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| From | Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH 10/34] mm, vmscan: by default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node |
| Date | 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rSAA1-2Xn-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rSAqm-2Tv-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> --- mm/vmscan.c | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 905c60473126..01fe4708e404 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -2552,14 +2552,6 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order, int classzone_ * 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. */ @@ -2571,6 +2563,7 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc) unsigned long nr_soft_scanned; gfp_t orig_mask; enum zone_type classzone_idx; + pg_data_t *last_pgdat = NULL; /* * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum @@ -2630,6 +2623,15 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc) } /* + * 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; + + /* * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure @@ -2644,6 +2646,10 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc) /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */ } + /* See comment about same check for global reclaim above */ + if (zone->zone_pgdat == last_pgdat) + continue; + last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat; shrink_node(zone->zone_pgdat, sc, classzone_idx); } -- 2.6.4
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[PATCH 00/34] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v9 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 09/34] mm, vmscan: simplify the logic deciding whether kswapd sleeps Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 01/34] mm, vmstat: add infrastructure for per-node vmstats Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 13/34] mm, vmscan: make shrink_node decisions more node-centric Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 16/34] mm, page_alloc: consider dirtyable memory in terms of nodes Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 20/34] mm: move vmscan writes and file write accounting to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 12/34] mm: vmscan: do not reclaim from kswapd if there is any eligible zone Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 24/34] mm, vmscan: avoid passing in classzone_idx unnecessarily to shrink_node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 14/34] mm, memcg: move memcg limit enforcement from zones to nodes Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 04/34] mm, mmzone: clarify the usage of zone padding Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 02/34] mm, vmscan: move lru_lock to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 15/34] mm, workingset: make working set detection node-aware Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 23/34] mm: convert zone_reclaim to node_reclaim Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:40 +0200 [PATCH 07/34] mm, vmscan: make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 30/34] mm: page_alloc: cache the last node whose dirty limit is reached Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 31/34] mm: vmstat: replace __count_zone_vm_events with a zone id equivalent Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 34/34] mm, vmstat: remove zone and node double accounting by approximating retries Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 10/34] mm, vmscan: by default have direct reclaim only shrink once per node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 32/34] mm: vmstat: account per-zone stalls and pages skipped during reclaim Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 25/34] mm, vmscan: avoid passing in classzone_idx unnecessarily to compaction_ready Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 28/34] mm, vmscan: add classzone information to tracepoints Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 27/34] mm, vmscan: Have kswapd reclaim from all zones if reclaiming and buffer_heads_over_limit Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 26/34] mm, vmscan: avoid passing in remaining unnecessarily to prepare_kswapd_sleep Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 29/34] mm, page_alloc: remove fair zone allocation policy Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 22/34] mm, page_alloc: wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 33/34] mm, vmstat: print node-based stats in zoneinfo file Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200 [PATCH 19/34] mm: move most file-based accounting to the node Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-07-08 11:50 +0200
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