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1 /*
2  * Implement the manual drop-all-pagecache function
3  */
4 
5 #include <linux/kernel.h>
6 #include <linux/mm.h>
7 #include <linux/fs.h>
8 #include <linux/writeback.h>
9 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
10 #include <linux/gfp.h>
11 #include "internal.h"
12 
13 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
14 int sysctl_drop_caches;
15 
drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block * sb,void * unused)16 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
17 {
18 	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
19 
20 	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
21 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
22 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
23 		/*
24 		 * We must skip inodes in unusual state. We may also skip
25 		 * inodes without pages but we deliberately won't in case
26 		 * we need to reschedule to avoid softlockups.
27 		 */
28 		if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
29 		    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0 && !need_resched())) {
30 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
31 			continue;
32 		}
33 		__iget(inode);
34 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
35 		spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
36 
37 		cond_resched();
38 		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
39 		iput(toput_inode);
40 		toput_inode = inode;
41 
42 		spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
43 	}
44 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
45 	iput(toput_inode);
46 }
47 
drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table * table,int write,void __user * buffer,size_t * length,loff_t * ppos)48 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
49 	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
50 {
51 	int ret;
52 
53 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
54 	if (ret)
55 		return ret;
56 	if (write) {
57 		static int stfu;
58 
59 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
60 			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
61 			count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
62 		}
63 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2) {
64 			drop_slab();
65 			count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
66 		}
67 		if (!stfu) {
68 			pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
69 				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
70 				sysctl_drop_caches);
71 		}
72 		stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;
73 	}
74 	return 0;
75 }
76