When 'echo 4 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' the message is disabled, but there is no interface to enable the message, only by restarting the way, so I want to add the 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' way to enabled the message again. Signed-off-by: Ruiwu Chen <rwchen404@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/drop_caches.c | 7 +++++-- kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c index d45ef541d848..c90cfaf9756d 100644 --- a/fs/drop_caches.c +++ b/fs/drop_caches.c @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, if (ret) return ret; if (write) { - static int stfu; + static bool stfu; if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) { lru_add_drain_all(); @@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), sysctl_drop_caches); } - stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4; + if (sysctl_drop_caches == 0) + stfu = false; + else if (sysctl_drop_caches == 4) + stfu = true; } return 0; } diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index cb57da499ebb..f2e06e074724 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0200, .proc_handler = drop_caches_sysctl_handler, - .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE, + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO, .extra2 = SYSCTL_FOUR, }, { -- 2.27.0