The patch titled
zoned vm counters: remove useless writeback structure
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
zoned-vm-counters-remove-useless-writeback-structure.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: zoned vm counters: remove useless writeback structure
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Remove writeback state
We can remove some functions now that were needed to calculate the page state
for writeback control since these statistics are now directly available.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page-writeback.c | 66 ++++++++++++------------------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-remove-useless-writeback-structure mm/page-writeback.c
--- devel/mm/page-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-remove-useless-writeback-structure 2006-06-09 02:49:53.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/mm/page-writeback.c 2006-06-09 02:49:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -99,22 +99,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
-struct writeback_state
-{
- unsigned long nr_dirty;
- unsigned long nr_unstable;
- unsigned long nr_mapped;
- unsigned long nr_writeback;
-};
-
-static void get_writeback_state(struct writeback_state *wbs)
-{
- wbs->nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY);
- wbs->nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE);
- wbs->nr_mapped = global_page_state(NR_MAPPED);
- wbs->nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
-}
-
/*
* Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
* thresholds.
@@ -133,8 +117,7 @@ static void get_writeback_state(struct w
* clamping level.
*/
static void
-get_dirty_limits(struct writeback_state *wbs, long *pbackground, long *pdirty,
- struct address_space *mapping)
+get_dirty_limits(long *pbackground, long *pdirty, struct address_space *mapping)
{
int background_ratio; /* Percentages */
int dirty_ratio;
@@ -144,8 +127,6 @@ get_dirty_limits(struct writeback_state
unsigned long available_memory = total_pages;
struct task_struct *tsk;
- get_writeback_state(wbs);
-
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
/*
* If this mapping can only allocate from low memory,
@@ -156,7 +137,7 @@ get_dirty_limits(struct writeback_state
#endif
- unmapped_ratio = 100 - (wbs->nr_mapped * 100) / total_pages;
+ unmapped_ratio = 100 - (global_page_state(NR_MAPPED) * 100) / total_pages;
dirty_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
if (dirty_ratio > unmapped_ratio / 2)
@@ -189,7 +170,6 @@ get_dirty_limits(struct writeback_state
*/
static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
{
- struct writeback_state wbs;
long nr_reclaimable;
long background_thresh;
long dirty_thresh;
@@ -207,10 +187,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a
.range_cyclic = 1,
};
- get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
- &dirty_thresh, mapping);
- nr_reclaimable = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
- if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
+ get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, mapping);
+ nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE);
+ if (nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
break;
if (!dirty_exceeded)
@@ -224,10 +203,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a
*/
if (nr_reclaimable) {
writeback_inodes(&wbc);
- get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
- &dirty_thresh, mapping);
- nr_reclaimable = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
- if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
+ get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, mapping);
+ nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE);
+ if (nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
break;
pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
@@ -236,8 +214,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a
blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
}
- if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh && dirty_exceeded)
- dirty_exceeded = 0;
+ if (nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK)
+ <= dirty_thresh && dirty_exceeded)
+ dirty_exceeded = 0;
if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */
@@ -299,12 +278,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_rateli
void throttle_vm_writeout(void)
{
- struct writeback_state wbs;
long background_thresh;
long dirty_thresh;
for ( ; ; ) {
- get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
+ get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
/*
* Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
@@ -312,7 +290,7 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(void)
*/
dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
- if (wbs.nr_unstable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
+ if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE) + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
break;
blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
}
@@ -336,12 +314,11 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned
};
for ( ; ; ) {
- struct writeback_state wbs;
long background_thresh;
long dirty_thresh;
- get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
- if (wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable < background_thresh
+ get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
+ if (global_page_state(NR_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE) < background_thresh
&& min_pages <= 0)
break;
wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
@@ -365,12 +342,8 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned
*/
int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages)
{
- if (nr_pages == 0) {
- struct writeback_state wbs;
-
- get_writeback_state(&wbs);
- nr_pages = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
- }
+ if (nr_pages == 0)
+ nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE);
return pdflush_operation(background_writeout, nr_pages);
}
@@ -401,7 +374,6 @@ static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg
unsigned long start_jif;
unsigned long next_jif;
long nr_to_write;
- struct writeback_state wbs;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.bdi = NULL,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
@@ -414,11 +386,11 @@ static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg
sync_supers();
- get_writeback_state(&wbs);
oldest_jif = jiffies - dirty_expire_interval;
start_jif = jiffies;
next_jif = start_jif + dirty_writeback_interval;
- nr_to_write = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable +
+ nr_to_write = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY) +
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE) +
(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
while (nr_to_write > 0) {
wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
_
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page-migration-cleanup-rename-ignrefs-to-migration.patch
page-migration-cleanup-group-functions.patch
page-migration-cleanup-remove-useless-definitions.patch
page-migration-cleanup-drop-nr_refs-in-remove_references.patch
page-migration-cleanup-extract-try_to_unmap-from-migration-functions.patch
page-migration-cleanup-pass-mapping-to-migration-functions.patch
page-migration-cleanup-move-fallback-handling-into-special-function.patch
swapless-pm-add-r-w-migration-entries.patch
swapless-page-migration-rip-out-swap-based-logic.patch
swapless-page-migration-modify-core-logic.patch
more-page-migration-do-not-inc-dec-rss-counters.patch
more-page-migration-use-migration-entries-for-file-pages.patch
page-migration-update-documentation.patch
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page-migration-simplify-migrate_pages.patch
page-migration-simplify-migrate_pages-tweaks.patch
page-migration-handle-freeing-of-pages-in-migrate_pages.patch
page-migration-use-allocator-function-for-migrate_pages.patch
page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages.patch
page-migration-detailed-status-for-moving-of-individual-pages.patch
page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-fixes.patch
page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-x86_64-support.patch
page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-x86-support.patch
page-migration-support-a-vma-migration-function.patch
allow-migration-of-mlocked-pages.patch
zoned-vm-counters-per-zone-counter-functionality.patch
zoned-vm-counters-include-per-zone-counters-in-proc-vmstat.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_mapped-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_pagecache-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-use-per-zone-counters-to-remove-zone_reclaim_interval.patch
zoned-vm-counters-add-per-zone-counters-to-zone-node-and-global-vm-statistics.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_slab-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_pagetable-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_writeback-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-remove-unused-get_page_stat-functions.patch
zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_bounce-to-per-zone-counter.patch
zoned-vm-counters-remove-useless-writeback-structure.patch
cpuset-remove-extra-cpuset_zone_allowed-check-in-__alloc_pages.patch
swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_mapped-to-per-zone-counter.patch
swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_slab-to-per-zone-counter.patch
swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch
swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_writeback-to-per-zone-counter.patch
swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter.patch
swap_prefetch-remove-unused-get_page_stat-functions.patch
reiser4-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch
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