[PATCH] batched removal of pages from the LRU
Convert all the bulk callers of lru_cache_del() to use the batched pagevec_lru_del() function. Change truncate_complete_page() to not delete the page from the LRU. Do it in page_cache_release() instead. (This reintroduces the problem with final-release-from-interrupt. THat gets fixed further on). This patch changes the truncate locking somewhat. The removal from the LRU now happens _after_ the page has been removed from the address_space and has been unlocked. So there is now a window where the shrink_cache code can discover the to-be-freed page via the LRU list. But that's OK - the page is clean, its buffers (if any) are clean. It's not attached to any mapping.
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