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authorVladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>2015-09-09 15:35:45 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-10 13:29:01 -0700
commit33c3fc71c8cfa3cc3a98beaa901c069c177dc295 (patch)
treed367186631c578017fda08db238e739d44fd0b99 /include/linux
parent1d7715c676a1566c2e4c3e77d16b1f9bb4909025 (diff)
mm: introduce idle page tracking
Knowing the portion of memory that is not used by a certain application or memory cgroup (idle memory) can be useful for partitioning the system efficiently, e.g. by setting memory cgroup limits appropriately. Currently, the only means to estimate the amount of idle memory provided by the kernel is /proc/PID/{clear_refs,smaps}: the user can clear the access bit for all pages mapped to a particular process by writing 1 to clear_refs, wait for some time, and then count smaps:Referenced. However, this method has two serious shortcomings: - it does not count unmapped file pages - it affects the reclaimer logic To overcome these drawbacks, this patch introduces two new page flags, Idle and Young, and a new sysfs file, /sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap. A page's Idle flag can only be set from userspace by setting bit in /sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap at the offset corresponding to the page, and it is cleared whenever the page is accessed either through page tables (it is cleared in page_referenced() in this case) or using the read(2) system call (mark_page_accessed()). Thus by setting the Idle flag for pages of a particular workload, which can be found e.g. by reading /proc/PID/pagemap, waiting for some time to let the workload access its working set, and then reading the bitmap file, one can estimate the amount of pages that are not used by the workload. The Young page flag is used to avoid interference with the memory reclaimer. A page's Young flag is set whenever the Access bit of a page table entry pointing to the page is cleared by writing to the bitmap file. If page_referenced() is called on a Young page, it will add 1 to its return value, therefore concealing the fact that the Access bit was cleared. Note, since there is no room for extra page flags on 32 bit, this feature uses extended page flags when compiled on 32 bit. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: kpageidle requires an MMU] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: decouple from page-flags rework] Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com> Reviewed-by: Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andreslc@google.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmu_notifier.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/page-flags.h11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/page_ext.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/page_idle.h110
4 files changed, 127 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index a5b17137c683..a1a210d59961 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
#define ptep_clear_flush_young_notify ptep_clear_flush_young
#define pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify pmdp_clear_flush_young
+#define ptep_clear_young_notify ptep_test_and_clear_young
+#define pmdp_clear_young_notify pmdp_test_and_clear_young
#define ptep_clear_flush_notify ptep_clear_flush
#define pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify pmdp_huge_clear_flush
#define pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify pmdp_huge_get_and_clear
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 41c93844fb1d..416509e26d6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ enum pageflags {
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
PG_compound_lock,
#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
+ PG_young,
+ PG_idle,
+#endif
__NR_PAGEFLAGS,
/* Filesystems */
@@ -289,6 +293,13 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(HWPoison)
#define __PG_HWPOISON 0
#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
+TESTPAGEFLAG(Young, young)
+SETPAGEFLAG(Young, young)
+TESTCLEARFLAG(Young, young)
+PAGEFLAG(Idle, idle)
+#endif
+
/*
* On an anonymous page mapped into a user virtual memory area,
* page->mapping points to its anon_vma, not to a struct address_space;
diff --git a/include/linux/page_ext.h b/include/linux/page_ext.h
index c42981cd99aa..17f118a82854 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ext.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ enum page_ext_flags {
PAGE_EXT_DEBUG_POISON, /* Page is poisoned */
PAGE_EXT_DEBUG_GUARD,
PAGE_EXT_OWNER,
+#if defined(CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING) && !defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
+ PAGE_EXT_YOUNG,
+ PAGE_EXT_IDLE,
+#endif
};
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/page_idle.h b/include/linux/page_idle.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf268fa92c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/page_idle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_MM_PAGE_IDLE_H
+#define _LINUX_MM_PAGE_IDLE_H
+
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/page_ext.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+static inline bool page_is_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return PageYoung(page);
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ SetPageYoung(page);
+}
+
+static inline bool test_and_clear_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return TestClearPageYoung(page);
+}
+
+static inline bool page_is_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ return PageIdle(page);
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ SetPageIdle(page);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ ClearPageIdle(page);
+}
+#else /* !CONFIG_64BIT */
+/*
+ * If there is not enough space to store Idle and Young bits in page flags, use
+ * page ext flags instead.
+ */
+extern struct page_ext_operations page_idle_ops;
+
+static inline bool page_is_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return test_bit(PAGE_EXT_YOUNG, &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ set_bit(PAGE_EXT_YOUNG, &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+
+static inline bool test_and_clear_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return test_and_clear_bit(PAGE_EXT_YOUNG,
+ &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+
+static inline bool page_is_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ return test_bit(PAGE_EXT_IDLE, &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ set_bit(PAGE_EXT_IDLE, &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ clear_bit(PAGE_EXT_IDLE, &lookup_page_ext(page)->flags);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING */
+
+static inline bool page_is_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static inline bool test_and_clear_page_young(struct page *page)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool page_is_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline void set_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void clear_page_idle(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING */
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_MM_PAGE_IDLE_H */