flex_array: add flex_array_shrink function
Add a new function to the flex_array API:
int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)
This function will free all unused second-level pages. Since elements are
now poisoned if they are not allocated with __GFP_ZERO, it's possible to
identify parts that consist solely of unused elements.
flex_array_shrink() returns the number of pages freed.
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c
index e22d0e9..1b03bb5 100644
--- a/lib/flex_array.c
+++ b/lib/flex_array.c
@@ -291,3 +291,43 @@
}
return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
}
+
+static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct flex_array_part); i++)
+ if (part->elements[i] != FLEX_ARRAY_FREE)
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * flex_array_shrink - free unused second-level pages
+ *
+ * Frees all second-level pages that consist solely of unused
+ * elements. Returns the number of pages freed.
+ *
+ * Locking must be provided by the caller.
+ */
+int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)
+{
+ struct flex_array_part *part;
+ int max_part = nr_base_part_ptrs();
+ int part_nr;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (elements_fit_in_base(fa))
+ return ret;
+ for (part_nr = 0; part_nr < max_part; part_nr++) {
+ part = fa->parts[part_nr];
+ if (!part)
+ continue;
+ if (part_is_free(part)) {
+ fa->parts[part_nr] = NULL;
+ kfree(part);
+ ret++;
+ }
+ }
+ return ret;
+}