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[PATCH 10/27] mm, vmscan: By default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node

From Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 10/27] mm, vmscan: By default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node
Date 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
Message-ID <r5mL9-7at-41@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Direct reclaim iterates over all zones in the zonelist and shrinking them
but this is in conflict with node-based reclaim. In the default case,
only shrink once per node.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0417f20aead7..fe004cb11b71 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2549,14 +2549,6 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order)
  * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
  * request.
  *
- * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
- * Because:
- * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
- *    allocation or
- * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
- *    must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
- *    zone defense algorithm.
- *
  * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
  * scan then give up on it.
  */
@@ -2568,6 +2560,7 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc,
 	unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
 	unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
 	gfp_t orig_mask;
+	pg_data_t *last_pgdat = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
@@ -2580,11 +2573,18 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc,
 
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 					classzone_idx, sc->nodemask) {
-		if (!populated_zone(zone)) {
-			reclaim_idx--;
-			classzone_idx--;
+		BUG_ON(!populated_zone(zone));
+
+		/*
+		 * Shrink each node in the zonelist once. If the zonelist is
+		 * ordered by zone (not the default) then a node may be
+		 * shrunk multiple times but in that case the user prefers
+		 * lower zones being preserved
+		 */
+		if (zone->zone_pgdat == last_pgdat)
 			continue;
-		}
+		last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
+		reclaim_idx = zone_idx(zone);
 
 		/*
 		 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
-- 
2.6.4

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[RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
  [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node  basis Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 20:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node  basis Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 20:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Begin reclaiming pages on a per-node  basis Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 15/27] mm, workingset: Make working set detection node-aware Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 15/27] mm, workingset: Make working set detection  node-aware Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-28 17:20 +0100
  [PATCH 13/27] mm, vmscan: Make shrink_node decisions more node-centric Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
  [PATCH 09/27] mm, vmscan: Simplify the logic deciding whether kswapd sleeps Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 09/27] mm, vmscan: Simplify the logic deciding whether  kswapd sleeps Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-28 17:20 +0100
  [PATCH 10/27] mm, vmscan: By default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 10/27] mm, vmscan: By default have direct reclaim only  shrink once per node Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-28 17:20 +0100
  [PATCH 12/27] mm: vmscan: Do not reclaim from kswapd if there is any eligible zone Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:10 +0100
  [PATCH 07/27] mm, vmscan: Have kswapd only scan based on the highest requested zone Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 07/27] mm, vmscan: Have kswapd only scan based on the  highest requested zone Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-25 23:20 +0100
  [PATCH 19/27] mm: Move most file-based accounting to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 18/27] mm: Rename NR_ANON_PAGES to NR_ANON_MAPPED Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 01/27] mm, page_alloc: Use ac->classzone_idx instead of zone_idx(preferred_zone) Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 01/27] mm, page_alloc: Use ac->classzone_idx instead of  zone_idx(preferred_zone) Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 19:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 01/27] mm, page_alloc: Use ac->classzone_idx instead of  zone_idx(preferred_zone) Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-03-03 11:40 +0100
  [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Move lru_lock to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 04/27] mm, vmscan: Move lru_lock to the node Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 19:50 +0100
  [PATCH 17/27] mm: Move page mapped accounting to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 03/27] mm, vmstat: Add infrastructure for per-node vmstats Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 03/27] mm, vmstat: Add infrastructure for per-node vmstats Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 19:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 03/27] mm, vmstat: Add infrastructure for per-node vmstats Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-24 10:20 +0100
  [PATCH 21/27] mm, vmscan: Update classzone_idx if  buffer_heads_over_limit Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 11/27] mm, vmscan: Clear congestion, dirty and need for compaction on a per-node basis Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 16/27] mm, page_alloc: Consider dirtyable memory in terms of  nodes Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 16/27] mm, page_alloc: Consider dirtyable memory in terms  of nodes Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-28 17:20 +0100
  [PATCH 20/27] mm: Move vmscan writes and file write accounting to  the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Check if cpusets are enabled during direct reclaim Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Check if cpusets are enabled during  direct reclaim Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 19:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Check if cpusets are enabled during  direct reclaim Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-03-03 12:40 +0100
  [PATCH 27/27] mm: page_alloc: Cache the last node whose dirty limit  is reached Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 25/27] mm, vmscan: Add classzone information to tracepoints Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 23/27] mm, vmscan: Account in vmstat for pages skipped during  reclaim Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 22/27] mm, vmscan: Only wakeup kswapd once per node for the  requested classzone Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 24/27] mm: Convert zone_reclaim to node_reclaim Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  [PATCH 26/27] mm, page_alloc: Remove fair zone allocation policy Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 16:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2016-02-23 18:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 05/27] mm, vmscan: Move LRU lists to node Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 19:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 21:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 21:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-23 22:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-23 23:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-02-24 01:20 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v2 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-02-24 11:50 +0100

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