From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:52:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ce7c8bac-49ca-d8c0-05fd-95465dc2f65b@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1465495483-11855-5-git-send-email-mgorman@techsingularity.net>
On 06/09/2016 08:04 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> This patch makes reclaim decisions on a per-node basis. A reclaimer knows
> what zone is required by the allocation request and skips pages from
> higher zones. In many cases this will be ok because it's a GFP_HIGHMEM
> request of some description. On 64-bit, ZONE_DMA32 requests will cause
> some problems but 32-bit devices on 64-bit platforms are increasingly
> rare. Historically it would have been a major problem on 32-bit with big
> Highmem:Lowmem ratios but such configurations are also now rare and even
> where they exist, they are not encouraged. If it really becomes a problem,
> it'll manifest as very low reclaim efficiencies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index f87a5a0f8793..ab1b28e7e20a 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ struct scan_control {
> /* Scan (total_size >> priority) pages at once */
> int priority;
>
> + /* The highest zone to isolate pages for reclaim from */
> + enum zone_type reclaim_idx;
> +
> unsigned int may_writepage:1;
>
> /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
> @@ -1369,6 +1372,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> struct list_head *src = &lruvec->lists[lru];
> unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
> unsigned long scan;
> + LIST_HEAD(pages_skipped);
>
> for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && nr_taken < nr_to_scan &&
> !list_empty(src); scan++) {
> @@ -1379,6 +1383,11 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
>
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLRU(page), page);
>
> + if (page_zonenum(page) > sc->reclaim_idx) {
> + list_move(&page->lru, &pages_skipped);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode)) {
> case 0:
> nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
> @@ -1395,6 +1404,15 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> }
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Splice any skipped pages to the start of the LRU list. Note that
> + * this disrupts the LRU order when reclaiming for lower zones but
> + * we cannot splice to the tail. If we did then the SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
> + * scanning would soon rescan the same pages to skip and put the
> + * system at risk of premature OOM.
> + */
> + if (!list_empty(&pages_skipped))
> + list_splice(&pages_skipped, src);
Hmm, that's unfortunate. But probably better than reclaiming the pages
in the name of LRU order, even though it wouldn't help the allocation at
hand.
[...]
> @@ -2516,14 +2535,14 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order, int classzone_
> * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
> * scan then give up on it.
> */
> -static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
> +static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc,
> + enum zone_type classzone_idx)
> {
> struct zoneref *z;
> struct zone *zone;
> unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
> unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
> gfp_t orig_mask;
> - enum zone_type requested_highidx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask);
>
> /*
> * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
> @@ -2536,15 +2555,15 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
>
> for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
> gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
> - enum zone_type classzone_idx;
> -
> if (!populated_zone(zone))
> continue;
>
> - classzone_idx = requested_highidx;
> while (!populated_zone(zone->zone_pgdat->node_zones +
> - classzone_idx))
> + classzone_idx)) {
> + sc->reclaim_idx--;
> classzone_idx--;
> + continue;
Isn't this wrong to do this across whole zonelist which will contain
multiple nodes? Example: a small node 0 without Normal zone will get us
sc->reclaim_idx == classzone_idx == dma32. Node 1 won't have dma/dma32
zones so we won't see classzone_idx populated, and the while loop will
lead to underflow?
And sc->reclaim_idx seems to be unitialized when called via
try_to_free_pages() -> do_try_to_free_pages() -> shrink_zones() ?
Which means it's zero and we underflow immediately?
> @@ -3207,15 +3228,14 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
> sc.may_writepage = 1;
>
> /*
> - * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
> - * at the last zone which needs scanning.
> - *
> - * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
> - * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
> - * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
> - * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
> + * Continue scanning in the highmem->dma direction stopping at
> + * the last zone which needs scanning. This may reclaim lowmem
> + * pages that are not necessary for zone balancing but it
> + * preserves LRU ordering. It is assumed that the bulk of
> + * allocation requests can use arbitrary zones with the
> + * possible exception of big highmem:lowmem configurations.
> */
> - for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
> + for (i = end_zone; i >= end_zone; i--) {
i >= 0 ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-15 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-09 18:04 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v6 Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 01/27] mm, vmstat: Add infrastructure for per-node vmstats Mel Gorman
2016-06-10 13:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-10 13:47 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-13 17:26 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-06-14 14:25 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Move lru_lock to the node Mel Gorman
2016-06-10 16:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-10 17:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-14 14:41 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 03/27] mm, vmscan: Move LRU lists to node Mel Gorman
2016-06-10 18:00 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 12:52 ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 05/27] mm, vmscan: Have kswapd only scan based on the highest requested zone Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 13:13 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 7:44 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 14:23 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 07/27] mm, vmscan: Remove balance gap Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 14:28 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 08/27] mm, vmscan: Simplify the logic deciding whether kswapd sleeps Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 15:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 8:30 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 9:16 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 09/27] mm, vmscan: By default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 8:59 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 10/27] mm, vmscan: Clear congestion, dirty and need for compaction on a per-node basis Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 9:29 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 10:29 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 11/27] mm: vmscan: Do not reclaim from kswapd if there is any eligible zone Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 10:08 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 12/27] mm, vmscan: Make shrink_node decisions more node-centric Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 13:35 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 14:47 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 13/27] mm, memcg: Move memcg limit enforcement from zones to nodes Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 15:06 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 15:53 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 14/27] mm, workingset: Make working set detection node-aware Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 15:13 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 15:56 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 15/27] mm, page_alloc: Consider dirtyable memory in terms of nodes Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 15:45 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 16/27] mm: Move page mapped accounting to the node Mel Gorman
2016-06-16 15:52 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-16 16:04 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 17/27] mm: Rename NR_ANON_PAGES to NR_ANON_MAPPED Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 8:28 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 18/27] mm: Move most file-based accounting to the node Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 8:35 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 19/27] mm: Move vmscan writes and file write " Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 8:51 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 20/27] mm, vmscan: Update classzone_idx if buffer_heads_over_limit Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 8:53 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 21/27] mm, vmscan: Only wakeup kswapd once per node for the requested classzone Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 10:46 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-17 12:03 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 22/27] mm: Convert zone_reclaim to node_reclaim Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 10:55 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 23/27] mm, vmscan: Add classzone information to tracepoints Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 10:57 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 24/27] mm, page_alloc: Remove fair zone allocation policy Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 11:27 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-17 12:07 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 25/27] mm: page_alloc: Cache the last node whose dirty limit is reached Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 11:31 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 26/27] mm: vmstat: Replace __count_zone_vm_events with a zone id equivalent Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 11:36 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 27/27] mm: vmstat: Account per-zone stalls and pages skipped during reclaim Mel Gorman
2016-06-17 12:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-06-21 14:15 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v7 Mel Gorman
2016-06-21 14:15 ` [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis Mel Gorman
2016-06-22 14:04 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-22 16:00 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-06-23 11:07 ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-23 11:13 ` Michal Hocko
2016-06-23 10:58 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] <02ed01d1c47a$49fbfbc0$ddf3f340$@alibaba-inc.com>
2016-06-12 7:33 ` Hillf Danton
2016-06-14 14:47 ` Mel Gorman
2016-04-15 9:13 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v5 Mel Gorman
2016-04-15 9:13 ` [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis Mel Gorman
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