When memory is hot-removed, its node must be cleared in N_HIGH_MEMORY if

there are no present pages left.

In such a situation, kswapd must also be stopped since it has nothing left
to do.
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@hp.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

include/linux/swap.h

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ extern int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node);
 extern void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node);
 
 extern int kswapd_run(int nid);
+extern void kswapd_stop(int nid);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 /* linux/mm/shmem.c */

mm/memory_hotplug.c

@@ -853,6 +853,10 @@ repeat:
 
 	setup_per_zone_wmarks();
 	calculate_zone_inactive_ratio(zone);
+	if (!node_present_pages(node)) {
+		node_clear_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY);
+		kswapd_stop(node);
+	}
 
 	vm_total_pages = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
 	writeback_set_ratelimit();

mm/vmscan.c

@@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 	order = 0;
 	for ( ; ; ) {
 		unsigned long new_order;
+		int ret;
 
 		prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
@@ -2188,20 +2189,24 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 			 */
 			order = new_order;
 		} else {
-			if (!freezing(current))
+			if (!freezing(current) && !kthread_should_stop())
 				schedule();
 
 			order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
 		}
 		finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
 
-		if (!try_to_freeze()) {
-			/* We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call
-			 * balance_pgdat after returning from the refrigerator
+		ret = try_to_freeze();
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
+		 * after returning from the refrigerator
 		 */
+		if (!ret)
 			balance_pgdat(pgdat, order);
 	}
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2455,6 +2460,17 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined.
+ */
+void kswapd_stop(int nid)
+{
+	struct task_struct *kswapd = NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd;
+
+	if (kswapd)
+		kthread_stop(kswapd);
+}
+
 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
 {
 	int nid;