mm: compaction: add /proc trigger for memory compaction
Add a proc file /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory. When an arbitrary value is written to the file, all zones are compacted. The expected user of such a trigger is a job scheduler that prepares the system before the target application runs. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
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#include <linux/highuid.h>
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#include <linux/writeback.h>
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#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
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#include <linux/compaction.h>
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#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
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#include <linux/initrd.h>
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#include <linux/key.h>
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@@ -1121,6 +1122,15 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
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.mode = 0644,
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.proc_handler = drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
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},
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#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
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{
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.procname = "compact_memory",
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.data = &sysctl_compact_memory,
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.maxlen = sizeof(int),
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.mode = 0200,
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.proc_handler = sysctl_compaction_handler,
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},
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#endif /* CONFIG_COMPACTION */
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{
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.procname = "min_free_kbytes",
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.data = &min_free_kbytes,
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