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author | Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> | 2011-01-14 00:46:28 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-14 02:32:38 +0100 |
commit | ae52a2adb5afa5ac5ec5fb5c7b24777f84b6c926 (patch) | |
tree | fb02d8fb1699c85cc278e2333ce25916835bf341 /mm/ksm.c | |
parent | writeback: avoid unnecessary determine_dirtyable_memory call (diff) | |
download | linux-ae52a2adb5afa5ac5ec5fb5c7b24777f84b6c926.tar.xz linux-ae52a2adb5afa5ac5ec5fb5c7b24777f84b6c926.zip |
thp: ksm: free swap when swapcache page is replaced
When a swapcache page is replaced by a ksm page, it's best to free that
swap immediately.
Reported-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/ksm.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/ksm.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page, set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, mk_pte(kpage, vma->vm_page_prot)); page_remove_rmap(page); + if (!page_mapped(page)) + try_to_free_swap(page); put_page(page); pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl); |