- Add an event that is triggered when the system is low on memory. This is

   intended to be used by significant memory consumers so that they may drain
   some of their caches.

Inspired by:	phk
Approved by:	re
Tested on:	x86, alpha

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
index 1f024e7..ec43082 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
 #include <sys/kernel.h>
+#include <sys/eventhandler.h>
 #include <sys/lock.h>
 #include <sys/mutex.h>
 #include <sys/proc.h>
@@ -678,10 +679,17 @@ vm_pageout_scan(int pass)
 
 	GIANT_REQUIRED;
 	/*
+	 * Decrease registered cache sizes.
+	 */
+	EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(vm_lowmem, 0);
+	/*
+	 * We do this explicitly after the caches have been drained above.
+	 */
+	uma_reclaim();
+	/*
 	 * Do whatever cleanup that the pmap code can.
 	 */
 	vm_pageout_pmap_collect();
-	uma_reclaim();
 
 	addl_page_shortage_init = vm_pageout_deficit;
 	vm_pageout_deficit = 0;