lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
/*
- * When racing with an mlock clearing (page is
- * unlocked), make sure that if the other thread does
- * not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
- * isolation, we see PG_mlocked cleared below and move
+ * When racing with an mlock or AS_UNEVICTABLE clearing
+ * (page is unlocked) make sure that if the other thread
+ * does not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
+ * isolation/check_move_unevictable_page,
+ * we see PG_mlocked/AS_UNEVICTABLE cleared below and move
* the page back to the evictable list.
*
- * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked().
+ * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked() or shmem_lock().
*/
smp_mb();
}
if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
low = inactive_anon_is_low_global(zone);
else
- low = mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
+ low = mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup, zone);
return low;
}
#else
if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
low = inactive_file_is_low_global(zone);
else
- low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
+ low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup, zone);
return low;
}
*
* If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
* scan then give up on it.
+ *
+ * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
+ * high-order allocation and compaction is either ready to begin or deferred.
+ * This indicates to the caller that it should retry the allocation or fail.
*/
-static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
+static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
struct scan_control *sc)
{
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
+ bool should_abort_reclaim = false;
for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
continue;
if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
+ if (COMPACTION_BUILD) {
+ /*
+ * If we already have plenty of memory free for
+ * compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
+ * Even though compaction is invoked for any
+ * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
+ * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
+ * noticable problem, like transparent huge page
+ * allocations.
+ */
+ if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER &&
+ (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order) ||
+ compaction_deferred(zone))) {
+ should_abort_reclaim = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
/*
* This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
* and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
}
+
+ return should_abort_reclaim;
}
static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
sc->nr_scanned = 0;
if (!priority)
disable_swap_token(sc->mem_cgroup);
- shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
+ if (shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc))
+ break;
+
/*
* Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
* over limit cgroups
*/
writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
- wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
+ wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned,
+ WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES);
sc->may_writepage = 1;
}
balanced_classzone_idx);
order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
+ new_order = order;
+ new_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
}
}
-/**
- * scan_zone_unevictable_pages - check unevictable list for evictable pages
- * @zone - zone of which to scan the unevictable list
- *
- * Scan @zone's unevictable LRU lists to check for pages that have become
- * evictable. Move those that have to @zone's inactive list where they
- * become candidates for reclaim, unless shrink_inactive_zone() decides
- * to reactivate them. Pages that are still unevictable are rotated
- * back onto @zone's unevictable list.
- */
-#define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */
-static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
-{
- struct list_head *l_unevictable = &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list;
- unsigned long scan;
- unsigned long nr_to_scan = zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
-
- while (nr_to_scan > 0) {
- unsigned long batch_size = min(nr_to_scan,
- SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE);
-
- spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
- for (scan = 0; scan < batch_size; scan++) {
- struct page *page = lru_to_page(l_unevictable);
-
- if (!trylock_page(page))
- continue;
-
- prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, l_unevictable, flags);
-
- if (likely(PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page)))
- check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone);
-
- unlock_page(page);
- }
- spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
-
- nr_to_scan -= batch_size;
- }
-}
-
-
-/**
- * scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages - scan all unevictable lists for evictable pages
- *
- * A really big hammer: scan all zones' unevictable LRU lists to check for
- * pages that have become evictable. Move those back to the zones'
- * inactive list where they become candidates for reclaim.
- * This occurs when, e.g., we have unswappable pages on the unevictable lists,
- * and we add swap to the system. As such, it runs in the context of a task
- * that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages
- * evictable.
- */
-static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
+static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
{
- struct zone *zone;
-
- for_each_zone(zone) {
- scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
- }
+ printk_once(KERN_WARNING
+ "The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
+ "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
+ "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n");
}
/*
void __user *buffer,
size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
+ warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
-
- if (write && *(unsigned long *)table->data)
- scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages();
-
scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
return 0;
}
struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
+ warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
}
struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- struct zone *node_zones = NODE_DATA(dev->id)->node_zones;
- struct zone *zone;
- unsigned long res;
- unsigned long req = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &res);
-
- if (!req)
- return 1; /* zero is no-op */
-
- for (zone = node_zones; zone - node_zones < MAX_NR_ZONES; ++zone) {
- if (!populated_zone(zone))
- continue;
- scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
- }
+ warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
return 1;
}