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-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/pgtable.h13
-rw-r--r--mm/rmap.c10
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 34c7bdc06014..1ec08c198b66 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ static inline int pte_same(pte_t pte_a, pte_t pte_b)
}
#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_UNUSED
+/*
+ * Some architectures provide facilities to virtualization guests
+ * so that they can flag allocated pages as unused. This allows the
+ * host to transparently reclaim unused pages. This function returns
+ * whether the pte's page is unused.
+ */
+static inline int pte_unused(pte_t pte)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMD_SAME
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
static inline int pmd_same(pmd_t pmd_a, pmd_t pmd_b)
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index d9d42316a99a..9056a1f00b87 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,16 @@ int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
set_pte_at(mm, address, pte,
swp_entry_to_pte(make_hwpoison_entry(page)));
+ } else if (pte_unused(pteval)) {
+ /*
+ * The guest indicated that the page content is of no
+ * interest anymore. Simply discard the pte, vmscan
+ * will take care of the rest.
+ */
+ if (PageAnon(page))
+ dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
+ else
+ dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
} else if (PageAnon(page)) {
swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(page) };
pte_t swp_pte;