Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andrew Yang <> | Subject | [PATCH] fs: drop_caches: draining pages before dropping caches | Date | Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:22:02 +0800 |
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We expect a file page access after dropping caches should be a major fault, but sometimes it's still a minor fault. That's because a file page can't be dropped if it's in a per-cpu pagevec. Draining all pages from per-cpu pagevec to lru list before trying to drop caches.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Yang <andrew.yang@mediatek.com> --- fs/drop_caches.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c index e619c31b6bd9..b9575957a7c2 100644 --- a/fs/drop_caches.c +++ b/fs/drop_caches.c @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #include <linux/writeback.h> #include <linux/sysctl.h> #include <linux/gfp.h> +#include <linux/swap.h> #include "internal.h" /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */ @@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, static int stfu; if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) { + lru_add_drain_all(); iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL); count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE); } -- 2.18.0
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