Correct a non-fatal error in vm_pageout_worker(). vm_pageout_worker()

should not assume that vm_pages_needed will remain set while it sleeps.
Other threads can clear vm_pages_needed by performing a sufficient
number of vm_page_free() calls, e.g., process termination.  The effect
of this error was that vm_pageout_worker() would free and/or launder
pages when, in fact, there was no shortage of free pages.

Rewrite a nearby comment to describe all of the possible cases and not
just the most common case.  The problem being that the comment made
the most common case seem like the only case.

Reviewed by:	kib
MFC after:	1 week
Sponsored by:	EMC / Isilon Storage Division

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
index 6641193..0a18e6d 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
@@ -1638,9 +1638,15 @@ vm_pageout_worker(void *arg)
 		}
 		if (vm_pages_needed) {
 			/*
-			 * Still not done, take a second pass without waiting
-			 * (unlimited dirty cleaning), otherwise sleep a bit
-			 * and try again.
+			 * We're still not done.  Either vm_pages_needed was
+			 * set by another thread during the previous scan
+			 * (typically, this happens during a level 0 scan) or
+			 * vm_pages_needed was already set and the scan failed
+			 * to free enough pages.  If we haven't yet performed
+			 * a level >= 2 scan (unlimited dirty cleaning), then
+			 * upgrade the level and scan again now.  Otherwise,
+			 * sleep a bit and try again later.  While sleeping,
+			 * vm_pages_needed can be cleared.
 			 */
 			if (domain->vmd_pass > 1)
 				msleep(&vm_pages_needed,
@@ -1651,15 +1657,14 @@ vm_pageout_worker(void *arg)
 			 * Good enough, sleep until required to refresh
 			 * stats.
 			 */
-			domain->vmd_pass = 0;
 			msleep(&vm_pages_needed, &vm_page_queue_free_mtx,
 			    PVM, "psleep", hz);
-
 		}
 		if (vm_pages_needed) {
 			vm_cnt.v_pdwakeups++;
 			domain->vmd_pass++;
-		}
+		} else
+			domain->vmd_pass = 0;
 		mtx_unlock(&vm_page_queue_free_mtx);
 		vm_pageout_scan(domain, domain->vmd_pass);
 	}