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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/swapfile.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/swapfile.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c index 214e90b9494..bfd4ee59cb8 100644 --- a/mm/swapfile.c +++ b/mm/swapfile.c @@ -326,17 +326,24 @@ static inline int page_swapcount(struct page *page) } /* - * 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; } |