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| author |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-15 10:27:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-15 10:27:31 +0200 |
| commit | 3aabae7d9dfaed60effe93662f02c19bafc18537 (patch) | |
| tree | af94cdd69add07601d9f3f5988dfc1dc255e3886 /mm/mmzone.c | |
| parent | tracing: Remove leftover FTRACE_ENABLE/DISABLE_MCOUNT enums (diff) | |
| parent | tracing: Fix reading of set_ftrace_filter across lists (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core
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diff --git a/mm/mmzone.c b/mm/mmzone.c index f5b7d1760213..e35bfb82c855 100644 --- a/mm/mmzone.c +++ b/mm/mmzone.c @@ -87,3 +87,24 @@ int memmap_valid_within(unsigned long pfn, return 1; } #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL */ + +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +/* Called when a more accurate view of NR_FREE_PAGES is needed */ +unsigned long zone_nr_free_pages(struct zone *zone) +{ + unsigned long nr_free_pages = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); + + /* + * While kswapd is awake, it is considered the zone is under some + * memory pressure. Under pressure, there is a risk that + * per-cpu-counter-drift will allow the min watermark to be breached + * potentially causing a live-lock. While kswapd is awake and + * free pages are low, get a better estimate for free pages + */ + if (nr_free_pages < zone->percpu_drift_mark && + !waitqueue_active(&zone->zone_pgdat->kswapd_wait)) + return zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); + + return nr_free_pages; +} +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ |