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-rw-r--r--include/linux/swap.h6
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c4
-rw-r--r--mm/swapfile.c15
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 48f309dc5a0c..366556c5b148 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int, int);
extern sector_t map_swap_page(struct swap_info_struct *, pgoff_t);
extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
extern struct swap_info_struct *get_swap_info_struct(unsigned);
-extern int can_share_swap_page(struct page *);
+extern int reuse_swap_page(struct page *);
extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *);
extern int remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(struct page *);
struct backing_dev_info;
@@ -372,8 +372,6 @@ static inline struct page *lookup_swap_cache(swp_entry_t swp)
return NULL;
}
-#define can_share_swap_page(p) (page_mapcount(p) == 1)
-
static inline int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry,
gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ static inline void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page)
{
}
-#define swap_token_default_timeout 0
+#define reuse_swap_page(page) (page_mapcount(page) == 1)
static inline int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *p)
{
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 3922ffcf3dff..8f471edcb985 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
page_cache_release(old_page);
}
- reuse = can_share_swap_page(old_page);
+ reuse = reuse_swap_page(old_page);
unlock_page(old_page);
} else if (unlikely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED)) ==
(VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED))) {
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
- if (write_access && can_share_swap_page(page)) {
+ if (write_access && reuse_swap_page(page)) {
pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
write_access = 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 214e90b94946..bfd4ee59cb88 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -326,17 +326,24 @@ static inline int page_swapcount(struct page *page)
}
/*
- * We can use this swap cache entry directly
- * if there are no other references to it.
+ * We can write to an anon page without COW if there are no other references
+ * to it. And as a side-effect, free up its swap: because the old content
+ * on disk will never be read, and seeking back there to write new content
+ * later would only waste time away from clustering.
*/
-int can_share_swap_page(struct page *page)
+int reuse_swap_page(struct page *page)
{
int count;
VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
count = page_mapcount(page);
- if (count <= 1 && PageSwapCache(page))
+ if (count <= 1 && PageSwapCache(page)) {
count += page_swapcount(page);
+ if (count == 1 && !PageWriteback(page)) {
+ delete_from_swap_cache(page);
+ SetPageDirty(page);
+ }
+ }
return count == 1;
}