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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_inline.h | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/page-flags.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/trace/events/vmscan.h | 2 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h index 6f2fef7b0784..219bef41d87c 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h @@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ #include <linux/swap.h> /** - * page_is_file_cache - should the page be on a file LRU or anon LRU? + * page_is_file_lru - should the page be on a file LRU or anon LRU? * @page: the page to test * - * Returns 1 if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem, - * or 0 if @page is anonymous, tmpfs or otherwise ram or swap backed. - * Used by functions that manipulate the LRU lists, to sort a page - * onto the right LRU list. + * Returns 1 if @page is a regular filesystem backed page cache page or a lazily + * freed anonymous page (e.g. via MADV_FREE). Returns 0 if @page is a normal + * anonymous page, a tmpfs page or otherwise ram or swap backed page. Used by + * functions that manipulate the LRU lists, to sort a page onto the right LRU + * list. * * We would like to get this info without a page flag, but the state * needs to survive until the page is last deleted from the LRU, which * could be as far down as __page_cache_release. */ -static inline int page_is_file_cache(struct page *page) +static inline int page_is_file_lru(struct page *page) { return !PageSwapBacked(page); } @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ static __always_inline void del_page_from_lru_list(struct page *page, */ static inline enum lru_list page_lru_base_type(struct page *page) { - if (page_is_file_cache(page)) + if (page_is_file_lru(page)) return LRU_INACTIVE_FILE; return LRU_INACTIVE_ANON; } diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index 77de28bfefb0..acf7988fd640 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ * page_waitqueue(page) is a wait queue of all tasks waiting for the page * to become unlocked. * + * PG_swapbacked is set when a page uses swap as a backing storage. This are + * usually PageAnon or shmem pages but please note that even anonymous pages + * might lose their PG_swapbacked flag when they simply can be dropped (e.g. as + * a result of MADV_FREE). + * * PG_uptodate tells whether the page's contents is valid. When a read * completes, the page becomes uptodate, unless a disk I/O error happened. * diff --git a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h index a5ab2973e8dc..74bb594ccb25 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h +++ b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_writepage, TP_fast_assign( __entry->pfn = page_to_pfn(page); __entry->reclaim_flags = trace_reclaim_flags( - page_is_file_cache(page)); + page_is_file_lru(page)); ), TP_printk("page=%p pfn=%lu flags=%s", |