xref: /linux/fs/drop_caches.c (revision fcc8487d477a3452a1d0ccbdd4c5e0e1e3cb8bed)
1 /*
2  * Implement the manual drop-all-pagecache function
3  */
4 
5 #include <linux/kernel.h>
6 #include <linux/mm.h>
7 #include <linux/fs.h>
8 #include <linux/writeback.h>
9 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
10 #include <linux/gfp.h>
11 #include "internal.h"
12 
13 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
14 int sysctl_drop_caches;
15 
16 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
17 {
18 	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
19 
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);
23 		if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
24 		    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
25 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
26 			continue;
27 		}
28 		__iget(inode);
29 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
30 		spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
31 
32 		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
33 		iput(toput_inode);
34 		toput_inode = inode;
35 
36 		spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
37 	}
38 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
39 	iput(toput_inode);
40 }
41 
42 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
43 	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
44 {
45 	int ret;
46 
47 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
48 	if (ret)
49 		return ret;
50 	if (write) {
51 		static int stfu;
52 
53 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
54 			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
55 			count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
56 		}
57 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2) {
58 			drop_slab();
59 			count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
60 		}
61 		if (!stfu) {
62 			pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
63 				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
64 				sysctl_drop_caches);
65 		}
66 		stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;
67 	}
68 	return 0;
69 }
70