Critical and minor fixes for -ck swappiness patches (make_swappiness_really_mean_it...
[kernel-bfs] / kernel-bfs-2.6.28 / debian / patches / mm-drop_swap_cache_aggressively.patch
index 6443346..9cb60df 100644 (file)
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-While it may be nice to have a copy of pages on swap once written there, the
-more garbage we leave in the swapspace the slower any further writes and
-reads to and from it are. Just free swapcache whenever we can.
-
--ck
-
----
- include/linux/swap.h |    2 +-
- mm/memory.c          |    2 +-
- mm/swapfile.c        |    9 ++++-----
- mm/vmscan.c          |    2 +-
- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/memory.c
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.34-ck1.orig/mm/memory.c  2010-05-18 12:24:33.852194874 +1000
-+++ linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/memory.c       2010-05-18 12:26:16.646319673 +1000
-@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct
+--- linux-2.6.28/include/linux/swap.h  2011-06-02 13:58:40.469430998 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.28.new/include/linux/swap.h      2011-06-02 14:01:57.427730997 +0200
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct swap_list_t {
+       int next;       /* swapfile to be used next */
+ };
+-/* Swap 50% full? Release swapcache more aggressively.. */
++/* Swap 50% full? */
+ #define vm_swap_full() (nr_swap_pages*2 < total_swap_pages)
+ /* linux/mm/page_alloc.c */
+--- linux-2.6.28/mm/memory.c   2011-06-02 13:58:36.577820199 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.28.new/mm/memory.c       2011-06-02 14:01:57.423731396 +0200
+@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct
        page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
  
        swap_free(entry);
@@ -24,11 +20,18 @@ Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/memory.c
                remove_exclusive_swap_page(page);
        unlock_page(page);
  
-Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/swapfile.c
-===================================================================
-@@ -712,8 +712,7 @@ int free_swap_and_cache(swp_entry_t entr
-               one_user = (page_count(page) == 2);
-               /* Only cache user (+us), or swap space full? Free it! */
+--- linux-2.6.28/mm/swapfile.c 2011-06-02 13:58:36.581819801 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.28.new/mm/swapfile.c     2011-06-02 14:03:09.848109234 +0200
+@@ -449,14 +449,9 @@ void free_swap_and_cache(swp_entry_t ent
+               spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+       }
+       if (page) {
+-              int one_user;
+-
+-              BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
+-              one_user = (page_count(page) == 2);
+-              /* Only cache user (+us), or swap space full? Free it! */
++              /* Not mapped elsewhere, or swap space full? Free it! */
                /* Also recheck PageSwapCache after page is locked (above) */
 -              if (PageSwapCache(page) && !PageWriteback(page) &&
 -                                      (one_user || vm_swap_full())) {
@@ -36,11 +39,9 @@ Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/swapfile.c
                        delete_from_swap_cache(page);
                        SetPageDirty(page);
                }
-Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/vmscan.c
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.34-ck1.orig/mm/vmscan.c  2010-05-18 12:26:16.371569589 +1000
-+++ linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/vmscan.c       2010-05-18 12:26:16.647319427 +1000
-@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ cull_mlocked:
+--- linux-2.6.28/mm/vmscan.c   2011-06-02 13:58:40.341443799 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.28.new/mm/vmscan.c       2011-06-02 14:05:27.848682722 +0200
+@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ cull_mlocked:
  
  activate_locked:
                /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
@@ -49,17 +50,14 @@ Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/mm/vmscan.c
                        remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(page);
                VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
                SetPageActive(page);
-Index: linux-2.6.34-ck1/include/linux/swap.h
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.34-ck1.orig/include/linux/swap.h 2010-05-18 12:26:16.508569731 +1000
-+++ linux-2.6.34-ck1/include/linux/swap.h      2010-05-18 12:26:16.647319427 +1000
-@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ struct swap_list_t {
-       int next;       /* swapfile to be used next */
- };
+@@ -1296,9 +1296,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned 
+       __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned);
+       __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgdeactivate);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+-      if (vm_swap_full())
+-              pagevec_swap_free(&pvec);
+-
++      pagevec_swap_free(&pvec);
+       pagevec_release(&pvec);
+ }
  
--/* Swap 50% full? Release swapcache more aggressively.. */
-+/* Swap 50% full? */
- #define vm_swap_full() (nr_swap_pages*2 < total_swap_pages)
- /* linux/mm/page_alloc.c */
-