On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:22:02 +0800 Andrew Yang <andrew.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We expect a file page access after dropping caches should be a major
> fault, but sometimes it's still a minor fault. That's because a file
> page can't be dropped if it's in a per-cpu pagevec. Draining all pages
> from per-cpu pagevec to lru list before trying to drop caches.
>
> --- a/fs/drop_caches.c
> +++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> #include <linux/writeback.h>
> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> #include <linux/gfp.h>
> +#include <linux/swap.h>
> #include "internal.h"
>
> /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
> @@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> static int stfu;
>
> if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
> + lru_add_drain_all();
> iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
> count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
> }
um, yes. I'm suprised that this oversight has survived 20+ years.
