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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/vmstat.h | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/mmzone.c | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmstat.c | 15 |
5 files changed, 72 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 6e6e62648a4d..3984c4eb41fd 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ struct zone { unsigned long watermark[NR_WMARK]; /* + * When free pages are below this point, additional steps are taken + * when reading the number of free pages to avoid per-cpu counter + * drift allowing watermarks to be breached + */ + unsigned long percpu_drift_mark; + + /* * We don't know if the memory that we're going to allocate will be freeable * or/and it will be released eventually, so to avoid totally wasting several * GB of ram we must reserve some of the lower zone memory (otherwise we risk @@ -441,6 +448,12 @@ static inline int zone_is_oom_locked(const struct zone *zone) return test_bit(ZONE_OOM_LOCKED, &zone->flags); } +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +unsigned long zone_nr_free_pages(struct zone *zone); +#else +#define zone_nr_free_pages(zone) zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES) +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ + /* * The "priority" of VM scanning is how much of the queues we will scan in one * go. A value of 12 for DEF_PRIORITY implies that we will scan 1/4096th of the diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h index 7f43ccdc1d38..eaaea37b3b75 100644 --- a/include/linux/vmstat.h +++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h @@ -170,6 +170,28 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state(struct zone *zone, return x; } +/* + * More accurate version that also considers the currently pending + * deltas. For that we need to loop over all cpus to find the current + * deltas. There is no synchronization so the result cannot be + * exactly accurate either. + */ +static inline unsigned long zone_page_state_snapshot(struct zone *zone, + enum zone_stat_item item) +{ + long x = atomic_long_read(&zone->vm_stat[item]); + +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP + int cpu; + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) + x += per_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset, cpu)->vm_stat_diff[item]; + + if (x < 0) + x = 0; +#endif + return x; +} + extern unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void); extern unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone); diff --git a/mm/mmzone.c b/mm/mmzone.c index f5b7d1760213..e35bfb82c855 100644 --- a/mm/mmzone.c +++ b/mm/mmzone.c @@ -87,3 +87,24 @@ int memmap_valid_within(unsigned long pfn, return 1; } #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL */ + +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +/* Called when a more accurate view of NR_FREE_PAGES is needed */ +unsigned long zone_nr_free_pages(struct zone *zone) +{ + unsigned long nr_free_pages = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); + + /* + * While kswapd is awake, it is considered the zone is under some + * memory pressure. Under pressure, there is a risk that + * per-cpu-counter-drift will allow the min watermark to be breached + * potentially causing a live-lock. While kswapd is awake and + * free pages are low, get a better estimate for free pages + */ + if (nr_free_pages < zone->percpu_drift_mark && + !waitqueue_active(&zone->zone_pgdat->kswapd_wait)) + return zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); + + return nr_free_pages; +} +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 452e2ba06c7c..b2d21e06d45d 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ int zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, int order, unsigned long mark, { /* free_pages my go negative - that's OK */ long min = mark; - long free_pages = zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) - (1 << order) + 1; + long free_pages = zone_nr_free_pages(z) - (1 << order) + 1; int o; if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HIGH) @@ -2424,7 +2424,7 @@ void show_free_areas(void) " all_unreclaimable? %s" "\n", zone->name, - K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES)), + K(zone_nr_free_pages(zone)), K(min_wmark_pages(zone)), K(low_wmark_pages(zone)), K(high_wmark_pages(zone)), diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c index a8d6b59e609a..355a9e669aaa 100644 --- a/mm/vmstat.c +++ b/mm/vmstat.c @@ -138,11 +138,24 @@ static void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void) int threshold; for_each_populated_zone(zone) { + unsigned long max_drift, tolerate_drift; + threshold = calculate_threshold(zone); for_each_online_cpu(cpu) per_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset, cpu)->stat_threshold = threshold; + + /* + * Only set percpu_drift_mark if there is a danger that + * NR_FREE_PAGES reports the low watermark is ok when in fact + * the min watermark could be breached by an allocation + */ + tolerate_drift = low_wmark_pages(zone) - min_wmark_pages(zone); + max_drift = num_online_cpus() * threshold; + if (max_drift > tolerate_drift) + zone->percpu_drift_mark = high_wmark_pages(zone) + + max_drift; } } @@ -813,7 +826,7 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat, "\n scanned %lu" "\n spanned %lu" "\n present %lu", - zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES), + zone_nr_free_pages(zone), min_wmark_pages(zone), low_wmark_pages(zone), high_wmark_pages(zone), |