[REPOST,2/3] Refactor zone_reclaim code (v3)

Commit Message

Balbir Singh Jan. 20, 2011, 12:36 p.m. UTC

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Patch

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e841cae..3b25423 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2815,6 +2815,27 @@  static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Helper function to reclaim unmapped pages, we might add something
+ * similar to this for slab cache as well. Currently this function
+ * is shared with __zone_reclaim()
+ */
+static inline void
+zone_reclaim_pages(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
+				unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	int priority;
+	/*
+	 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
+	 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
+	 */
+	priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
+	do {
+		shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
+		priority--;
+	} while (priority >= 0 && sc->nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
+}
+
+/*
  * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
  */
 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
@@ -2823,7 +2844,6 @@  static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
 	struct task_struct *p = current;
 	struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
-	int priority;
 	struct scan_control sc = {
 		.may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
 		.may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
@@ -2847,17 +2867,8 @@  static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
 	p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
 
-	if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
-		/*
-		 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
-		 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
-		 */
-		priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
-		do {
-			shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
-			priority--;
-		} while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
-	}
+	if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages)
+		zone_reclaim_pages(zone, &sc, nr_pages);
 
 	nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
 	if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {