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mm: frontswap: split frontswap_shrink further to simplify locking
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Split frontswap_shrink to simplify the locking in the original code.

Also, assert that the function that was split still runs under the
swap spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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sashalevin authored and konradwilk committed Jun 11, 2012
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36 changes: 21 additions & 15 deletions mm/frontswap.c
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Expand Up @@ -265,6 +265,24 @@ static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total, unsigned long *unused,
return ret;
}

static int __frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages,
unsigned long *pages_to_unuse,
int *type)
{
unsigned long total_pages = 0, total_pages_to_unuse;

assert_spin_locked(&swap_lock);

total_pages = __frontswap_curr_pages();
if (total_pages <= target_pages) {
/* Nothing to do */
*pages_to_unuse = 0;
return 0;
}
total_pages_to_unuse = total_pages - target_pages;
return __frontswap_unuse_pages(total_pages_to_unuse, pages_to_unuse, type);
}

/*
* Frontswap, like a true swap device, may unnecessarily retain pages
* under certain circumstances; "shrink" frontswap is essentially a
Expand All @@ -275,31 +293,19 @@ static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total, unsigned long *unused,
*/
void frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages)
{
unsigned long total_pages = 0, total_pages_to_unuse;
unsigned long pages_to_unuse = 0;
int type, ret;
bool locked = false;

/*
* we don't want to hold swap_lock while doing a very
* lengthy try_to_unuse, but swap_list may change
* so restart scan from swap_list.head each time
*/
spin_lock(&swap_lock);
locked = true;
total_pages = __frontswap_curr_pages();
if (total_pages <= target_pages)
goto out;
total_pages_to_unuse = total_pages - target_pages;
ret = __frontswap_unuse_pages(total_pages_to_unuse, &pages_to_unuse, &type);
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
locked = false;
ret = __frontswap_shrink(target_pages, &pages_to_unuse, &type);
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
try_to_unuse(type, true, pages_to_unuse);
out:
if (locked)
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
if (ret == 0 && pages_to_unuse)
try_to_unuse(type, true, pages_to_unuse);
return;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_shrink);
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