xref: /linux/fs/drop_caches.c (revision 02680c23d7b3febe45ea3d4f9818c2b2dc89020a)
1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * Implement the manual drop-all-pagecache function
4  */
5 
6 #include <linux/kernel.h>
7 #include <linux/mm.h>
8 #include <linux/fs.h>
9 #include <linux/writeback.h>
10 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
11 #include <linux/gfp.h>
12 #include "internal.h"
13 
14 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
15 int sysctl_drop_caches;
16 
17 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
18 {
19 	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
20 
21 	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
22 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
23 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
24 		/*
25 		 * We must skip inodes in unusual state. We may also skip
26 		 * inodes without pages but we deliberately won't in case
27 		 * we need to reschedule to avoid softlockups.
28 		 */
29 		if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
30 		    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0 && !need_resched())) {
31 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
32 			continue;
33 		}
34 		__iget(inode);
35 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
36 		spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
37 
38 		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
39 		iput(toput_inode);
40 		toput_inode = inode;
41 
42 		cond_resched();
43 		spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
44 	}
45 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
46 	iput(toput_inode);
47 }
48 
49 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
50 		void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
51 {
52 	int ret;
53 
54 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
55 	if (ret)
56 		return ret;
57 	if (write) {
58 		static int stfu;
59 
60 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
61 			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
62 			count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
63 		}
64 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2) {
65 			drop_slab();
66 			count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
67 		}
68 		if (!stfu) {
69 			pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
70 				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
71 				sysctl_drop_caches);
72 		}
73 		stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;
74 	}
75 	return 0;
76 }
77