Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967220Ab3E2XTq (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 May 2013 19:19:46 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48028 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967166Ab3E2XRp (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 May 2013 19:17:45 -0400 From: Mel Gorman To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jiri Slaby , Valdis Kletnieks , Rik van Riel , Zlatko Calusic , Johannes Weiner , dormando , Michal Hocko , Jan Kara , Dave Chinner , Kamezawa Hiroyuki , Linux-FSDevel , Linux-MM , LKML , Mel Gorman Subject: [PATCH 3/8] mm: vmscan: Stall page reclaim after a list of pages have been processed Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 00:17:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1369869457-22570-4-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.4 In-Reply-To: <1369869457-22570-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> References: <1369869457-22570-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5420 Lines: 143 Commit "mm: vmscan: Block kswapd if it is encountering pages under writeback" blocks page reclaim if it encounters pages under writeback marked for immediate reclaim. It blocks while pages are still isolated from the LRU which is unnecessary. This patch defers the blocking until after the isolated pages have been processed and tidies up some of the comments. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman --- mm/vmscan.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 999ef0b..5b1a79c 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, enum ttu_flags ttu_flags, unsigned long *ret_nr_unqueued_dirty, unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback, + unsigned long *ret_nr_immediate, bool force_reclaim) { LIST_HEAD(ret_pages); @@ -707,6 +708,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, unsigned long nr_congested = 0; unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0; unsigned long nr_writeback = 0; + unsigned long nr_immediate = 0; cond_resched(); @@ -773,8 +775,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, * IO can complete. Waiting on the page itself risks an * indefinite stall if it is impossible to writeback the * page due to IO error or disconnected storage so instead - * block for HZ/10 or until some IO completes then clear the - * ZONE_WRITEBACK flag to recheck if the condition exists. + * note that the LRU is being scanned too quickly and the + * caller can stall after page list has been processed. * * 2) Global reclaim encounters a page, memcg encounters a * page that is not marked for immediate reclaim or @@ -804,10 +806,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, if (current_is_kswapd() && PageReclaim(page) && zone_is_reclaim_writeback(zone)) { - unlock_page(page); - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_WRITEBACK); - goto keep; + nr_immediate++; + goto keep_locked; /* Case 2 above */ } else if (global_reclaim(sc) || @@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ keep: mem_cgroup_uncharge_end(); *ret_nr_unqueued_dirty += nr_unqueued_dirty; *ret_nr_writeback += nr_writeback; + *ret_nr_immediate += nr_immediate; return nr_reclaimed; } @@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone, .priority = DEF_PRIORITY, .may_unmap = 1, }; - unsigned long ret, dummy1, dummy2; + unsigned long ret, dummy1, dummy2, dummy3; struct page *page, *next; LIST_HEAD(clean_pages); @@ -1057,7 +1058,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone, ret = shrink_page_list(&clean_pages, zone, &sc, TTU_UNMAP|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, - &dummy1, &dummy2, true); + &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, true); list_splice(&clean_pages, page_list); __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -ret); return ret; @@ -1353,6 +1354,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long nr_taken; unsigned long nr_unqueued_dirty = 0; unsigned long nr_writeback = 0; + unsigned long nr_immediate = 0; isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = 0; int file = is_file_lru(lru); struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec); @@ -1394,7 +1396,8 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, return 0; nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc, TTU_UNMAP, - &nr_unqueued_dirty, &nr_writeback, false); + &nr_unqueued_dirty, &nr_writeback, &nr_immediate, + false); spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); @@ -1447,14 +1450,28 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, } /* - * Similarly, if many dirty pages are encountered that are not - * currently being written then flag that kswapd should start - * writing back pages and stall to give a chance for flushers - * to catch up. + * memcg will stall in page writeback so only consider forcibly + * stalling for global reclaim */ - if (global_reclaim(sc) && nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) { - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY); + if (global_reclaim(sc)) { + /* + * If dirty pages are scanned that are not queued for IO, it + * implies that flushers are not keeping up. In this case, flag + * the zone ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY and kswapd will start writing + * pages from reclaim context. It will forcibly stall in the + * next check. + */ + if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) + zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY); + + /* + * In addition, if kswapd scans pages marked marked for + * immediate reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it + * implies that pages are cycling through the LRU faster than + * they are written so also forcibly stall. + */ + if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken || nr_immediate) + congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); } trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id, -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/