4 * This code provides the generic "frontend" layer to call a matching
5 * "backend" driver implementation of frontswap. See
6 * Documentation/vm/frontswap.txt for more information.
8 * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Oracle Corp. All rights reserved.
9 * Author: Dan Magenheimer
11 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
14 #include <linux/mman.h>
15 #include <linux/swap.h>
16 #include <linux/swapops.h>
17 #include <linux/security.h>
18 #include <linux/module.h>
19 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
20 #include <linux/frontswap.h>
21 #include <linux/swapfile.h>
24 * frontswap_ops is set by frontswap_register_ops to contain the pointers
25 * to the frontswap "backend" implementation functions.
27 static struct frontswap_ops frontswap_ops __read_mostly
;
30 * This global enablement flag reduces overhead on systems where frontswap_ops
31 * has not been registered, so is preferred to the slower alternative: a
32 * function call that checks a non-global.
34 bool frontswap_enabled __read_mostly
;
35 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_enabled
);
38 * If enabled, frontswap_store will return failure even on success. As
39 * a result, the swap subsystem will always write the page to swap, in
40 * effect converting frontswap into a writethrough cache. In this mode,
41 * there is no direct reduction in swap writes, but a frontswap backend
42 * can unilaterally "reclaim" any pages in use with no data loss, thus
43 * providing increases control over maximum memory usage due to frontswap.
45 static bool frontswap_writethrough_enabled __read_mostly
;
48 * If enabled, the underlying tmem implementation is capable of doing
49 * exclusive gets, so frontswap_load, on a successful tmem_get must
50 * mark the page as no longer in frontswap AND mark it dirty.
52 static bool frontswap_tmem_exclusive_gets_enabled __read_mostly
;
54 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
56 * Counters available via /sys/kernel/debug/frontswap (if debugfs is
57 * properly configured). These are for information only so are not protected
58 * against increment races.
60 static u64 frontswap_loads
;
61 static u64 frontswap_succ_stores
;
62 static u64 frontswap_failed_stores
;
63 static u64 frontswap_invalidates
;
65 static inline void inc_frontswap_loads(void) {
68 static inline void inc_frontswap_succ_stores(void) {
69 frontswap_succ_stores
++;
71 static inline void inc_frontswap_failed_stores(void) {
72 frontswap_failed_stores
++;
74 static inline void inc_frontswap_invalidates(void) {
75 frontswap_invalidates
++;
78 static inline void inc_frontswap_loads(void) { }
79 static inline void inc_frontswap_succ_stores(void) { }
80 static inline void inc_frontswap_failed_stores(void) { }
81 static inline void inc_frontswap_invalidates(void) { }
84 * Register operations for frontswap, returning previous thus allowing
85 * detection of multiple backends and possible nesting.
87 struct frontswap_ops
frontswap_register_ops(struct frontswap_ops
*ops
)
89 struct frontswap_ops old
= frontswap_ops
;
92 frontswap_enabled
= true;
95 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_register_ops
);
98 * Enable/disable frontswap writethrough (see above).
100 void frontswap_writethrough(bool enable
)
102 frontswap_writethrough_enabled
= enable
;
104 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_writethrough
);
107 * Enable/disable frontswap exclusive gets (see above).
109 void frontswap_tmem_exclusive_gets(bool enable
)
111 frontswap_tmem_exclusive_gets_enabled
= enable
;
113 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_tmem_exclusive_gets
);
116 * Called when a swap device is swapon'd.
118 void __frontswap_init(unsigned type
)
120 struct swap_info_struct
*sis
= swap_info
[type
];
123 if (sis
->frontswap_map
== NULL
)
125 frontswap_ops
.init(type
);
127 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__frontswap_init
);
129 static inline void __frontswap_clear(struct swap_info_struct
*sis
, pgoff_t offset
)
131 frontswap_clear(sis
, offset
);
132 atomic_dec(&sis
->frontswap_pages
);
136 * "Store" data from a page to frontswap and associate it with the page's
137 * swaptype and offset. Page must be locked and in the swap cache.
138 * If frontswap already contains a page with matching swaptype and
139 * offset, the frontswap implementation may either overwrite the data and
140 * return success or invalidate the page from frontswap and return failure.
142 int __frontswap_store(struct page
*page
)
144 int ret
= -1, dup
= 0;
145 swp_entry_t entry
= { .val
= page_private(page
), };
146 int type
= swp_type(entry
);
147 struct swap_info_struct
*sis
= swap_info
[type
];
148 pgoff_t offset
= swp_offset(entry
);
150 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
152 if (frontswap_test(sis
, offset
))
154 ret
= frontswap_ops
.store(type
, offset
, page
);
156 frontswap_set(sis
, offset
);
157 inc_frontswap_succ_stores();
159 atomic_inc(&sis
->frontswap_pages
);
162 failed dup always results in automatic invalidate of
163 the (older) page from frontswap
165 inc_frontswap_failed_stores();
167 __frontswap_clear(sis
, offset
);
169 if (frontswap_writethrough_enabled
)
170 /* report failure so swap also writes to swap device */
174 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__frontswap_store
);
177 * "Get" data from frontswap associated with swaptype and offset that were
178 * specified when the data was put to frontswap and use it to fill the
179 * specified page with data. Page must be locked and in the swap cache.
181 int __frontswap_load(struct page
*page
)
184 swp_entry_t entry
= { .val
= page_private(page
), };
185 int type
= swp_type(entry
);
186 struct swap_info_struct
*sis
= swap_info
[type
];
187 pgoff_t offset
= swp_offset(entry
);
189 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
191 if (frontswap_test(sis
, offset
))
192 ret
= frontswap_ops
.load(type
, offset
, page
);
194 inc_frontswap_loads();
195 if (frontswap_tmem_exclusive_gets_enabled
) {
197 frontswap_clear(sis
, offset
);
202 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__frontswap_load
);
205 * Invalidate any data from frontswap associated with the specified swaptype
206 * and offset so that a subsequent "get" will fail.
208 void __frontswap_invalidate_page(unsigned type
, pgoff_t offset
)
210 struct swap_info_struct
*sis
= swap_info
[type
];
213 if (frontswap_test(sis
, offset
)) {
214 frontswap_ops
.invalidate_page(type
, offset
);
215 __frontswap_clear(sis
, offset
);
216 inc_frontswap_invalidates();
219 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__frontswap_invalidate_page
);
222 * Invalidate all data from frontswap associated with all offsets for the
223 * specified swaptype.
225 void __frontswap_invalidate_area(unsigned type
)
227 struct swap_info_struct
*sis
= swap_info
[type
];
230 if (sis
->frontswap_map
== NULL
)
232 frontswap_ops
.invalidate_area(type
);
233 atomic_set(&sis
->frontswap_pages
, 0);
234 memset(sis
->frontswap_map
, 0, sis
->max
/ sizeof(long));
236 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__frontswap_invalidate_area
);
238 static unsigned long __frontswap_curr_pages(void)
241 unsigned long totalpages
= 0;
242 struct swap_info_struct
*si
= NULL
;
244 assert_spin_locked(&swap_lock
);
245 for (type
= swap_list
.head
; type
>= 0; type
= si
->next
) {
246 si
= swap_info
[type
];
247 totalpages
+= atomic_read(&si
->frontswap_pages
);
252 static int __frontswap_unuse_pages(unsigned long total
, unsigned long *unused
,
256 struct swap_info_struct
*si
= NULL
;
257 int si_frontswap_pages
;
258 unsigned long total_pages_to_unuse
= total
;
259 unsigned long pages
= 0, pages_to_unuse
= 0;
262 assert_spin_locked(&swap_lock
);
263 for (type
= swap_list
.head
; type
>= 0; type
= si
->next
) {
264 si
= swap_info
[type
];
265 si_frontswap_pages
= atomic_read(&si
->frontswap_pages
);
266 if (total_pages_to_unuse
< si_frontswap_pages
) {
267 pages
= pages_to_unuse
= total_pages_to_unuse
;
269 pages
= si_frontswap_pages
;
270 pages_to_unuse
= 0; /* unuse all */
272 /* ensure there is enough RAM to fetch pages from frontswap */
273 if (security_vm_enough_memory_mm(current
->mm
, pages
)) {
277 vm_unacct_memory(pages
);
278 *unused
= pages_to_unuse
;
288 * Used to check if it's necessory and feasible to unuse pages.
289 * Return 1 when nothing to do, 0 when need to shink pages,
290 * error code when there is an error.
292 static int __frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages
,
293 unsigned long *pages_to_unuse
,
296 unsigned long total_pages
= 0, total_pages_to_unuse
;
298 assert_spin_locked(&swap_lock
);
300 total_pages
= __frontswap_curr_pages();
301 if (total_pages
<= target_pages
) {
306 total_pages_to_unuse
= total_pages
- target_pages
;
307 return __frontswap_unuse_pages(total_pages_to_unuse
, pages_to_unuse
, type
);
311 * Frontswap, like a true swap device, may unnecessarily retain pages
312 * under certain circumstances; "shrink" frontswap is essentially a
313 * "partial swapoff" and works by calling try_to_unuse to attempt to
314 * unuse enough frontswap pages to attempt to -- subject to memory
315 * constraints -- reduce the number of pages in frontswap to the
316 * number given in the parameter target_pages.
318 void frontswap_shrink(unsigned long target_pages
)
320 unsigned long pages_to_unuse
= 0;
321 int uninitialized_var(type
), ret
;
324 * we don't want to hold swap_lock while doing a very
325 * lengthy try_to_unuse, but swap_list may change
326 * so restart scan from swap_list.head each time
328 spin_lock(&swap_lock
);
329 ret
= __frontswap_shrink(target_pages
, &pages_to_unuse
, &type
);
330 spin_unlock(&swap_lock
);
332 try_to_unuse(type
, true, pages_to_unuse
);
335 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_shrink
);
338 * Count and return the number of frontswap pages across all
339 * swap devices. This is exported so that backend drivers can
340 * determine current usage without reading debugfs.
342 unsigned long frontswap_curr_pages(void)
344 unsigned long totalpages
= 0;
346 spin_lock(&swap_lock
);
347 totalpages
= __frontswap_curr_pages();
348 spin_unlock(&swap_lock
);
352 EXPORT_SYMBOL(frontswap_curr_pages
);
354 static int __init
init_frontswap(void)
356 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
357 struct dentry
*root
= debugfs_create_dir("frontswap", NULL
);
360 debugfs_create_u64("loads", S_IRUGO
, root
, &frontswap_loads
);
361 debugfs_create_u64("succ_stores", S_IRUGO
, root
, &frontswap_succ_stores
);
362 debugfs_create_u64("failed_stores", S_IRUGO
, root
,
363 &frontswap_failed_stores
);
364 debugfs_create_u64("invalidates", S_IRUGO
,
365 root
, &frontswap_invalidates
);
370 module_init(init_frontswap
);