number of reclaimed pages to sc->nr_reclaimed
415  */
416 static int shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list, struct scan_control *sc)
417 {
418         LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
419         struct pagevec freed_pvec;
420         int pgactivate = 0;
421         int reclaimed = 0;
422
423         cond_resched();
424
425         pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
426         while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
427                 struct address_space *mapping;
428                 struct page *page;
429                 int may_enter_fs;
430                 int referenced;
431
432                 cond_resched();
433
434                 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
435                 list_del(&page->lru);
436
437                 if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
438                         goto keep;
439
440                 BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
441
442                 sc->nr_scanned++;
443                 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
444                 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
445                         sc->nr_scanned++;
446
447                 if (PageWriteback(page))
448                         goto keep_locked;
449
450                 referenced = page_referenced(page, 1);
451                 /* In active use or really unfreeable?  Activate it. */
452                 if (referenced && page_mapping_inuse(page))
453                         goto activate_locked;
454
455 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
456                 /*
457                  * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
458                  * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
459                  */
460                 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
461                         if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_ATOMIC))
462                                 goto activate_locked;
463                 }
464 #endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
465
466                 mapping = page_mapping(page);
467                 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
468                         (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
469
470                 /*
471                  * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
472                  * processes. Try to unmap it here.
473                  */
474                 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
475                         switch (try_to_unmap(page)) {
476                         case SWAP_FAIL:
477                                 goto activate_locked;
478                         case SWAP_AGAIN:
479                                 goto keep_locked;
480                         case SWAP_SUCCESS:
481                                 ; /* try to free the page below */
482                         }
483                 }
484
485                 if (PageDirty(page)) {
486                         if (referenced)
487                                 goto keep_locked;
488                         if (!may_enter_fs)
489                                 goto keep_locked;
490                         if (laptop_mode && !sc->may_writepage)
491                                 goto keep_locked;
492
493                         /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
494                         switch(pageout(page, mapping)) {
495                         case PAGE_KEEP:
496                                 goto keep_locked;
497                         case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
498                                 goto activate_locked;
499                         case PAGE_SUCCESS:
500                                 if (PageWriteback(page) || PageDirty(page))
501                                         goto keep;
502                                 /*
503                                  * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk.  Go
504                                  * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
505                                  */
506                                 if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
507                                         goto keep;
508                                 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
509                                         goto keep_locked;
510                                 mapping = page_mapping(page);
511                         case PAGE_CLEAN:
512                                 ; /* try to free the page below */
513                         }
514                 }
515
516                 /*
517                  * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
518                  * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
519                  * the page as well.
520                  *
521                  * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
522                  * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
523                  * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
524                  * clean (all its buffers are clean).  This happens if the
525                  * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
526                  * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping. 
527                  * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
528                  * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
529                  *
530                  * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping.  These are
531                  * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
532                  * truncate_complete_page().  We try to drop those buffers here
533                  * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
534                  * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
535                  * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
536                  */
537                 if (PagePrivate(page)) {
538                         if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
539                                 goto activate_locked;
540                         if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1)
541                                 goto free_it;
542                 }
543
544                 if (!remove_mapping(mapping, page))
545                         goto keep_locked;
546
547 free_it:
548                 unlock_page(page);
549                 reclaimed++;
550                 if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page))
551                         __pagevec_release_nonlru(&freed_pvec);
552                 continue;
553
554 activate_locked:
555                 SetPageActive(page);
556                 pgactivate++;
557 keep_locked:
558                 unlock_page(page);
559 keep:
560                 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
561                 BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
562         }
563         list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
564         if (pagevec_count(&freed_pvec))
565                 __pagevec_release_nonlru(&freed_pvec);
566         mod_page_state(pgactivate, pgactivate);
567         sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaimed;
568         return reclaimed;
569 }
570
571 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
572 static inline void move_to_lru(struct page *page)
573 {
574         list_del(&page->lru);
575         if (PageActive(page)) {
576                 /*
577                  * lru_cache_add_active checks that
578                  * the PG_active bit is off.
579                  */
580                 ClearPageActive(page);
581                 lru_cache_add_active(page);
582         } else {
583                 lru_cache_add(page);
584         }
585         put_page(page);
586 }
587
588 /*
589  * Add isolated pages on the list back to the LRU
590  *
591  * returns the number of pages put back.
592  */
593 int putback_lru_pages(struct list_head *l)
594 {
595         struct page *page;
596         struct page *page2;
597         int count = 0;
598
599         list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, l, lru) {
600                 move_to_lru(page);
601                 count++;
602         }
603         return count;
604 }
605
606 /*
607  * swapout a single page
608  * page is locked upon entry, unlocked on exit
609  *
610  * return codes:
611  *      0 = complete
612  *      1 = retry
613  */
614 static int swap_page(struct page *page)
615 {
616         struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
617
618         if (page_mapped(page) && mapping)
619                 if (try_to_unmap(page) != SWAP_SUCCESS)
620                         goto unlock_retry;
621
622         if (PageDirty(page)) {
623                 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
624                 switch(pageout(page, mapping)) {
625                 case PAGE_KEEP:
626                 case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
627                         goto unlock_retry;
628
629                 case PAGE_SUCCESS:
630                         goto retry;
631
632                 case PAGE_CLEAN:
633                         ; /* try to free the page below */
634                 }
635         }
636
637         if (PagePrivate(page)) {
638                 if (!try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL) ||
639                     (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1))
640                         goto unlock_retry;
641         }
642
643         if (remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
644                 /* Success */
645                 unlock_page(page);
646                 return 0;
647         }
648
649 unlock_retry:
650         unlock_page(page);
651
652 retry:
653         return 1;
654 }
655 /*
656  * migrate_pages
657  *
658  * Two lists are passed to this function. The first list
659  * contains the pages isolated from the LRU to be migrated.
660  * The second list contains new pages that the pages isolated
661  * can be moved to. If the second list is NULL then all
662  * pages are swapped out.
663  *
664  * The function returns after 10 attempts or if no pages
665  * are movable anymore because t has become empty
666  * or no retryable pages exist anymore.
667  *
668  * SIMPLIFIED VERSION: This implementation of migrate_pages
669  * is only swapping out pages and never touches the second
670  * list. The direct migration patchset
671  * extends this function to avoid the use of swap.
672  */
673 int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *t)
674 {
675         int retry;
676         LIST_HEAD(failed);
677         int nr_failed = 0;
678         int pass = 0;
679         struct page *page;
680         struct page *page2;
681         int swapwrite = current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE;
682
683         if (!swapwrite)
684                 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
685
686 redo:
687         retry = 0;
688
689         list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, l, lru) {
690                 cond_resched();
691
692                 if (page_count(page) == 1) {
693                         /* page was freed from under us. So we are done. */
694                         move_to_lru(page);
695                         continue;
696                 }
697                 /*
698                  * Skip locked pages during the first two passes to give the
699                  * functions holding the lock time to release the page. Later we
700                  * use lock_page() to have a higher chance of acquiring the
701                  * lock.
702                  */
703                 if (pass > 2)
704                         lock_page(page);
705                 else
706                         if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
707                                 goto retry_later;
708
709                 /*
710                  * Only wait on writeback if we have already done a pass where
711                  * we we may have triggered writeouts for lots of pages.
712                  */
713                 if (pass > 0) {
714                         wait_on_page_writeback(page);
715                 } else {
716                         if (PageWriteback(page)) {
717                                 unlock_page(page);
718                                 goto retry_later;
719                         }
720                 }
721
722                 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
723                         if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_KERNEL)) {
724                                 unlock_page(page);
725                                 list_move(&page->lru, &failed);
726                                 nr_failed++;
727                                 continue;
728                         }
729                 }
730
731                 /*
732                  * Page is properly locked and writeback is complete.
733                  * Try to migrate the page.
734                  */
735                 if (!swap_page(page))
736                         continue;
737 retry_later:
738                 retry++;
739         }
740         if (retry && pass++ < 10)
741                 goto redo;
742
743         if (!swapwrite)
744                 current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
745
746         if (!list_empty(&failed))
747                 list_splice(&failed, l);
748
749         return nr_failed + retry;
750 }
751
752 static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(void *dummy)
753 {
754         lru_add_drain();
755 }
756
757 /*
758  * Isolate one page from the LRU lists and put it on the
759  * indicated list. Do necessary cache draining if the
760  * page is not on the LRU lists yet.
761  *
762  * Result:
763  *  0 = page not on LRU list
764  *  1 = page removed from LRU list and added to the specified list.
765  * -ENOENT = page is being freed elsewhere.
766  */
767 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
768 {
769         int rc = 0;
770         struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
771
772 redo:
773         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
774         rc = __isolate_lru_page(page);
775         if (rc == 1) {
776                 if (PageActive(page))
777                         del_page_from_active_list(zone, page);
778                 else
779                         del_page_from_inactive_list(zone, page);
780         }
781         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
782         if (rc == 0) {
783                 /*
784                  * Maybe this page is still waiting for a cpu to drain it
785                  * from one of the lru lists?
786                  */
787                 rc = schedule_on_each_cpu(lru_add_drain_per_cpu, NULL);
788                 if (rc == 0 && PageLRU(page))
789                         goto redo;
790         }
791         return rc;
792 }
793 #endif
794
795 /*
796  * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended.  Some of the functions that
797  * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
798  * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
799  *
800  * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
801  * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
802  *
803  * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
804  *
805  * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
806  * @src:        The LRU list to pull pages off.
807  * @dst:        The temp list to put pages on to.
808  * @scanned:    The number of pages that were scanned.
809  *
810  * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
811  */
812 static int isolate_lru_pages(int nr_to_scan, struct list_head *src,
813                              struct list_head *dst, int *scanned)
814 {
815         int nr_taken = 0;
816         struct page *page;
817         int scan = 0;
818
819         while (scan++ < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src)) {
820                 page = lru_to_page(src);
821                 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
822
823                 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page)) {
824                 case 1:
825                         /* Succeeded to isolate page */
826                         list_move(&page->lru, dst);
827                         nr_taken++;
828                         break;
829                 case -ENOENT:
830                         /* Not possible to isolate */
831                         list_move(&page->lru, src);
832                         break;
833                 default:
834                         BUG();
835                 }
836         }
837
838         *scanned = scan;
839         return nr_taken;
840 }
841
842 /*
843  * shrink_cache() adds the number of pages reclaimed to sc->nr_reclaimed
844  */
845 static void shrink_cache(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
846 {
847         LIST_HEAD(page_list);
848         struct pagevec pvec;
849         int max_scan = sc->nr_to_scan;
850
851         pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
852
853         lru_add_drain();
854         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
855         while (max_scan > 0) {
856                 struct page *page;
857                 int nr_taken;
858                 int nr_scan;
859                 int nr_freed;
860
861                 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(sc->swap_cluster_max,
862                                              &zone->inactive_list,
863                                              &page_list, &nr_scan);
864                 zone->nr_inactive -= nr_taken;
865                 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scan;
866                 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
867
868                 if (nr_taken == 0)
869                         goto done;
870
871                 max_scan -= nr_scan;
872                 nr_freed = shrink_list(&page_list, sc);
873
874                 local_irq_disable();
875                 if (current_is_kswapd()) {
876                         __mod_page_state_zone(zone, pgscan_kswapd, nr_scan);
877                         __mod_page_state(kswapd_steal, nr_freed);
878                 } else
879                         __mod_page_state_zone(zone, pgscan_direct, nr_scan);
880                 __mod_page_state_zone(zone, pgsteal, nr_freed);
881
882                 spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
883                 /*
884                  * Put back any unfreeable pages.
885                  */
886                 while (!list_empty(&page_list)) {
887                         page = lru_to_page(&page_list);
888                         if (TestSetPageLRU(page))
889                                 BUG();
890                         list_del(&page->lru);
891                         if (PageActive(page))
892                                 add_page_to_active_list(zone, page);
893                         else
894                                 add_page_to_inactive_list(zone, page);
895                         if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
896                                 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
897                                 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
898                                 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
899                         }
900                 }
901         }
902         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
903 done:
904         pagevec_release(&pvec);
905 }
906
907 /*
908  * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
909  *
910  * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
911  * processes, from rmap.
912  *
913  * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
914  * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation.  But if
915  * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
916  * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page.  It's impossible to balance
917  * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
918  * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
919  * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
920  *
921  * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
922  * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
923  */
924 static void
925 refill_inactive_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
926 {
927         int pgmoved;
928         int pgdeactivate = 0;
929         int pgscanned;
930         int nr_pages = sc->nr_to_scan;
931         LIST_HEAD(l_hold);      /* The pages which were snipped off */
932         LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);  /* Pages to go onto the inactive_list */
933         LIST_HEAD(l_active);    /* Pages to go onto the active_list */
934         struct page *page;
935         struct pagevec pvec;
936         int reclaim_mapped = 0;
937         long mapped_ratio;
938         long distress;
939         long swap_tendency;
940
941         lru_add_drain();
942         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
943         pgmoved = isolate_lru_pages(nr_pages, &zone->active_list,
944                                     &l_hold, &pgscanned);
945         zone->pages_scanned += pgscanned;
946         zone->nr_active -= pgmoved;
947         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
948
949         /*
950          * `distress' is a measure of how much trouble we're having reclaiming
951          * pages.  0 -> no problems.  100 -> great trouble.
952          */
953         distress = 100 >> zone->prev_priority;
954
955         /*
956          * The point of this algorithm is to decide when to start reclaiming
957          * mapped memory instead of just pagecache.  Work out how much memory
958          * is mapped.
959          */
960         mapped_ratio = (sc->nr_mapped * 100) / total_memory;
961
962         /*
963          * Now decide how much we really want to unmap some pages.  The mapped
964          * ratio is downgraded - just because there's a lot of mapped memory
965          * doesn't necessarily mean that page reclaim isn't succeeding.
966          *
967          * The distress ratio is important - we don't want to start going oom.
968          *
969          * A 100% value of vm_swappiness overrides this algorithm altogether.
970          */
971         swap_tendency = mapped_ratio / 2 + distress + vm_swappiness;
972
973         /*
974          * Now use this metric to decide whether to start moving mapped memory
975          * onto the inactive list.
976          */
977         if (swap_tendency >= 100)
978                 reclaim_mapped = 1;
979
980         while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
981                 cond_resched();
982                 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
983                 list_del(&page->lru);
984                 if (page_mapped(page)) {
985                         if (!reclaim_mapped ||
986                             (total_swap_pages == 0 && PageAnon(page)) ||
987                             page_referenced(page, 0)) {
988                                 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
989                                 continue;
990                         }
991                 }
992                 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
993         }
994
995         pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
996         pgmoved = 0;
997         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
998         while (!list_empty(&l_inactive)) {
999                 page = lru_to_page(&l_inactive);
1000                 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, &l_inactive, flags);
1001                 if (TestSetPageLRU(page))
1002                         BUG();
1003                 if (!TestClearPageActive(page))
1004                         BUG();
1005                 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->inactive_list);
1006                 pgmoved++;
1007                 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1008                         zone->nr_inactive += pgmoved;
1009                         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1010                         pgdeactivate += pgmoved;
1011                         pgmoved = 0;
1012                         if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
1013                                 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1014                         __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1015                         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1016                 }
1017         }
1018         zone->nr_inactive += pgmoved;
1019         pgdeactivate += pgmoved;
1020         if (buffer_heads_over_limit) {
1021                 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1022                 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1023                 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1024         }
1025
1026         pgmoved = 0;
1027         while (!list_empty(&l_active)) {
1028                 page = lru_to_page(&l_active);
1029                 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, &l_active, flags);
1030                 if (TestSetPageLRU(page))
1031                         BUG();
1032                 BUG_ON(!PageActive(page));
1033                 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->active_list);
1034                 pgmoved++;
1035                 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1036                         zone->nr_active += pgmoved;
1037                         pgmoved = 0;
1038                         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1039                         __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1040                         spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1041                 }
1042         }
1043         zone->nr_active += pgmoved;
1044         spin_unlock(&zone->lru_lock);
1045
1046         __mod_page_state_zone(zone, pgrefill, pgscanned);
1047         __mod_page_state(pgdeactivate, pgdeactivate);
1048         local_irq_enable();
1049
1050         pagevec_release(&pvec);
1051 }
1052
1053 /*
1054  * This is a basic per-zone page freer.  Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1055  */
1056 static void
1057 shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1058 {
1059         unsigned long nr_active;
1060         unsigned long nr_inactive;
1061
1062         atomic_inc(&zone->reclaim_in_progress);
1063
1064         /*
1065          * Add one to `nr_to_scan' just to make sure that the kernel will
1066          * slowly sift through the active list.
1067          */
1068         zone->nr_scan_active += (zone->nr_active >> sc->priority) + 1;
1069         nr_active = zone->nr_scan_active;
1070         if (nr_active >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
1071                 zone->nr_scan_active = 0;
1072         else
1073                 nr_active = 0;
1074
1075         zone->nr_scan_inactive += (zone->nr_inactive >> sc->priority) + 1;
1076         nr_inactive = zone->nr_scan_inactive;
1077         if (nr_inactive >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
1078                 zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
1079         else
1080                 nr_inactive = 0;
1081
1082         while (nr_active || nr_inactive) {
1083                 if (nr_active) {
1084                         sc->nr_to_scan = min(nr_active,
1085                                         (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
1086                         nr_active -= sc->nr_to_scan;
1087                         refill_inactive_zone(zone, sc);
1088                 }
1089
1090                 if (nr_inactive) {
1091                         sc->nr_to_scan = min(nr_inactive,
1092                                         (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
1093                         nr_inactive -= sc->nr_to_scan;
1094                         shrink_cache(zone, sc);
1095                 }
1096         }
1097
1098         throttle_vm_writeout();
1099
1100         atomic_dec(&zone->reclaim_in_progress);
1101 }
1102
1103 /*
1104  * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes.  We only
1105  * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
1106  * request.
1107  *
1108  * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over pages_high.  Because:
1109  * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
1110  *    allocation or
1111  * b) The zones may be over pages_high but they must go *over* pages_high to
1112  *    satisfy the `incremental min' zone defense algorithm.
1113  *
1114  * Returns the number of reclaimed pages.
1115  *
1116  * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
1117  * scan then give up on it.
1118  */
1119 static void
1120 shrink_caches(struct zone **zones, struct scan_control *sc)
1121 {
1122         int i;
1123
1124         for (i = 0; zones[i] != NULL; i++) {
1125                 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1126
1127                 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1128                         continue;
1129
1130                 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, __GFP_HARDWALL))
1131                         continue;
1132
1133                 zone->temp_priority = sc->priority;
1134                 if (zone->prev_priority > sc->priority)
1135                         zone->prev_priority = sc->priority;
1136
1137                 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && sc->priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1138                         continue;       /* Let kswapd poll it */
1139
1140                 shrink_zone(zone, sc);
1141         }
1142 }
1143  
1144 /*
1145  * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
1146  *
1147  * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
1148  * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
1149  *
1150  * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
1151  * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
1152  * caller can't do much about.  We kick pdflush and take explicit naps in the
1153  * hope that some of these pages can be written.  But if the allocating task
1154  * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the
1155  * allocation attempt will fail.
1156  */
1157 int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, gfp_t gfp_mask)
1158 {
1159         int priority;
1160         int ret = 0;
1161         int total_scanned = 0, total_reclaimed = 0;
1162         struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
1163         struct scan_control sc;
1164         unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
1165         int i;
1166
1167         sc.gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
1168         sc.may_writepage = 0;
1169
1170         inc_page_state(allocstall);
1171
1172         for (i = 0; zones[i] != NULL; i++) {
1173                 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1174
1175                 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, __GFP_HARDWALL))
1176                         continue;
1177
1178                 zone->temp_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
1179                 lru_pages += zone->nr_active + zone->nr_inactive;
1180         }
1181
1182         for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
1183                 sc.nr_mapped = read_page_state(nr_mapped);
1184                 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
1185                 sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
1186                 sc.priority = priority;
1187                 sc.swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1188                 if (!priority)
1189                         disable_swap_token();
1190                 shrink_caches(zones, &sc);
1191                 shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages);
1192                 if (reclaim_state) {
1193                         sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
1194                         reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
1195                 }
1196                 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
1197                 total_reclaimed += sc.nr_reclaimed;
1198                 if (total_reclaimed >= sc.swap_cluster_max) {
1199                         ret = 1;
1200                         goto out;
1201                 }
1202
1203                 /*
1204                  * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned.  This
1205                  * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
1206                  * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice.   But
1207                  * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
1208                  * writeout.  So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
1209                  */
1210                 if (total_scanned > sc.swap_cluster_max + sc.swap_cluster_max/2) {
1211                         wakeup_pdflush(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
1212                         sc.may_writepage = 1;
1213                 }
1214
1215                 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
1216                 if (sc.nr_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
1217                         blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
1218         }
1219 out:
1220         for (i = 0; zones[i] != 0; i++) {
1221                 struct zone *zone = zones[i];
1222
1223                 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, __GFP_HARDWALL))
1224                         continue;
1225
1226                 zone->prev_priority = zone->temp_priority;
1227         }
1228         return ret;
1229 }
1230
1231 /*
1232  * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
1233  * they are all at pages_high.
1234  *
1235  * If `nr_pages' is non-zero then it is the number of pages which are to be
1236  * reclaimed, regardless of the zone occupancies.  This is a software suspend
1237  * special.
1238  *
1239  * Returns the number of pages which were actually freed.
1240  *
1241  * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
1242  * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
1243  * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA).  Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
1244  * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
1245  * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim.  Mark the zone as
1246  * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan.  Basically we're polling
1247  * the zone for when the problem goes away.
1248  *
1249  * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction.  It skips
1250  * zones which have free_pages > pages_high, but once a zone is found to have
1251  * free_pages <= pages_high, we scan that zone and the lower zones regardless
1252  * of the number of free pages in the lower zones.  This interoperates with
1253  * the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging of pages is balanced
1254  * across the zones.
1255  */
1256 static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int nr_pages, int order)
1257 {
1258         int to_free = nr_pages;
1259         int all_zones_ok;
1260         int priority;
1261         int i;
1262         int total_scanned, total_reclaimed;
1263         struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
1264         struct scan_control sc;
1265
1266 loop_again:
1267         total_scanned = 0;
1268         total_reclaimed = 0;
1269         sc.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL;
1270         sc.may_writepage = 0;
1271         sc.nr_mapped = read_page_state(nr_mapped);
1272
1273         inc_page_state(pageoutrun);
1274
1275         for (i = 0; i < pgdat->nr_zones; i++) {
1276                 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1277
1278                 zone->temp_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
1279         }
1280
1281         for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
1282                 int end_zone = 0;       /* Inclusive.  0 = ZONE_DMA */
1283                 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
1284
1285                 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
1286                 if (!priority)
1287                         disable_swap_token();
1288
1289                 all_zones_ok = 1;
1290
1291                 if (nr_pages == 0) {
1292                         /*
1293                          * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
1294                          * zone which needs scanning
1295                          */
1296                         for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
1297                                 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1298
1299                                 if (!populated_zone(zone))
1300                                         continue;
1301
1302                                 if (zone->all_unreclaimable &&
1303                                                 priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1304                                         continue;
1305
1306                                 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
1307                                                 zone->pages_high, 0, 0)) {
1308                                         end_zone = i;
1309                                         goto scan;
1310                                 }
1311                         }
1312                         goto out;
1313                 } else {
1314                         end_zone = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
1315                 }
1316 scan:
1317                 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
1318                         struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1319
1320                         lru_pages += zone->nr_active + zone->nr_inactive;
1321                 }
1322
1323                 /*
1324                  * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
1325                  * at the last zone which needs scanning.
1326                  *
1327                  * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
1328                  * direction.  This prevents the page allocator from allocating
1329                  * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
1330                  * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
1331                  */
1332                 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
1333                         struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1334                         int nr_slab;
1335
1336                         if (!populated_zone(zone))
1337                                 continue;
1338
1339                         if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
1340                                 continue;
1341
1342                         if (nr_pages == 0) {    /* Not software suspend */
1343                                 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
1344                                                 zone->pages_high, end_zone, 0))
1345                                         all_zones_ok = 0;
1346                         }
1347                         zone->temp_priority = priority;
1348                         if (zone->prev_priority > priority)
1349                                 zone->prev_priority = priority;
1350                         sc.nr_scanned = 0;
1351                         sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
1352                         sc.priority = priority;
1353                         sc.swap_cluster_max = nr_pages? nr_pages : SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1354                         atomic_inc(&zone->reclaim_in_progress);
1355                         shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
1356                         atomic_dec(&zone->reclaim_in_progress);
1357                         reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
1358                         nr_slab = shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, GFP_KERNEL,
1359                                                 lru_pages);
1360                         sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
1361                         total_reclaimed += sc.nr_reclaimed;
1362                         total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
1363                         if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
1364                                 continue;
1365                         if (nr_slab == 0 && zone->pages_scanned >=
1366                                     (zone->nr_active + zone->nr_inactive) * 4)
1367                                 zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
1368                         /*
1369                          * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
1370                          * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
1371                          * even in laptop mode
1372                          */
1373                         if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
1374                             total_scanned > total_reclaimed+total_reclaimed/2)
1375                                 sc.may_writepage = 1;
1376                 }
1377                 if (nr_pages && to_free > total_reclaimed)
1378                         continue;       /* swsusp: need to do more work */
1379                 if (all_zones_ok)
1380                         break;          /* kswapd: all done */
1381                 /*
1382                  * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble.  Take a nap, then take
1383                  * another pass across the zones.
1384                  */
1385                 if (total_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
1386                         blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
1387
1388                 /*
1389                  * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
1390                  * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
1391                  * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
1392                  * on zone->*_priority.
1393                  */
1394                 if ((total_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX) && (!nr_pages))
1395                         break;
1396         }
1397 out:
1398         for (i = 0; i < pgdat->nr_zones; i++) {
1399                 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
1400
1401                 zone->prev_priority = zone->temp_priority;
1402         }
1403         if (!all_zones_ok) {
1404                 cond_resched();
1405                 goto loop_again;
1406         }
1407
1408         return total_reclaimed;
1409 }
1410
1411 /*
1412  * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
1413  * from the init process. 
1414  *
1415  * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
1416  * free memory available even if there is no other activity
1417  * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
1418  * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
1419  * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
1420  *
1421  * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
1422  * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
1423  */
1424 static int kswapd(void *p)
1425 {
1426         unsigned long order;
1427         pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
1428         struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1429         DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
1430         struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
1431                 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
1432         };
1433         cpumask_t cpumask;
1434
1435         daemonize("kswapd%d", pgdat->node_id);
1436         cpumask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id);
1437         if (!cpus_empty(cpumask))
1438                 set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cpumask);
1439         current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
1440
1441         /*
1442          * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
1443          * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
1444          * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
1445          * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
1446          *
1447          * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
1448          * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
1449          * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
1450          * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
1451          * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
1452          */
1453         tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
1454
1455         order = 0;
1456         for ( ; ; ) {
1457                 unsigned long new_order;
1458
1459                 try_to_freeze();
1460
1461                 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
1462                 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
1463                 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
1464                 if (order < new_order) {
1465                         /*
1466                          * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
1467                          * allocation
1468                          */
1469                         order = new_order;
1470                 } else {
1471                         schedule();
1472                         order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
1473                 }
1474                 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
1475
1476                 balance_pgdat(pgdat, 0, order);
1477         }
1478         return 0;
1479 }
1480
1481 /*
1482  * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
1483  */
1484 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order)
1485 {
1486         pg_data_t *pgdat;
1487
1488         if (!populated_zone(zone))
1489                 return;
1490
1491         pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
1492         if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, zone->pages_low, 0, 0))
1493                 return;
1494         if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order)
1495                 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
1496         if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, __GFP_HARDWALL))
1497                 return;
1498         if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
1499                 return;
1500         wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
1501 }
1502
1503 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
1504 /*
1505  * Try to free `nr_pages' of memory, system-wide.  Returns the number of freed
1506  * pages.
1507  */
1508 int shrink_all_memory(int nr_pages)
1509 {
1510         pg_data_t *pgdat;
1511         int nr_to_free = nr_pages;
1512         int ret = 0;
1513         struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
1514                 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
1515         };
1516
1517         current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
1518         for_each_pgdat(pgdat) {
1519                 int freed;
1520                 freed = balance_pgdat(pgdat, nr_to_free, 0);
1521                 ret += freed;
1522                 nr_to_free -= freed;
1523                 if (nr_to_free <= 0)
1524                         break;
1525         }
1526         current->reclaim_state = NULL;
1527         return ret;
1528 }
1529 #endif
1530
1531 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
1532 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
1533    not required for correctness.  So if the last cpu in a node goes
1534    away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
1535    restore their cpu bindings. */
1536 static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
1537                                   unsigned long action,
1538                                   void *hcpu)
1539 {
1540         pg_data_t *pgdat;
1541         cpumask_t mask;
1542
1543         if (action == CPU_ONLINE) {
1544                 for_each_pgdat(pgdat) {
1545                         mask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id);
1546                         if (any_online_cpu(mask) != NR_CPUS)
1547                                 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
1548                                 set_cpus_allowed(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
1549                 }
1550         }
1551         return NOTIFY_OK;
1552 }
1553 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
1554
1555 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
1556 {
1557         pg_data_t *pgdat;
1558         swap_setup();
1559         for_each_pgdat(pgdat)
1560                 pgdat->kswapd
1561                 = find_task_by_pid(kernel_thread(kswapd, pgdat, CLONE_KERNEL));
1562         total_memory = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
1563         hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
1564         return 0;
1565 }
1566
1567 module_init(kswapd_init)