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-rw-r--r--mm/swap.c30
-rw-r--r--mm/swap_state.c14
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 6b2dc38..8a12b33 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -887,18 +887,14 @@ void lru_add_drain_all(void)
mutex_unlock(&lock);
}
-/*
- * Batched page_cache_release(). Decrement the reference count on all the
- * passed pages. If it fell to zero then remove the page from the LRU and
- * free it.
- *
- * Avoid taking zone->lru_lock if possible, but if it is taken, retain it
- * for the remainder of the operation.
+/**
+ * release_pages - batched page_cache_release()
+ * @pages: array of pages to release
+ * @nr: number of pages
+ * @cold: whether the pages are cache cold
*
- * The locking in this function is against shrink_inactive_list(): we recheck
- * the page count inside the lock to see whether shrink_inactive_list()
- * grabbed the page via the LRU. If it did, give up: shrink_inactive_list()
- * will free it.
+ * Decrement the reference count on all the pages in @pages. If it
+ * fell to zero, remove the page from the LRU and free it.
*/
void release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr, bool cold)
{
@@ -907,6 +903,7 @@ void release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr, bool cold)
struct zone *zone = NULL;
struct lruvec *lruvec;
unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
+ unsigned int uninitialized_var(lock_batch);
for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
struct page *page = pages[i];
@@ -920,6 +917,16 @@ void release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr, bool cold)
continue;
}
+ /*
+ * Make sure the IRQ-safe lock-holding time does not get
+ * excessive with a continuous string of pages from the
+ * same zone. The lock is held only if zone != NULL.
+ */
+ if (zone && ++lock_batch == SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
+ zone = NULL;
+ }
+
if (!put_page_testzero(page))
continue;
@@ -930,6 +937,7 @@ void release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr, bool cold)
if (zone)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock,
flags);
+ lock_batch = 0;
zone = pagezone;
spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
}
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index ef1f391..1544449 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -265,18 +265,12 @@ void free_page_and_swap_cache(struct page *page)
void free_pages_and_swap_cache(struct page **pages, int nr)
{
struct page **pagep = pages;
+ int i;
lru_add_drain();
- while (nr) {
- int todo = min(nr, PAGEVEC_SIZE);
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < todo; i++)
- free_swap_cache(pagep[i]);
- release_pages(pagep, todo, false);
- pagep += todo;
- nr -= todo;
- }
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+ free_swap_cache(pagep[i]);
+ release_pages(pagep, nr, false);
}
/*
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