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diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index ac6b8ee07825..68c097077ef0 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
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@@ -4,39 +4,67 @@
4/* 4/*
5 * This struct is used to pass information from page reclaim to the shrinkers. 5 * This struct is used to pass information from page reclaim to the shrinkers.
6 * We consolidate the values for easier extention later. 6 * We consolidate the values for easier extention later.
7 *
8 * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to
9 * fulfil.
7 */ 10 */
8struct shrink_control { 11struct shrink_control {
9 gfp_t gfp_mask; 12 gfp_t gfp_mask;
10 13
11 /* How many slab objects shrinker() should scan and try to reclaim */ 14 /*
15 * How many objects scan_objects should scan and try to reclaim.
16 * This is reset before every call, so it is safe for callees
17 * to modify.
18 */
12 unsigned long nr_to_scan; 19 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
20
21 /* shrink from these nodes */
22 nodemask_t nodes_to_scan;
23 /* current node being shrunk (for NUMA aware shrinkers) */
24 int nid;
13}; 25};
14 26
27#define SHRINK_STOP (~0UL)
15/* 28/*
16 * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches. 29 * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches.
17 * 30 *
18 * 'sc' is passed shrink_control which includes a count 'nr_to_scan' 31 * @count_objects should return the number of freeable items in the cache. If
19 * and a 'gfpmask'. It should look through the least-recently-used 32 * there are no objects to free or the number of freeable items cannot be
20 * 'nr_to_scan' entries and attempt to free them up. It should return 33 * determined, it should return 0. No deadlock checks should be done during the
21 * the number of objects which remain in the cache. If it returns -1, it means 34 * count callback - the shrinker relies on aggregating scan counts that couldn't
22 * it cannot do any scanning at this time (eg. there is a risk of deadlock). 35 * be executed due to potential deadlocks to be run at a later call when the
36 * deadlock condition is no longer pending.
23 * 37 *
24 * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to 38 * @scan_objects will only be called if @count_objects returned a non-zero
25 * fulfil. 39 * value for the number of freeable objects. The callout should scan the cache
40 * and attempt to free items from the cache. It should then return the number
41 * of objects freed during the scan, or SHRINK_STOP if progress cannot be made
42 * due to potential deadlocks. If SHRINK_STOP is returned, then no further
43 * attempts to call the @scan_objects will be made from the current reclaim
44 * context.
26 * 45 *
27 * Note that 'shrink' will be passed nr_to_scan == 0 when the VM is 46 * @flags determine the shrinker abilities, like numa awareness
28 * querying the cache size, so a fastpath for that case is appropriate.
29 */ 47 */
30struct shrinker { 48struct shrinker {
31 int (*shrink)(struct shrinker *, struct shrink_control *sc); 49 unsigned long (*count_objects)(struct shrinker *,
50 struct shrink_control *sc);
51 unsigned long (*scan_objects)(struct shrinker *,
52 struct shrink_control *sc);
53
32 int seeks; /* seeks to recreate an obj */ 54 int seeks; /* seeks to recreate an obj */
33 long batch; /* reclaim batch size, 0 = default */ 55 long batch; /* reclaim batch size, 0 = default */
56 unsigned long flags;
34 57
35 /* These are for internal use */ 58 /* These are for internal use */
36 struct list_head list; 59 struct list_head list;
37 atomic_long_t nr_in_batch; /* objs pending delete */ 60 /* objs pending delete, per node */
61 atomic_long_t *nr_deferred;
38}; 62};
39#define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2 /* A good number if you don't know better. */ 63#define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2 /* A good number if you don't know better. */
40extern void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *); 64
65/* Flags */
66#define SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE (1 << 0)
67
68extern int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
41extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *); 69extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
42#endif 70#endif