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>
12 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
13 int sysctl_drop_caches;
15 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
17 struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
19 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
20 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
21 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
23 if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
26 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
27 __invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1, true);
30 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
32 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
36 static void drop_pagecache(void)
38 struct super_block *sb;
42 list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
44 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
45 down_read(&sb->s_umount);
47 drop_pagecache_sb(sb);
48 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
50 if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
53 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
56 static void drop_slab(void)
61 nr_objects = shrink_slab(1000, GFP_KERNEL, 1000);
62 } while (nr_objects > 10);
65 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
66 struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
68 proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
70 if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1)
72 if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2)