fs: shrinker: always scan at least one object of each type

In super_cache_scan() we divide the number of objects of particular type
by the total number of objects in order to distribute pressure among As a
result, in some corner cases we can get nr_to_scan=0 even if there are
some objects to reclaim, e.g.  dentries=1, inodes=1, fs_objects=1,
nr_to_scan=1/3=0.

This is unacceptable for per memcg kmem accounting, because this means
that some objects may never get reclaimed after memcg death, preventing it
from being freed.

This patch therefore assures that super_cache_scan() will scan at least
one object of each type if any.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment]
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 482b407..a89d625 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -91,14 +91,17 @@ static unsigned long super_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 	/*
 	 * prune the dcache first as the icache is pinned by it, then
 	 * prune the icache, followed by the filesystem specific caches
+	 *
+	 * Ensure that we always scan at least one object - memcg kmem
+	 * accounting uses this to fully empty the caches.
 	 */
-	sc->nr_to_scan = dentries;
+	sc->nr_to_scan = dentries + 1;
 	freed = prune_dcache_sb(sb, sc);
-	sc->nr_to_scan = inodes;
+	sc->nr_to_scan = inodes + 1;
 	freed += prune_icache_sb(sb, sc);
 
 	if (fs_objects) {
-		sc->nr_to_scan = fs_objects;
+		sc->nr_to_scan = fs_objects + 1;
 		freed += sb->s_op->free_cached_objects(sb, sc);
 	}