From: Ye Bin <yebin@huaweicloud.com>
To: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@fromorbit.com,
zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
muchun.song@linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org, yebin10@huawei.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/3] add support for drop_caches for individual filesystem
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:55:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260227025548.2252380-1-yebin@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
From: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
In order to better analyze the issue of file system uninstallation caused
by kernel module opening files, it is necessary to perform dentry recycling
on a single file system. But now, apart from global dentry recycling, it is
not supported to do dentry recycling on a single file system separately.
This feature has usage scenarios in problem localization scenarios.At the
same time, it also provides users with a slightly fine-grained
pagecache/entry recycling mechanism.
This patchset supports the recycling of pagecache/entry for individual file
systems.
Diff v3 vs v2
1. Introduce introduce drop_sb_dentry_inode() helper instead of
reclaim_dcache_sb()/reclaim_icache_sb() helper for reclaim dentry/inode.
2. Fixing compilation issues in specific architectures and configurations.
Diff v2 vs v1:
1. Fix possible live lock for shrink_icache_sb().
2. Introduce reclaim_dcache_sb() for reclaim dentry.
3. Fix potential deadlocks as follows:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/00000000000098f75506153551a1@google.com/
After some consideration, it was decided that this feature would primarily
be used for debugging purposes. Instead of adding a new IOCTL command, the
task_work mechanism was employed to address potential deadlock issues.
Ye Bin (3):
mm/vmscan: introduce drop_sb_dentry_inode() helper
sysctl: add support for drop_caches for individual filesystem
Documentation: add instructions for using 'drop_fs_caches sysctl'
sysctl
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 44 +++++++++
fs/drop_caches.c | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
mm/internal.h | 3 +
mm/shrinker.c | 4 +-
mm/vmscan.c | 50 ++++++++++
6 files changed, 225 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-27 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-27 2:55 Ye Bin [this message]
2026-02-27 2:55 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/vmscan: introduce drop_sb_dentry_inode() helper Ye Bin
2026-02-27 2:55 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] sysctl: add support for drop_caches for individual filesystem Ye Bin
2026-02-27 2:55 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Documentation: add instructions for using 'drop_fs_caches sysctl' sysctl Ye Bin
2026-02-27 3:31 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] add support for drop_caches for individual filesystem Muchun Song
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