From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0233DC282CD for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:17:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55C621473 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730093AbfA3ERU (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:17:20 -0500 Received: from ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.131]:46667 "EHLO ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730045AbfA3ERU (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:17:20 -0500 Received: from ppp59-167-129-252.static.internode.on.net (HELO dastard) ([59.167.129.252]) by ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2019 14:47:14 +1030 Received: from discord.disaster.area ([192.168.1.111]) by dastard with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1gohJJ-0000dS-L5; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:17:13 +1100 Received: from dave by discord.disaster.area with local (Exim 4.92-RC4) (envelope-from ) id 1gohJJ-0007eF-JI; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:17:13 +1100 From: Dave Chinner To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Cc: guro@fb.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mhocko@kernel.org, vdavydov.dev@gmail.com Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: don't reclaim inodes with many attached pages" Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:17:06 +1100 Message-Id: <20190130041707.27750-2-david@fromorbit.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190130041707.27750-1-david@fromorbit.com> References: <20190130041707.27750-1-david@fromorbit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org From: Dave Chinner This reverts commit a76cf1a474d7dbcd9336b5f5afb0162baa142cf0. This change causes serious changes to page cache and inode cache behaviour and balance, resulting in major performance regressions when combining worklaods such as large file copies and kernel compiles. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202441 This change is a hack to work around the problems introduced by changing how agressive shrinkers are on small caches in commit 172b06c32b94 ("mm: slowly shrink slabs with a relatively small number of objects"). It creates more problems than it solves, wasn't adequately reviewed or tested, so it needs to be reverted. cc: Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner --- fs/inode.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 0cd47fe0dbe5..73432e64f874 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -730,11 +730,8 @@ static enum lru_status inode_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item, return LRU_REMOVED; } - /* - * Recently referenced inodes and inodes with many attached pages - * get one more pass. - */ - if (inode->i_state & I_REFERENCED || inode->i_data.nrpages > 1) { + /* recently referenced inodes get one more pass */ + if (inode->i_state & I_REFERENCED) { inode->i_state &= ~I_REFERENCED; spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); return LRU_ROTATE; -- 2.20.1