Mel Gorman 62c230bc17 mm: add support for a filesystem to activate swap files and use direct_IO for writing swap pages ... Currently swapfiles are managed entirely by the core VM by using ->bmap to allocate space and write to the blocks directly. This effectively ensures that the underlying blocks are allocated and avoids the need for the swap subsystem to locate what physical blocks store offsets within a file. If the swap subsystem is to use the filesystem information to locate the blocks, it is critical that information such as block groups, block bitmaps and the block descriptor table that map the swap file were resident in memory. This patch adds address_space_operations that the VM can call when activating or deactivating swap backed by a file. int swap_activate(struct file *); int swap_deactivate(struct file *); The ->swap_activate() method is used to communicate to the file that the VM relies on it, and the address_space should take adequate measures such as reserving space in the underlying device, reserving memory for mempools and pinning information such as the block descriptor table in memory. The ->swap_deactivate() method is called on sys_swapoff() if ->swap_activate() returned success. After a successful swapfile ->swap_activate, the swapfile is marked SWP_FILE and swapper_space.a_ops will proxy to sis->swap_file->f_mappings->a_ops using ->direct_io to write swapcache pages and ->readpage to read. It is perfectly possible that direct_IO be used to read the swap pages but it is an unnecessary complication. Similarly, it is possible that ->writepage be used instead of direct_io to write the pages but filesystem developers have stated that calling writepage from the VM is undesirable for a variety of reasons and using direct_IO opens up the possibility of writing back batches of swap pages in the future. [a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl: Original patch] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Cc: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
..
ABI	mm: prepare for removal of obsolete /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads	2012-07-31 18:42:40 -07:00
accounting	Documentation: update cgroupfs mount point	2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
acpi	Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txt	2012-03-30 03:30:19 -04:00
aoe	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
arm	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2012-07-24 13:34:56 -07:00
auxdisplay
backlight	backlight: new backlight driver for LP855x devices	2012-03-23 16:58:33 -07:00
blackfin	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
block	Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
blockdev	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
cdrom	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups	mm/memcg: complete documentation for tcp memcg files	2012-07-31 18:42:43 -07:00
connector	connector: Move cn_test.c away from NLMSG_PUT().	2012-06-26 21:19:02 -07:00
console
cpu-freq	Doc: cpufreq: Fix typo and outdated line	2011-11-08 10:23:29 +01:00
cpuidle	cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.	2012-03-30 01:52:58 -04:00
cris	CRIS: Update documentation	2012-04-03 13:09:18 +02:00
crypto
development-process	Documentation: Update stable address	2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
device-mapper	dm thin: add read only and fail io modes	2012-07-27 15:08:16 +01:00
devicetree	MFD bits for the 3.6 merge window.	2012-07-30 12:41:17 -07:00
DocBook	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-07-30 19:03:41 -07:00
driver-model	Pin control subsystem changes for kernel 3.5:	2012-05-21 16:58:23 -07:00
dvb	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-07-30 19:03:41 -07:00
early-userspace
EDID	drm: allow loading an EDID as firmware to override broken monitor	2012-03-20 10:09:28 +00:00
extcon	Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.	2012-04-20 09:24:27 -07:00
fault-injection	fault-injection: add tool to run command with failslab or fail_page_alloc	2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
fb	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
filesystems	mm: add support for a filesystem to activate swap files and use direct_IO for writing swap pages	2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
firmware_class
frv	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid	HID: uhid: add documentation	2012-06-18 13:42:03 +02:00
hwmon	hwmon: Honeywell Humidicon HIH-6130/HIH-6131 humidity and temperature sensor driver	2012-07-21 21:48:44 -07:00
i2c	i2c-i801: Enable IRQ for SMBus transactions	2012-07-24 14:13:58 +02:00
i2o	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
ia64	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
ide	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
infiniband
input	Input: add driver for FT5x06 based EDT displays	2012-07-24 23:55:03 -07:00
ioctl	mei: update Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt	2012-05-09 14:00:31 -07:00
isdn	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ja_JP	Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6	2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild	Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild	2012-05-28 10:37:56 -07:00
kdump	kexec: update URL of kexec homepage	2012-07-18 18:35:57 -07:00
ko_KR	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
laptops	Documentation: asus-laptop.txt references an obsolete Kconfig item	2012-06-28 12:04:16 +02:00
leds	LEDS: add BlinkM RGB LED driver, documentation and update MAINTAINERS	2012-07-24 16:00:51 +08:00
m68k	Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= values	2011-08-03 14:25:21 -10:00
make
memory-devices	memory: emif: add basic infrastructure for EMIF driver	2012-05-02 00:10:49 -07:00
mips	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
misc-devices	mei: mei.txt: minor grammar fixes	2012-06-13 13:38:25 -07:00
mmc	mmc: core: Fixup delayed work clock gating patch	2012-01-11 23:58:43 -05:00
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking	net-next: minor cleanups for bonding documentation	2012-07-22 12:44:01 -07:00
nfc	NFC: Error management documentation	2012-07-09 16:42:11 -04:00
parisc	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
PCI	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
pcmcia
power	Merge branch 'pm-doc'	2012-07-19 00:03:46 +02:00
powerpc	Revert "powerpc/hw-breakpoint: Use generic hw-breakpoint interfaces for new PPC ptrace flags"	2012-05-22 14:37:24 +10:00
pps
prctl	security: Minor improvements to no_new_privs documentation	2012-07-08 00:25:48 +10:00
pti	Kernel documentation for the PTI feature.	2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00
ptp	ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks.	2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
rapidio	RapidIO: documentation update	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
RCU	rcu: Update documentation to cover call_srcu() and srcu_barrier().	2012-07-02 12:34:03 -07:00
s390	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
scheduler	sched: Remove stale power aware scheduling remnants and dysfunctional knobs	2012-05-17 13:48:56 +02:00
scsi	Merge branch 'delete-mca' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux	2012-05-23 17:12:06 -07:00
security	Smack: allow for significantly longer Smack labels v4	2012-05-14 22:48:38 -07:00
serial	serial: delete the MCA specific 8250 support.	2012-05-17 19:02:14 -04:00
sh
sound	Sound update for 3.6-rc1	2012-07-24 13:37:37 -07:00
spi	spi: create a message queueing infrastructure	2012-03-07 19:19:48 -07:00
sysctl	mm, oom: replace some information in tasklist dump	2012-07-31 18:42:42 -07:00
target	Documentation: Fix typo in tcm_mod_builder.py	2012-02-10 09:52:18 +01:00
telephony	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
thermal	Thermal: Documentation update	2012-07-24 23:20:40 -04:00
timers	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
trace	tracing: Fix kconfig warning due to a typo	2012-05-08 14:17:25 +02:00
usb	usb: gadget: mass_storage: add documentation	2012-06-15 14:32:30 +03:00
vDSO	Document the vDSO and add a reference parser	2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00
video4linux	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2012-07-30 19:03:41 -07:00
virtual	KVM updates for the 3.6 merge window	2012-07-24 12:01:20 -07:00
vm	mm/frontswap: cleanup doc and comment error	2012-07-23 11:16:20 -04:00
w1	w1: Add 1-wire slave device driver for DS28E04-100	2012-06-13 16:47:10 -07:00
watchdog	Watchdog: DA9052/53 PMIC watchdog support	2012-05-30 07:56:12 +02:00
wimax
x86	Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2012-07-26 13:13:25 -07:00
zh_CN	Fix a mistake sentence in the file 'Documentation/zh_CN/magic-number.txt'	2012-05-07 17:20:27 -07:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt	doc: Add load/store guarantees to Documentation/atomic-ops.txt	2011-12-11 10:31:58 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt	mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t	2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
Changes	Documentation/Changes: remove some really obsolete text	2011-07-11 16:48:38 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt
clk.txt	Documentation: common clk API	2012-03-16 20:35:01 +00:00
coccinelle.txt	coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option	2012-01-14 22:25:56 +01:00
CodingStyle	CodingStyle: add kmalloc_array() to memory allocators	2012-05-31 17:49:26 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	documentation: remove references to cpu_*_map.	2012-03-29 15:38:31 +10:30
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt	crc32: move long comment about crc32 fundamentals to Documentation/	2012-03-23 16:58:37 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
devices.txt	Doc: document max raw dev number	2012-06-03 12:05:50 +02:00
digsig.txt	crypto: digital signature verification support	2011-11-09 12:10:37 +02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix misleading example	2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
DMA-API.txt	include/linux/dma-mapping.h: add dma_zalloc_coherent()	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
DMA-attributes.txt	common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC attribute	2012-07-30 12:25:47 +02:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: add initial vmap documentation	2012-05-25 12:51:11 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt	Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation	2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
dontdiff	kconfig: remove lkc_defs.h from .gitignore and dontdiff	2012-07-13 15:08:25 +02:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	dynamic_debug: update Documentation/*, Kconfig.debug	2012-04-30 16:26:30 -04:00
edac.txt	Merge branch 'devel'	2012-07-29 21:11:05 -03:00
eisa.txt	MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.	2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
email-clients.txt	Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt	mm: prepare for removal of obsolete /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads	2012-07-31 18:42:40 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt	flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end	2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt	gpio: add flags to export GPIOs when requesting	2012-04-05 21:24:06 -07:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO	docs: update HOWTO for 2.6.x -> 3.x versioning	2012-04-19 19:13:08 -07:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt	hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call	2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt
initrd.txt	Documentation/initrd.txt: Change the location of util-linux	2012-05-25 16:18:34 +02:00
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt	Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc.	2011-03-23 20:44:18 +01:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt	bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq	2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00
IRQ-domain.txt	irq_domain: add documentation and MAINTAINERS entry.	2012-02-14 14:06:47 -07:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus-for-3.6-rc1' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping	2012-07-30 10:11:31 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt	kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation	2011-12-02 16:12:42 +00:00
kobject.txt	driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address	2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt	lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection	2011-12-11 10:31:23 -08:00
lockstat.txt	Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks	2011-05-28 17:03:29 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt	watchdog: Update documentation	2012-02-11 15:11:28 +01:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt	drivers/net: fix up stale paths from driver reorg	2012-01-30 12:54:40 -05:00
Makefile	mei: move doc files Documentation/misc-devices/mei	2012-05-09 13:59:09 -07:00
ManagementStyle	Documentation: ManagementStyle: fixed typo	2012-06-28 12:03:15 +02:00
md.txt	md: create externally visible flags for supporting hot-replace.	2011-12-23 10:17:51 +11:00
media-framework.txt	[media] media: Add link_validate() op to check links to the sink pad	2012-05-14 08:44:11 -03:00
memory-barriers.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
memory.txt
mono.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
mutex-design.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt	Doc: Update numastat.txt	2012-02-28 16:05:06 +01:00
oops-tracing.txt	module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree	2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt	Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: implement devm_pinctrl_get()/put()	2012-04-18 13:53:13 +02:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt	vsprintf: add support of '%*ph[CDN]'	2012-07-30 17:25:14 -07:00
prio_tree.txt
pwm.txt	pwm: Add table-based lookup for static mappings	2012-06-15 12:56:53 +02:00
ramoops.txt	pstore/ram: Add ftrace messages handling	2012-07-17 10:14:17 -07:00
rbtree.txt	Documentation: Update augmented rbtree documentation	2011-07-24 10:03:05 -07:00
remoteproc.txt	remoteproc: adopt the driver core's alloc/add/del/put naming	2012-07-06 00:53:27 +03:00
rfkill.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt	rpmsg: add virtio-based remote processor messaging bus	2012-02-08 22:53:58 +02:00
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs	Fix common misspellings	2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt	Documentation/spinlocks.txt: Remove reference to sti()/cli()	2011-07-11 12:45:04 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt	doc: stable_api_nonsense.txt: fix paragraph to make more sense.	2011-03-30 12:02:05 +02:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt	stable: Allow merging of backports for serious user-visible performance issues	2012-06-25 12:11:58 -07:00
static-keys.txt	Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation	2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
SubmitChecklist	Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options	2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers	Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: suggested the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl	2012-05-25 16:18:30 +02:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt	Documentation: sysrq: Crutcher Dunnavant is unavailable	2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt	misc latin1 to utf8 conversions	2012-01-02 13:04:55 +01:00
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt	VME: Move API documentation to Documentation folder	2012-05-08 16:01:34 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt	workqueue: reimplement WQ_HIGHPRI using a separate worker_pool	2012-07-13 22:24:45 -07:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt