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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
2 #ifndef _LINUX_SHRINKER_H
3 #define _LINUX_SHRINKER_H
4 
5 /*
6  * This struct is used to pass information from page reclaim to the shrinkers.
7  * We consolidate the values for easier extention later.
8  *
9  * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to
10  * fulfil.
11  */
12 struct shrink_control {
13 	gfp_t gfp_mask;
14 
15 	/*
16 	 * How many objects scan_objects should scan and try to reclaim.
17 	 * This is reset before every call, so it is safe for callees
18 	 * to modify.
19 	 */
20 	unsigned long nr_to_scan;
21 
22 	/*
23 	 * How many objects did scan_objects process?
24 	 * This defaults to nr_to_scan before every call, but the callee
25 	 * should track its actual progress.
26 	 */
27 	unsigned long nr_scanned;
28 
29 	/* current node being shrunk (for NUMA aware shrinkers) */
30 	int nid;
31 
32 	/* current memcg being shrunk (for memcg aware shrinkers) */
33 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
34 };
35 
36 #define SHRINK_STOP (~0UL)
37 /*
38  * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches.
39  *
40  * @count_objects should return the number of freeable items in the cache. If
41  * there are no objects to free or the number of freeable items cannot be
42  * determined, it should return 0. No deadlock checks should be done during the
43  * count callback - the shrinker relies on aggregating scan counts that couldn't
44  * be executed due to potential deadlocks to be run at a later call when the
45  * deadlock condition is no longer pending.
46  *
47  * @scan_objects will only be called if @count_objects returned a non-zero
48  * value for the number of freeable objects. The callout should scan the cache
49  * and attempt to free items from the cache. It should then return the number
50  * of objects freed during the scan, or SHRINK_STOP if progress cannot be made
51  * due to potential deadlocks. If SHRINK_STOP is returned, then no further
52  * attempts to call the @scan_objects will be made from the current reclaim
53  * context.
54  *
55  * @flags determine the shrinker abilities, like numa awareness
56  */
57 struct shrinker {
58 	unsigned long (*count_objects)(struct shrinker *,
59 				       struct shrink_control *sc);
60 	unsigned long (*scan_objects)(struct shrinker *,
61 				      struct shrink_control *sc);
62 
63 	int seeks;	/* seeks to recreate an obj */
64 	long batch;	/* reclaim batch size, 0 = default */
65 	unsigned long flags;
66 
67 	/* These are for internal use */
68 	struct list_head list;
69 	/* objs pending delete, per node */
70 	atomic_long_t *nr_deferred;
71 };
72 #define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2 /* A good number if you don't know better. */
73 
74 /* Flags */
75 #define SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE	(1 << 0)
76 #define SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE	(1 << 1)
77 
78 extern int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
79 extern void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker);
80 extern int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
81 extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
82 extern void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
83 #endif
84