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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index e5245d05164..9673437a545 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1351,12 +1351,48 @@ static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc) return low; } +static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone *zone) +{ + unsigned long active, inactive; + + active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE); + inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE); + + return (active > inactive); +} + +/** + * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated + * @zone: zone to check + * @sc: scan control of this context + * + * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here + * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more + * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list. + * + * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working + * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging. + * + * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because + * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm. + */ +static int inactive_file_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc) +{ + int low; + + if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) + low = inactive_file_is_low_global(zone); + else + low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup); + return low; +} + static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int priority) { int file = is_file_lru(lru); - if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) { + if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE && inactive_file_is_low(zone, sc)) { shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file); return 0; } |