From: Hugh Dickins Why should try_to_unmap_anon and try_to_unmap_file take a copy of page->mapcount and pass it down for try_to_unmap_one to decrement? why not just check page->mapcount itself? asks akpm. Perhaps there used to be a good reason, but not any more: remove the mapcount arg. --- 25-akpm/mm/rmap.c | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/rmap.c~rmap-21-try_to_unmap_one-mapcount mm/rmap.c --- 25/mm/rmap.c~rmap-21-try_to_unmap_one-mapcount Tue May 4 17:51:03 2004 +++ 25-akpm/mm/rmap.c Tue May 4 17:51:49 2004 @@ -462,9 +462,8 @@ int fastcall mremap_move_anon_rmap(struc * Subfunctions of try_to_unmap: try_to_unmap_one called * repeatedly from either try_to_unmap_anon or try_to_unmap_file. */ -static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, - struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, - unsigned int *mapcount, struct vm_area_struct *vma) +static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, + unsigned long address, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { pgd_t *pgd; pmd_t *pmd; @@ -494,8 +493,6 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page if (page_to_pfn(page) != pte_pfn(*pte)) goto out_unmap; - (*mapcount)--; - if (!vma) { vma = find_vma(mm, address); /* unmap_vmas drops page_table_lock with vma unlinked */ @@ -639,7 +636,6 @@ out_unlock: static inline int try_to_unmap_anon(struct page *page) { - unsigned int mapcount = page->mapcount; struct anonmm *anonmm = (struct anonmm *) page->mapping; struct anonmm *anonhd = anonmm->head; struct list_head *seek_head; @@ -650,9 +646,8 @@ static inline int try_to_unmap_anon(stru * First try the indicated mm, it's the most likely. */ if (anonmm->mm && anonmm->mm->rss) { - ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, - anonmm->mm, page->index, &mapcount, NULL); - if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !mapcount) + ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, anonmm->mm, page->index, NULL); + if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !page->mapcount) goto out; } @@ -666,9 +661,8 @@ static inline int try_to_unmap_anon(stru list_for_each_entry(anonmm, seek_head, list) { if (!anonmm->mm || !anonmm->mm->rss) continue; - ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, - anonmm->mm, page->index, &mapcount, NULL); - if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !mapcount) + ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, anonmm->mm, page->index, NULL); + if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !page->mapcount) goto out; } out: @@ -690,7 +684,6 @@ out: */ static inline int try_to_unmap_file(struct page *page) { - unsigned int mapcount = page->mapcount; struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping; pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT); struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL; @@ -700,6 +693,7 @@ static inline int try_to_unmap_file(stru unsigned long cursor; unsigned long max_nl_cursor = 0; unsigned long max_nl_size = 0; + unsigned int mapcount; if (!spin_trylock(&mapping->i_shared_lock)) return ret; @@ -708,9 +702,8 @@ static inline int try_to_unmap_file(stru &iter, pgoff, pgoff)) != NULL) { if (vma->vm_mm->rss) { address = vma_address(vma, pgoff); - ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, - vma->vm_mm, address, &mapcount, vma); - if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !mapcount) + ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, vma->vm_mm, address, vma); + if (ret == SWAP_FAIL || !page->mapcount) goto out; } } @@ -740,6 +733,7 @@ static inline int try_to_unmap_file(stru * The mapcount of the page we came in with is irrelevant, * but even so use it as a guide to how hard we should try? */ + mapcount = page->mapcount; rmap_unlock(page); cond_resched_lock(&mapping->i_shared_lock); _