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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c7
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c21
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 716b99aa2307..5b9ee0494e15 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -656,8 +656,11 @@ purge_gnt_list:
ring->next_lru = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
}
- /* Shrink if we have more than xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages */
- shrink_free_pagepool(ring, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
+ /* Shrink the free pages pool if it is too large. */
+ if (time_before(jiffies, blkif->buffer_squeeze_end))
+ shrink_free_pagepool(ring, 0);
+ else
+ shrink_free_pagepool(ring, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, ring->st_print))
print_stats(ring);
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index 49132b0adbbe..a3eeccf3ac5f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct xen_blkif {
/* All rings for this device. */
struct xen_blkif_ring *rings;
unsigned int nr_rings;
+ unsigned long buffer_squeeze_end;
};
struct seg_buf {
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 4c5d99f87813..55960190b774 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -859,6 +859,26 @@ static void frontend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
}
+/* Once a memory pressure is detected, squeeze free page pools for a while. */
+static unsigned int buffer_squeeze_duration_ms = 10;
+module_param_named(buffer_squeeze_duration_ms,
+ buffer_squeeze_duration_ms, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(buffer_squeeze_duration_ms,
+"Duration in ms to squeeze pages buffer when a memory pressure is detected");
+
+/*
+ * Callback received when the memory pressure is detected.
+ */
+static void reclaim_memory(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+ struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
+
+ if (!be)
+ return;
+ be->blkif->buffer_squeeze_end = jiffies +
+ msecs_to_jiffies(buffer_squeeze_duration_ms);
+}
+
/* ** Connection ** */
@@ -1152,6 +1172,7 @@ static struct xenbus_driver xen_blkbk_driver = {
.remove = xen_blkbk_remove,
.otherend_changed = frontend_changed,
.allow_rebind = true,
+ .reclaim_memory = reclaim_memory,
};
int xen_blkif_xenbus_init(void)