mm/madvise: add MADV_WILLNEED to process_madvise()
authorzhangkui <zhangkui@oppo.com>
Thu, 2 Sep 2021 22:01:11 +0000 (15:01 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 3 Sep 2021 16:58:18 +0000 (09:58 -0700)
commitd5fffc5aff269717a035baa087630adca612a6c4
treeb81923d12a8e57ef14e32cccae59d0c5f20c18fb
parent33090af97350cee9ea0e347301cef704bd5b0d8e
mm/madvise: add MADV_WILLNEED to process_madvise()

There is a usecase in Android that an app process's memory is swapped out
by process_madvise() with MADV_PAGEOUT, such as the memory is swapped to
zram or a backing device.  When the process is scheduled to running, like
switch to foreground, multiple page faults may cause the app dropped
frames.

To reduce the problem, System Management Software can read-ahead memory
of the process immediately when the app switches to forground.  Calling
process_madvise() with MADV_WILLNEED can meet this need.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210804082010.12482-1-zhangkui@oppo.com
Signed-off-by: zhangkui <zhangkui@oppo.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/madvise.c