The patch titled
mm: reuse_swap_page replaces can_share_swap_page
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mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page.patch
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Subject: mm: reuse_swap_page replaces can_share_swap_page
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
A good place to free up old swap is where do_wp_page(), or do_swap_page(),
is about to redirty the page: the data on disk is then stale and won't be
read again; and if we do decide to write the page out later, using the
previous swap location makes an unnecessary disk seek very likely.
So give can_share_swap_page() the side-effect of delete_from_swap_cache()
when it safely can. And can_share_swap_page() was always a misleading
name, the more so if it has a side-effect: rename it reuse_swap_page().
Irrelevant cleanup nearby: remove swap_token_default_timeout definition
from swap.h: it's used nowhere.
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 6 ++----
mm/memory.c | 4 ++--
mm/swapfile.c | 15 +++++++++++----
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/swap.h~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page include/linux/swap.h
--- a/include/linux/swap.h~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page
+++ a/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int
extern sector_t map_swap_page(struct swap_info_struct *, pgoff_t);
extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
extern struct swap_info_struct *get_swap_info_struct(unsigned);
-extern int can_share_swap_page(struct page *);
+extern int reuse_swap_page(struct page *);
extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *);
extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(struct page *);
struct backing_dev_info;
@@ -375,8 +375,6 @@ static inline struct page *lookup_swap_c
return NULL;
}
-#define can_share_swap_page(p) (page_mapcount(p) == 1)
-
static inline int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry,
gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ static inline void delete_from_swap_cach
{
}
-#define swap_token_default_timeout 0
+#define reuse_swap_page(page) (page_mapcount(page) == 1)
static inline int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *p)
{
diff -puN mm/memory.c~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page mm/memory.c
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *
}
page_cache_release(old_page);
}
- reuse = can_share_swap_page(old_page);
+ reuse = reuse_swap_page(old_page);
unlock_page(old_page);
} else if (unlikely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED)) ==
(VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED))) {
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct
inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
- if (write_access && can_share_swap_page(page)) {
+ if (write_access && reuse_swap_page(page)) {
pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
write_access = 0;
}
diff -puN mm/swapfile.c~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page mm/swapfile.c
--- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page
+++ a/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -326,17 +326,24 @@ static inline int page_swapcount(struct
}
/*
- * We can use this swap cache entry directly
- * if there are no other references to it.
+ * We can write to an anon page without COW if there are no other references
+ * to it. And as a side-effect, free up its swap: because the old content
+ * on disk will never be read, and seeking back there to write new content
+ * later would only waste time away from clustering.
*/
-int can_share_swap_page(struct page *page)
+int reuse_swap_page(struct page *page)
{
int count;
VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
count = page_mapcount(page);
- if (count <= 1 && PageSwapCache(page))
+ if (count <= 1 && PageSwapCache(page)) {
count += page_swapcount(page);
+ if (count == 1 && !PageWriteback(page)) {
+ delete_from_swap_cache(page);
+ SetPageDirty(page);
+ }
+ }
return count == 1;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
mm-dont-mark_page_accessed-in-shmem_fault.patch
mm-apply_to_range-call-pte-function-with-lazy-updates.patch
mm-remove-cgroup_mm_owner_callbacks.patch
mm-remove-aop_writepage_activate.patch
mm-remove-gfp_highuser_pagecache.patch
mm-add-setclearpageswapcache-stubs.patch
mm-replace-some-bug_ons-by-vm_bug_ons.patch
mm-add_active_or_unevictable-into-rmap.patch
mm-make-page_lock_anon_vma-static.patch
mm-further-cleanup-page_add_new_anon_rmap.patch
mm-gup-persist-for-write-permission.patch
mm-wp-lock-page-before-deciding-cow.patch
mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page.patch
mm-try_to_free_swap-replaces-remove_exclusive_swap_page.patch
mm-try_to_unuse-check-removing-right-swap.patch
mm-remove-try_to_munlock-from-vmscan.patch
mm-remove-gfp_mask-from-add_to_swap.patch
mm-add-add_to_swap-stub.patch
mm-optimize-get_scan_ratio-for-no-swap.patch
memcg-handle-swap-caches.patch
memcg-handle-swap-caches-build-fix.patch
memcg-swap-cgroup-for-remembering-usage.patch
memcg-memswap-controller-core.patch
memcg-memswap-controller-core-make-resize-limit-hold-mutex.patch
memcg-memswap-controller-core-swapcache-fixes.patch
prio_tree-debugging-patch.patch
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