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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2019-05-15 22:51:48 -0700
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2019-05-15 22:51:48 -0700
commit7a0c4c17089a8aff52f516f0f52002be52950aae (patch)
tree474dc451d62a1ba788ed52c4cecf93f9e50cc39a /mm/swapfile.c
parentMerge tag 'v5.2-rockchip-soc32-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmind/linux-rockchip into arm/soc (diff)
parentMerge tag 'davinci-fixes-for-v5.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nsekhar/linux-davinci into fixes (diff)
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Merge branch 'fixes' into arm/soc
Merge in a few pending fixes from pre-5.1 that didn't get sent in: MAINTAINERS: update arch/arm/mach-davinci ARM: dts: ls1021: Fix SGMII PCS link remaining down after PHY disconnect ARM: dts: imx6q-logicpd: Reduce inrush current on USBH1 ARM: dts: imx6q-logicpd: Reduce inrush current on start ARM: dts: imx: Fix the AR803X phy-mode ARM: dts: sun8i: a33: Reintroduce default pinctrl muxing arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: Rename hpvcc-supply to cpvdd-supply ARM: sunxi: fix a leaked reference by adding missing of_node_put ARM: sunxi: fix a leaked reference by adding missing of_node_put Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/swapfile.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/swapfile.c32
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 2b8d9c3fbb47..cf63b5f01adf 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2023,7 +2023,6 @@ static unsigned int find_next_to_unuse(struct swap_info_struct *si,
* If the boolean frontswap is true, only unuse pages_to_unuse pages;
* pages_to_unuse==0 means all pages; ignored if frontswap is false
*/
-#define SWAP_UNUSE_MAX_TRIES 3
int try_to_unuse(unsigned int type, bool frontswap,
unsigned long pages_to_unuse)
{
@@ -2035,7 +2034,6 @@ int try_to_unuse(unsigned int type, bool frontswap,
struct page *page;
swp_entry_t entry;
unsigned int i;
- int retries = 0;
if (!si->inuse_pages)
return 0;
@@ -2053,11 +2051,9 @@ retry:
spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
p = &init_mm.mmlist;
- while ((p = p->next) != &init_mm.mmlist) {
- if (signal_pending(current)) {
- retval = -EINTR;
- break;
- }
+ while (si->inuse_pages &&
+ !signal_pending(current) &&
+ (p = p->next) != &init_mm.mmlist) {
mm = list_entry(p, struct mm_struct, mmlist);
if (!mmget_not_zero(mm))
@@ -2084,7 +2080,9 @@ retry:
mmput(prev_mm);
i = 0;
- while ((i = find_next_to_unuse(si, i, frontswap)) != 0) {
+ while (si->inuse_pages &&
+ !signal_pending(current) &&
+ (i = find_next_to_unuse(si, i, frontswap)) != 0) {
entry = swp_entry(type, i);
page = find_get_page(swap_address_space(entry), i);
@@ -2117,14 +2115,18 @@ retry:
* If yes, we would need to do retry the unuse logic again.
* Under global memory pressure, swap entries can be reinserted back
* into process space after the mmlist loop above passes over them.
- * Its not worth continuosuly retrying to unuse the swap in this case.
- * So we try SWAP_UNUSE_MAX_TRIES times.
+ *
+ * Limit the number of retries? No: when mmget_not_zero() above fails,
+ * that mm is likely to be freeing swap from exit_mmap(), which proceeds
+ * at its own independent pace; and even shmem_writepage() could have
+ * been preempted after get_swap_page(), temporarily hiding that swap.
+ * It's easy and robust (though cpu-intensive) just to keep retrying.
*/
- if (++retries >= SWAP_UNUSE_MAX_TRIES)
- retval = -EBUSY;
- else if (si->inuse_pages)
- goto retry;
-
+ if (si->inuse_pages) {
+ if (!signal_pending(current))
+ goto retry;
+ retval = -EINTR;
+ }
out:
return (retval == FRONTSWAP_PAGES_UNUSED) ? 0 : retval;
}