From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx> Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When 1 is written to the file, all zones are compacted such that free memory is available in contiguous blocks where possible. But echo others-parameter > compact_memory, this function will be triggered by writing parameters to the interface. Applied this patch, sh/$ echo 1.1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory sh/$ sh: write error: Invalid argument The start and end time of printing triggering compact_memory. Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ye Xingchen <ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/compaction.h | 1 + kernel/sysctl.c | 4 +++- mm/compaction.c | 12 +++++++++++- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h index 52a9ff65faee..caa24e33eeb1 100644 --- a/include/linux/compaction.h +++ b/include/linux/compaction.h @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static inline unsigned long compact_gap(unsigned int order) } #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION +extern int sysctl_compact_memory; extern unsigned int sysctl_compaction_proactiveness; extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos); diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 1c240d2c99bc..39eff48ada08 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -2192,10 +2192,12 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION { .procname = "compact_memory", - .data = NULL, + .data = &sysctl_compact_memory, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0200, .proc_handler = sysctl_compaction_handler, + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE, + .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE, }, { .procname = "compaction_proactiveness", diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index 5a9501e0ae01..2c9ecc4b9d23 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -2763,6 +2763,8 @@ int compaction_proactiveness_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, return 0; } +/* The written value is actually unused, all memory is compacted */ +int sysctl_compact_memory; /* * This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via * /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory @@ -2770,8 +2772,16 @@ int compaction_proactiveness_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos) { - if (write) + int ret; + + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos); + if (ret) + return ret; + if (write) { + pr_info("compact_nodes start\n"); compact_nodes(); + pr_info("compact_nodes end\n"); + } return 0; } -- 2.25.1