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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 30a88b945a44..f118dc23f662 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2606,6 +2606,15 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
} while (should_continue_reclaim(pgdat, sc->nr_reclaimed - nr_reclaimed,
sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc));
+ /*
+ * Kswapd gives up on balancing particular nodes after too
+ * many failures to reclaim anything from them and goes to
+ * sleep. On reclaim progress, reset the failure counter. A
+ * successful direct reclaim run will revive a dormant kswapd.
+ */
+ if (reclaimable)
+ pgdat->kswapd_failures = 0;
+
return reclaimable;
}
@@ -2680,10 +2689,6 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HARDWALL))
continue;
- if (sc->priority != DEF_PRIORITY &&
- !pgdat_reclaimable(zone->zone_pgdat))
- continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
-
/*
* If we already have plenty of memory free for
* compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
@@ -2820,7 +2825,7 @@ retry:
return 0;
}
-static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+static bool allow_direct_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat)
{
struct zone *zone;
unsigned long pfmemalloc_reserve = 0;
@@ -2828,6 +2833,9 @@ static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
int i;
bool wmark_ok;
+ if (pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES)
+ return true;
+
for (i = 0; i <= ZONE_NORMAL; i++) {
zone = &pgdat->node_zones[i];
if (!managed_zone(zone) ||
@@ -2908,7 +2916,7 @@ static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
/* Throttle based on the first usable node */
pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
- if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
+ if (allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat))
goto out;
break;
}
@@ -2930,14 +2938,14 @@ static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
*/
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)) {
wait_event_interruptible_timeout(pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
- pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat), HZ);
+ allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat), HZ);
goto check_pending;
}
/* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
wait_event_killable(zone->zone_pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
- pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat));
+ allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat));
check_pending:
if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
@@ -3116,7 +3124,7 @@ static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
/*
* The throttled processes are normally woken up in balance_pgdat() as
- * soon as pfmemalloc_watermark_ok() is true. But there is a potential
+ * soon as allow_direct_reclaim() is true. But there is a potential
* race between when kswapd checks the watermarks and a process gets
* throttled. There is also a potential race if processes get
* throttled, kswapd wakes, a large process exits thereby balancing the
@@ -3130,6 +3138,10 @@ static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait))
wake_up_all(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait);
+ /* Hopeless node, leave it to direct reclaim */
+ if (pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES)
+ return true;
+
for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++) {
struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
@@ -3216,9 +3228,9 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
do {
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed = sc.nr_reclaimed;
bool raise_priority = true;
- sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
sc.reclaim_idx = classzone_idx;
/*
@@ -3297,7 +3309,7 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
* able to safely make forward progress. Wake them
*/
if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait) &&
- pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
+ allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat))
wake_up_all(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait);
/* Check if kswapd should be suspending */
@@ -3308,10 +3320,14 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
* Raise priority if scanning rate is too low or there was no
* progress in reclaiming pages
*/
- if (raise_priority || !sc.nr_reclaimed)
+ nr_reclaimed = sc.nr_reclaimed - nr_reclaimed;
+ if (raise_priority || !nr_reclaimed)
sc.priority--;
} while (sc.priority >= 1);
+ if (!sc.nr_reclaimed)
+ pgdat->kswapd_failures++;
+
out:
/*
* Return the order kswapd stopped reclaiming at as
@@ -3511,6 +3527,10 @@ 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;
+
/* Only wake kswapd if all zones are unbalanced */
for (z = 0; z <= classzone_idx; z++) {
zone = pgdat->node_zones + z;
@@ -3781,9 +3801,6 @@ int node_reclaim(struct pglist_data *pgdat, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
sum_zone_node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= pgdat->min_slab_pages)
return NODE_RECLAIM_FULL;
- if (!pgdat_reclaimable(pgdat))
- return NODE_RECLAIM_FULL;
-
/*
* Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
*/