2 * Implement the manual drop-all-pagecache function
5 #include <linux/kernel.h>
8 #include <linux/writeback.h>
9 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
10 #include <linux/gfp.h>
13 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
14 int sysctl_drop_caches;
16 void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
18 struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
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);
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.
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);
34 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
35 spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
38 invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
42 spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
44 spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
48 void mm_drop_caches(int val)
51 iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
52 count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
56 count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
60 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
61 void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
65 ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
71 mm_drop_caches(sysctl_drop_caches);
74 pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
75 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
78 stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;