drop_caches 释放哪些

drop_caches：写入1释放page cache；写入2释放slab；写入3两者都释放；

	{
		.procname	= "drop_caches",
		.data		= &sysctl_drop_caches,
		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
		.mode		= 0644,
		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
		.extra1		= &one,
		.extra2		= &four,
	},
int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
	int ret;

	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
	if (ret)
		return ret;
	if (write) {
		static int stfu;

		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1) {
			/* 释放page cache */
			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
			count_vm_event(DROP_PAGECACHE);
		}
		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 2) {
			/* 释放slab */
			drop_slab();
			count_vm_event(DROP_SLAB);
		}
		if (!stfu) {
			pr_info("%s (%d): drop_caches: %d\n",
				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
				sysctl_drop_caches);
		}
		stfu |= sysctl_drop_caches & 4;
	}
	return 0;
}

下面分析下drop_pagecache_sb是怎么释放的：
1：只是释放，不是回收，对于脏页，lock页，正在回写的页，mmap的页都不释放！！！！所以只是释放，不是回收。
2：对于暂时释放不了的页加入到inactive链表中，加速回收。

static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
{
	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;

	spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
		if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
		    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
			continue;
		}
		__iget(inode);
		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
		spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
		/* 处理函数 */
		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
		iput(toput_inode);
		toput_inode = inode;
		spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
	}
	spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
	iput(toput_inode);
}

/* 只是释放，不是回收，对于脏页，lock页，正在回写的页，mmap的页都不释放！！！！ */
unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
{
	pgoff_t indices[PAGEVEC_SIZE];
	struct pagevec pvec;
	pgoff_t index = start;
	unsigned long ret;
	unsigned long count = 0;
	int i;

	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
	while (index <= end && pagevec_lookup_entries(&pvec, mapping, index,
			min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE - 1) + 1,
			indices)) {
		for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];

			/* We rely upon deletion not changing page->index */
			index = indices[i];
			if (index > end)
				break;

			if (radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page)) {
				clear_exceptional_entry(mapping, index, page);
				continue;
			}
			/* 1：lock失败的页不释放！！！ */
			if (!trylock_page(page))
				continue;
			WARN_ON(page->index != index);

			/* 2：脏页，正在回写的页，mmap的页    。不释放！！！         */
			ret = invalidate_inode_page(page);
			unlock_page(page);
			/*
			 * Invalidation is a hint that the page is no longer
			 * of interest and try to speed up its reclaim.
			 */
			if (!ret)  /* 如果上面释放失败，则把page加入到incative, 加速回收 */
				deactivate_page(page);
			count += ret;
		}
		pagevec_remove_exceptionals(&pvec);
		pagevec_release(&pvec);
		cond_resched();
		index++;
	}
	return count;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_mapping_pages);

下面就是判断哪些页面不释放：

int invalidate_inode_page(struct page *page)
{
	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
	if (!mapping)
		return 0;
	if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
		return 0;
	if (page_mapped(page))
		return 0;

	/* 释放页面 */
	return invalidate_complete_page(mapping, page);
}

释放前后对比：
释放后cache中还剩下366MB多，这应该是mmap的320MB加上dirty的40MB。