[PATCH] Thin out scan_control: remove nr_to_scan and priority

Make nr_to_scan and priority a parameter instead of putting it into scan
control.  This allows various small optimizations and IMHO makes the code
easier to read.
Signed-off-by: NChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

mm/vmscan.c

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ typedef enum {
 } pageout_t;
 
 struct scan_control {
-	/* Ask refill_inactive_zone, or shrink_cache to scan this many pages */
-	unsigned long nr_to_scan;
-
 	/* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
 	unsigned long nr_scanned;
 
@@ -63,9 +60,6 @@ struct scan_control {
 
 	unsigned long nr_mapped;	/* From page_state */
 
-	/* Ask shrink_caches, or shrink_zone to scan at this priority */
-	unsigned int priority;
-
 	/* This context's GFP mask */
 	gfp_t gfp_mask;
 
@@ -1112,11 +1106,10 @@ static int isolate_lru_pages(int nr_to_scan, struct list_head *src,
 /*
  * shrink_cache() adds the number of pages reclaimed to sc->nr_reclaimed
  */
-static void shrink_cache(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+static void shrink_cache(int max_scan, struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(page_list);
 	struct pagevec pvec;
-	int max_scan = sc->nr_to_scan;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
 
@@ -1192,12 +1185,11 @@ static void shrink_cache(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
  * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
  */
 static void
-refill_inactive_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+refill_inactive_zone(int nr_pages, struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	int pgmoved;
 	int pgdeactivate = 0;
 	int pgscanned;
-	int nr_pages = sc->nr_to_scan;
 	LIST_HEAD(l_hold);	/* The pages which were snipped off */
 	LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);	/* Pages to go onto the inactive_list */
 	LIST_HEAD(l_active);	/* Pages to go onto the active_list */
@@ -1332,10 +1324,11 @@ refill_inactive_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
  * This is a basic per-zone page freer.  Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
  */
 static void
-shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_active;
 	unsigned long nr_inactive;
+	unsigned long nr_to_scan;
 
 	atomic_inc(&zone->reclaim_in_progress);
 
@@ -1343,14 +1336,14 @@ shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 	 * Add one to `nr_to_scan' just to make sure that the kernel will
 	 * slowly sift through the active list.
 	 */
-	zone->nr_scan_active += (zone->nr_active >> sc->priority) + 1;
+	zone->nr_scan_active += (zone->nr_active >> priority) + 1;
 	nr_active = zone->nr_scan_active;
 	if (nr_active >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
 		zone->nr_scan_active = 0;
 	else
 		nr_active = 0;
 
-	zone->nr_scan_inactive += (zone->nr_inactive >> sc->priority) + 1;
+	zone->nr_scan_inactive += (zone->nr_inactive >> priority) + 1;
 	nr_inactive = zone->nr_scan_inactive;
 	if (nr_inactive >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
 		zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
@@ -1359,17 +1352,17 @@ shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 	while (nr_active || nr_inactive) {
 		if (nr_active) {
-			sc->nr_to_scan = min(nr_active,
+			nr_to_scan = min(nr_active,
 					(unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
-			nr_active -= sc->nr_to_scan;
-			refill_inactive_zone(zone, sc);
+			nr_active -= nr_to_scan;
+			refill_inactive_zone(nr_to_scan, zone, sc);
 		}
 
 		if (nr_inactive) {
-			sc->nr_to_scan = min(nr_inactive,
+			nr_to_scan = min(nr_inactive,
 					(unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
-			nr_inactive -= sc->nr_to_scan;
-			shrink_cache(zone, sc);
+			nr_inactive -= nr_to_scan;
+			shrink_cache(nr_to_scan, zone, sc);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1395,7 +1388,7 @@ shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
  * scan then give up on it.
  */
 static void
-shrink_caches(struct zone **zones, struct scan_control *sc)
+shrink_caches(int priority, struct zone **zones, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -1408,14 +1401,14 @@ shrink_caches(struct zone **zones, struct scan_control *sc)
 		if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, __GFP_HARDWALL))
 			continue;
 
-		zone->temp_priority = sc->priority;
-		if (zone->prev_priority > sc->priority)
-			zone->prev_priority = sc->priority;
+		zone->temp_priority = priority;
+		if (zone->prev_priority > priority)
+			zone->prev_priority = priority;
 
-		if (zone->all_unreclaimable && sc->priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
+		if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
 			continue;	/* Let kswapd poll it */
 
-		shrink_zone(zone, sc);
+		shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
 	}
 }
  
@@ -1462,11 +1455,10 @@ int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		sc.nr_mapped = read_page_state(nr_mapped);
 		sc.nr_scanned = 0;
 		sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
-		sc.priority = priority;
 		sc.swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
 		if (!priority)
 			disable_swap_token();
-		shrink_caches(zones, &sc);
+		shrink_caches(priority, zones, &sc);
 		shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages);
 		if (reclaim_state) {
 			sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
@@ -1629,9 +1621,8 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int nr_pages, int order)
 				zone->prev_priority = priority;
 			sc.nr_scanned = 0;
 			sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
-			sc.priority = priority;
 			sc.swap_cluster_max = nr_pages? nr_pages : SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
-			shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
+			shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
 			reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
 			nr_slab = shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, GFP_KERNEL,
 						lru_pages);
@@ -1886,6 +1877,7 @@ int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	struct scan_control sc;
 	cpumask_t mask;
 	int node_id;
+	int priority;
 
 	if (time_before(jiffies,
 		zone->last_unsuccessful_zone_reclaim + zone_reclaim_interval))
@@ -1906,7 +1898,6 @@ int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	sc.may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP);
 	sc.nr_scanned = 0;
 	sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
-	sc.priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY + 1;
 	sc.nr_mapped = read_page_state(nr_mapped);
 	sc.gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
 
@@ -1932,11 +1923,11 @@ int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing priorities
 	 * until we have enough memory freed.
 	 */
+	priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
 	do {
-		sc.priority--;
-		shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
-
-	} while (sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages && sc.priority > 0);
+		shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
+		priority--;
+	} while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
 
 	if (sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages && (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SLAB)) {
 		/*