From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
"Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:41:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f28a74c8-69c5-fd65-778f-48e68aed99df@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211008135332.19567-9-mgorman@techsingularity.net>
On 10/8/21 15:53, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Tracing indicates that tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS are woken
> prematurely resulting in occasional massive spikes in direct
> reclaim activity. This patch wakes tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS
> if reclaim efficiency is at least 12%.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 7b54fec4072c..80a9a26f701f 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -3338,8 +3338,11 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
>
> static void consider_reclaim_throttle(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
> {
> - /* If reclaim is making progress, wake any throttled tasks. */
> - if (sc->nr_reclaimed) {
> + /*
> + * If reclaim is making progress greater than 12% efficiency then
> + * wake all the NOPROGRESS throttled tasks.
> + */
> + if (sc->nr_reclaimed > (sc->nr_scanned >> 3)) {
> wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
>
> wqh = &pgdat->reclaim_wait[VMSCAN_THROTTLE_NOPROGRESS];
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-14 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-08 13:53 [PATCH v3 0/8] Remove dependency on congestion_wait in mm/ Mel Gorman
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm/vmscan: Throttle reclaim until some writeback completes if congested Mel Gorman
2021-10-13 15:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-14 10:47 ` Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:42 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 2/8] mm/vmscan: Throttle reclaim and compaction when too may pages are isolated Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 8:06 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-14 11:56 ` Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:44 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 3/8] mm/vmscan: Throttle reclaim when no progress is being made Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 12:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-14 13:03 ` Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:45 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm/writeback: Throttle based on page writeback instead of congestion Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:34 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 5/8] mm/page_alloc: Remove the throttling logic from the page allocator Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:36 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 6/8] mm/vmscan: Centralise timeout values for reclaim_throttle Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:38 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 7/8] mm/vmscan: Increase the timeout if page reclaim is not making progress Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-10-08 13:53 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS Mel Gorman
2021-10-14 15:41 ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2021-10-19 9:01 [PATCH v4 0/8] Remove dependency on congestion_wait in mm/ Mel Gorman
2021-10-19 9:01 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS Mel Gorman
2021-10-22 14:46 [PATCH v5 0/8] Remove dependency on congestion_wait in mm/ Mel Gorman
2021-10-22 14:46 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS Mel Gorman
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