From b67fc6ee9b934e7d4de1639b1fccd285a68532fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 16:25:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: wakeup kcompactd even if kswapd cannot free
more memory
References: Fragmentation avoidance and control bnc#1120919
Patch-mainline: v4.17
Git-commit: 5ecd9d403ad081ed2de7b118c1e96124d4e0ba6c
Kswapd will not wakeup if per-zone watermarks are not failing or if too
many previous attempts at background reclaim have failed.
This can be true if there is a lot of free memory available. For high-
order allocations, kswapd is responsible for waking up kcompactd for
background compaction. If the zone is not below its watermarks or
reclaim has recently failed (lots of free memory, nothing left to
reclaim), kcompactd does not get woken up.
When __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is not allowed, allow kcompactd to still be
woken up even if kswapd will not reclaim. This allows high-order
allocations, such as thp, to still trigger background compaction even
when the zone has an abundance of free memory.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1803111659420.209721@chino.kir.corp.google.com
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
---
.../trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl | 4 +--
include/linux/mmzone.h | 3 +-
include/trace/events/vmscan.h | 17 +++++++-----
mm/page_alloc.c | 14 ++++++----
mm/vmscan.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++------
5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
index ba976805853a..66bfd8396877 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ my $regex_direct_begin_default = 'order=([0-9]*) may_writepage=([0-9]*) gfp_flag
my $regex_direct_end_default = 'nr_reclaimed=([0-9]*)';
my $regex_kswapd_wake_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*)';
my $regex_kswapd_sleep_default = 'nid=([0-9]*)';
-my $regex_wakeup_kswapd_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) zid=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*)';
+my $regex_wakeup_kswapd_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) zid=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*) gfp_flags=([A-Z_|]*)';
my $regex_lru_isolate_default = 'isolate_mode=([0-9]*) classzone_idx=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*) nr_requested=([0-9]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_skipped=([0-9]*) nr_taken=([0-9]*) lru=([a-z_]*)';
my $regex_lru_shrink_inactive_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_reclaimed=([0-9]*) nr_dirty=([0-9]*) nr_writeback=([0-9]*) nr_congested=([0-9]*) nr_immediate=([0-9]*) nr_activate=([0-9]*) nr_ref_keep=([0-9]*) nr_unmap_fail=([0-9]*) priority=([0-9]*) flags=([A-Z_|]*)';
my $regex_lru_shrink_active_default = 'lru=([A-Z_]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_rotated=([0-9]*) priority=([0-9]*)';
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ $regex_kswapd_sleep = generate_traceevent_regex(
$regex_wakeup_kswapd = generate_traceevent_regex(
"vmscan/mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd",
$regex_wakeup_kswapd_default,
- "nid", "zid", "order");
+ "nid", "zid", "order", "gfp_flags");
$regex_lru_isolate = generate_traceevent_regex(
"vmscan/mm_vmscan_lru_isolate",
$regex_lru_isolate_default,
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 8f57f3367277..b2490406fd28 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@ static inline bool is_dev_zone(const struct zone *zone)
extern struct mutex zonelists_mutex;
void build_all_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zone *zone);
-void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx);
+void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
+ enum zone_type classzone_idx);
bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
int classzone_idx, unsigned int alloc_flags,
long free_pages);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
index 27e8a5c77579..3584e9e7f42a 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
@@ -77,26 +77,29 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake,
TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd,
- TP_PROTO(int nid, int zid, int order),
+ TP_PROTO(int nid, int zid, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags),
- TP_ARGS(nid, zid, order),
+ TP_ARGS(nid, zid, order, gfp_flags),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
- __field( int, nid )
- __field( int, zid )
- __field( int, order )
+ __field( int, nid )
+ __field( int, zid )
+ __field( int, order )
+ __field( gfp_t, gfp_flags )
),
TP_fast_assign(
__entry->nid = nid;
__entry->zid = zid;
__entry->order = order;
+ __entry->gfp_flags = gfp_flags;
),
- TP_printk("nid=%d zid=%d order=%d",
+ TP_printk("nid=%d zid=%d order=%d gfp_flags=%s",
__entry->nid,
__entry->zid,
- __entry->order)
+ __entry->order,
+ show_gfp_flags(__entry->gfp_flags))
);
DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin_template,
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0b8e99e2bfc2..9c4f8907f0f6 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3628,16 +3628,18 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
return page;
}
-static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, const struct alloc_context *ac)
+static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ const struct alloc_context *ac)
{
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
pg_data_t *last_pgdat = NULL;
+ enum zone_type high_zoneidx = ac->high_zoneidx;
- for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
- ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask) {
+ for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist, high_zoneidx,
+ ac->nodemask) {
if (last_pgdat != zone->zone_pgdat)
- wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac->high_zoneidx);
+ wakeup_kswapd(zone, gfp_mask, order, high_zoneidx);
last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
}
}
@@ -3859,7 +3861,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
goto nopage;
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
- wake_all_kswapds(order, ac);
+ wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac);
/*
* The adjusted alloc_flags might result in immediate success, so try
@@ -3917,7 +3919,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
retry:
/* Ensure kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep as long as we loop */
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
- wake_all_kswapds(order, ac);
+ wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac);
if (gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_mask))
alloc_flags = ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6c54b7a8a2ef..97cb655e01c2 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3551,16 +3551,21 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
}
/*
- * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
+ * A zone is low on free memory or too fragmented for high-order memory. If
+ * kswapd should reclaim (direct reclaim is deferred), wake it up for the zone's
+ * pgdat. It will wake up kcompactd after reclaiming memory. If kswapd reclaim
+ * has failed or is not needed, still wake up kcompactd if only compaction is
+ * needed.
*/
-void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
+void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_flags, int order,
+ enum zone_type classzone_idx)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat;
if (!managed_zone(zone))
return;
- if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HARDWALL))
+ if (!cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, gfp_flags))
return;
pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
pgdat->kswapd_classzone_idx = kswapd_classzone_idx(pgdat,
@@ -3569,14 +3574,23 @@ void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
return;
- /* Hopeless node, leave it to direct reclaim */
- if (pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES)
- return;
-
- if (pgdat_balanced(pgdat, order, classzone_idx))
+ /* Hopeless node, leave it to direct reclaim if possible */
+ if (pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES ||
+ pgdat_balanced(pgdat, order, classzone_idx)) {
+ /*
+ * There may be plenty of free memory available, but it's too
+ * fragmented for high-order allocations. Wake up kcompactd
+ * and rely on compaction_suitable() to determine if it's
+ * needed. If it fails, it will defer subsequent attempts to
+ * ratelimit its work.
+ */
+ if (!(gfp_flags & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM))
+ wakeup_kcompactd(pgdat, order, classzone_idx);
return;
+ }
- trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, classzone_idx, order);
+ trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, classzone_idx, order,
+ gfp_flags);
wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
}