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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 45 |
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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 1ff1a58e7c10..1fd4912a596c 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -844,6 +844,51 @@ static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head *page_list) return nr_active; } +/** + * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list + * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list + * + * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the + * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on. + * + * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list. + * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list. + * + * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on + * the active list, it will have PageActive set. That flag may need + * to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go. + * + * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was + * found will be decremented. + * + * Restrictions: + * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a + * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called + * without a stable reference). + * (2) the lru_lock must not be held. + * (3) interrupts must be enabled. + */ +int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page) +{ + int ret = -EBUSY; + + if (PageLRU(page)) { + struct zone *zone = page_zone(page); + + spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + if (PageLRU(page) && get_page_unless_zero(page)) { + ret = 0; + ClearPageLRU(page); + if (PageActive(page)) + del_page_from_active_list(zone, page); + else + del_page_from_inactive_list(zone, page); + } + spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + } + return ret; +} + /* * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number * of reclaimed pages |