The current versions of shrink_all_zones and shrink_all_memory don't
take account of memory already freed when making multiple calls to seek
to free memory. As a result, we can end up freeing far more memory than
was asked for. This can in turn result in more (unnecessary) paging
if/when the data is later needed.
These modifications seek to alleviate this situation by modifying
swap_cluster_max by the number of pages freed by shrink_inactive_list in
shrink_all_zones before proceeding to the next zone, and in
shrink_all_memory before shrinking slab and going to the next priority.
Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -ruNp 930-vmscan.patch-old/mm/vmscan.c 930-vmscan.patch-new/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1469,9 +1469,12 @@ static unsigned long shrink_all_zones(un
zone->nr_scan_inactive += (zone->nr_inactive >> prio) + 1;
if (zone->nr_scan_inactive >= nr_pages || pass > 3) {
+ int freed;
zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
nr_to_scan = min(nr_pages, zone->nr_inactive);
- ret += shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc);
+ freed = shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc);
+ ret += freed;
+ sc->swap_cluster_max -= freed;
if (ret >= nr_pages)
return ret;
}
@@ -1550,9 +1553,14 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned
for (prio = DEF_PRIORITY; prio >= 0; prio--) {
unsigned long nr_to_scan = nr_pages - ret;
+ int freed;
sc.nr_scanned = 0;
- ret += shrink_all_zones(nr_to_scan, prio, pass, &sc);
+ sc.swap_cluster_max = nr_pages - ret;
+ freed = shrink_all_zones(nr_to_scan, prio, pass, &sc);
+ ret += freed;
+ lru_pages =- freed;
+ nr_to_scan = nr_pages - ret;
if (ret >= nr_pages)
goto out;
-
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