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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/shrinker.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/shrinker.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h index 8f80f243fed9..68c097077ef0 100644 --- a/include/linux/shrinker.h +++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h @@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ * * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to * fulfil. - * - * Note that 'shrink' will be passed nr_to_scan == 0 when the VM is - * querying the cache size, so a fastpath for that case is appropriate. */ struct shrink_control { gfp_t gfp_mask; - /* How many slab objects shrinker() should scan and try to reclaim */ + /* + * How many objects scan_objects should scan and try to reclaim. + * This is reset before every call, so it is safe for callees + * to modify. + */ unsigned long nr_to_scan; /* shrink from these nodes */ @@ -27,11 +28,6 @@ struct shrink_control { /* * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches. * - * @shrink() should look through the least-recently-used 'nr_to_scan' entries - * and attempt to free them up. It should return the number of objects which - * remain in the cache. If it returns -1, it means it cannot do any scanning at - * this time (eg. there is a risk of deadlock). - * * @count_objects should return the number of freeable items in the cache. If * there are no objects to free or the number of freeable items cannot be * determined, it should return 0. No deadlock checks should be done during the @@ -50,7 +46,6 @@ struct shrink_control { * @flags determine the shrinker abilities, like numa awareness */ struct shrinker { - int (*shrink)(struct shrinker *, struct shrink_control *sc); unsigned long (*count_objects)(struct shrinker *, struct shrink_control *sc); unsigned long (*scan_objects)(struct shrinker *, |