[PATCH 2/4] SwapMig: add_to_swap() avoid atomic allocations

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Thu Nov 17 2005 - 20:03:25 EST


Add gfp_mask to add_to_swap

add_to_swap does allocations with GFP_ATOMIC in order not to
interfere with swapping. During migration we may have
use add_to_swap extensively which may lead to out of memory
errors.

This patch makes add_to_swap take a parameter that specifies
the gfp mask. The page migration code can then make add_to_swap
use GFP_KERNEL.

Signed-off-by: Hirokazu Takahashi <taka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/include/linux/swap.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1.orig/include/linux/swap.h 2005-11-17 16:55:05.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/include/linux/swap.h 2005-11-17 16:57:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ extern int rw_swap_page_sync(int, swp_en
extern struct address_space swapper_space;
#define total_swapcache_pages swapper_space.nrpages
extern void show_swap_cache_info(void);
-extern int add_to_swap(struct page *);
+extern int add_to_swap(struct page *, gfp_t);
extern void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *);
extern void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *);
extern int move_to_swap_cache(struct page *, swp_entry_t);
Index: linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1.orig/mm/swap_state.c 2005-11-17 15:17:32.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/mm/swap_state.c 2005-11-17 16:57:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct pag
* Allocate swap space for the page and add the page to the
* swap cache. Caller needs to hold the page lock.
*/
-int add_to_swap(struct page * page)
+int add_to_swap(struct page * page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
swp_entry_t entry;
int err;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int add_to_swap(struct page * page)
* Add it to the swap cache and mark it dirty
*/
err = __add_to_swap_cache(page, entry,
- GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_NOWARN);
+ gfp_mask|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_NOWARN);

switch (err) {
case 0: /* Success */
Index: linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2005-11-17 16:55:49.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc1-mm1/mm/vmscan.c 2005-11-17 16:57:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int shrink_list(struct list_head
if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
if (!sc->may_swap)
goto keep_locked;
- if (!add_to_swap(page))
+ if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_ATOMIC))
goto activate_locked;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ redo:
}

if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
- if (!add_to_swap(page)) {
+ if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_KERNEL)) {
unlock_page(page);
list_move(&page->lru, &failed);
nr_failed++;
-
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