swap subsystem then writes the new data to the read swap device,
this is the correct course of action to ensure coherency.
-* What is frontswap_shrink for?
-
-When the (non-frontswap) swap subsystem swaps out a page to a real
-swap device, that page is only taking up low-value pre-allocated disk
-space. But if frontswap has placed a page in transcendent memory, that
-page may be taking up valuable real estate. The frontswap_shrink
-routine allows code outside of the swap subsystem to force pages out
-of the memory managed by frontswap and back into kernel-addressable memory.
-For example, in RAMster, a "suction driver" thread will attempt
-to "repatriate" pages sent to a remote machine back to the local machine;
-this is driven using the frontswap_shrink mechanism when memory pressure
-subsides.
-
* Why does the frontswap patch create the new include file swapfile.h?
The frontswap code depends on some swap-subsystem-internal data
return totalpages;
}
-static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total, unsigned long *unused,
- int *swapid)
-{
- int ret = -EINVAL;
- struct swap_info_struct *si = NULL;
- int si_frontswap_pages;
- unsigned long total_pages_to_unuse = total;
- unsigned long pages = 0, pages_to_unuse = 0;
-
- assert_spin_locked(&swap_lock);
- plist_for_each_entry(si, &swap_active_head, list) {
- si_frontswap_pages = atomic_read(&si->frontswap_pages);
- if (total_pages_to_unuse < si_frontswap_pages) {
- pages = pages_to_unuse = total_pages_to_unuse;
- } else {
- pages = si_frontswap_pages;
- pages_to_unuse = 0; /* unuse all */
- }
- /* ensure there is enough RAM to fetch pages from frontswap */
- if (security_vm_enough_memory_mm(current->mm, pages)) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- continue;
- }
- vm_unacct_memory(pages);
- *unused = pages_to_unuse;
- *swapid = si->type;
- ret = 0;
- break;
- }
-
- return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * Used to check if it's necessary and feasible to unuse pages.
- * Return 1 when nothing to do, 0 when need to shrink pages,
- * error code when there is an error.
- */
-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 1;
- }
- 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
- * "partial swapoff" and works by calling try_to_unuse to attempt to
- * unuse enough frontswap pages to attempt to -- subject to memory
- * constraints -- reduce the number of pages in frontswap to the
- * number given in the parameter target_pages.
- */
-void frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages)
-{
- unsigned long pages_to_unuse = 0;
- int type, ret;
-
- /*
- * 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_active_head each time
- */
- spin_lock(&swap_lock);
- ret = __frontswap_shrink(target_pages, &pages_to_unuse, &type);
- spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
- if (ret == 0)
- try_to_unuse(type, true, pages_to_unuse);
- return;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_shrink);
-
/*
* Count and return the number of frontswap pages across all
* swap devices. This is exported so that backend drivers can