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diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index b5cd647daa52..1ba25cfb94ab 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ static unsigned int ksm_thread_pages_to_scan = 100;
/* Milliseconds ksmd should sleep between batches */
static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = 20;
+/* Boolean to indicate whether to use deferred timer or not */
+static bool use_deferred_timer;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/* Zeroed when merging across nodes is not allowed */
static unsigned int ksm_merge_across_nodes = 1;
@@ -1724,6 +1727,41 @@ static void ksm_do_scan(unsigned int scan_npages)
}
}
+static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data)
+{
+ wake_up_process((struct task_struct *)__data);
+}
+
+static signed long __sched deferred_schedule_timeout(signed long timeout)
+{
+ struct timer_list timer;
+ unsigned long expire;
+
+ __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (timeout < 0) {
+ pr_err("schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value %lx\n",
+ timeout);
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ expire = timeout + jiffies;
+
+ setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack(&timer, process_timeout,
+ (unsigned long)current);
+ mod_timer(&timer, expire);
+ schedule();
+ del_singleshot_timer_sync(&timer);
+
+ /* Remove the timer from the object tracker */
+ destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
+
+ timeout = expire - jiffies;
+
+out:
+ return timeout < 0 ? 0 : timeout;
+}
+
static int ksmd_should_run(void)
{
return (ksm_run & KSM_RUN_MERGE) && !list_empty(&ksm_mm_head.mm_list);
@@ -1744,7 +1782,11 @@ static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
try_to_freeze();
if (ksmd_should_run()) {
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(
+ if (use_deferred_timer)
+ deferred_schedule_timeout(
+ msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
+ else
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(
msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
} else {
wait_event_freezable(ksm_thread_wait,
@@ -2196,6 +2238,26 @@ static ssize_t run_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
}
KSM_ATTR(run);
+static ssize_t deferred_timer_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return snprintf(buf, 8, "%d\n", use_deferred_timer);
+}
+
+static ssize_t deferred_timer_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ unsigned long enable;
+ int err;
+
+ err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &enable);
+ use_deferred_timer = enable;
+
+ return count;
+}
+KSM_ATTR(deferred_timer);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
static ssize_t merge_across_nodes_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -2308,6 +2370,7 @@ static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = {
&pages_unshared_attr.attr,
&pages_volatile_attr.attr,
&full_scans_attr.attr,
+ &deferred_timer_attr.attr,
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
&merge_across_nodes_attr.attr,
#endif