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Revision 69585dd69e663a40729492c7b52eb82477a2027a authored by Linus Torvalds on 11 October 2009, 18:12:33 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 11 October 2009, 18:12:33 UTC
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: (34 commits)
  [SCSI] qla2xxx: Fix NULL ptr deref bug in fail path during queue create
  [SCSI] st: fix possible memory use after free after MTSETBLK ioctl
  [SCSI] be2iscsi: Moving to pci_pools v3
  [SCSI] libiscsi: iscsi_session_setup to allow for private space
  [SCSI] be2iscsi: add 10Gbps iSCSI - BladeEngine 2 driver
  [SCSI] zfcp: Fix hang when offlining device with offline chpid
  [SCSI] zfcp: Fix lockdep warning when offlining device with offline chpid
  [SCSI] zfcp: Fix oops during shutdown of offline device
  [SCSI] zfcp: Fix initial device and cfdc for delayed adapter allocation
  [SCSI] zfcp: correctly initialize unchained requests
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Bump version 02.100.03.00
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Support dev remove when phy status is MPI2_EVENT_SAS_TOPO_PHYSTATUS_VACANT
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Timeout occurred within the HANDSHAKE logic while waiting on firmware to ACK.
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Call init_completion on a per request basis.
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Target Reset will be issued from Interrupt context.
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Added SCSIIO, Internal and high priority memory pools to support multiple TM
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Copyright change to 2009.
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Added mpi2_history.txt for MPI2 headers.
  [SCSI] mpt2sas: Update driver to MPI2 REV K headers.
  [SCSI] bfa: Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver
  ...
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Tip revision: 69585dd69e663a40729492c7b52eb82477a2027a authored by Linus Torvalds on 11 October 2009, 18:12:33 UTC
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6
Tip revision: 69585dd
drop_caches.c
/*
 * Implement the manual drop-all-pagecache function
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>

/* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
int sysctl_drop_caches;

static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;

	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
			continue;
		if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
			continue;
		__iget(inode);
		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
		iput(toput_inode);
		toput_inode = inode;
		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
	}
	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
	iput(toput_inode);
}

static void drop_pagecache(void)
{
	struct super_block *sb;

	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
restart:
	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
		sb->s_count++;
		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
		if (sb->s_root)
			drop_pagecache_sb(sb);
		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
		if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
			goto restart;
	}
	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
}

static void drop_slab(void)
{
	int nr_objects;

	do {
		nr_objects = shrink_slab(1000, GFP_KERNEL, 1000);
	} while (nr_objects > 10);
}

int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
	proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
	if (write) {
		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1)
			drop_pagecache();
		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2)
			drop_slab();
	}
	return 0;
}
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