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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 49 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 999ef0b9399a..5b1a79c8f0cb 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, enum ttu_flags ttu_flags, unsigned long *ret_nr_unqueued_dirty, unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback, + unsigned long *ret_nr_immediate, bool force_reclaim) { LIST_HEAD(ret_pages); @@ -707,6 +708,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, unsigned long nr_congested = 0; unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0; unsigned long nr_writeback = 0; + unsigned long nr_immediate = 0; cond_resched(); @@ -773,8 +775,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, * IO can complete. Waiting on the page itself risks an * indefinite stall if it is impossible to writeback the * page due to IO error or disconnected storage so instead - * block for HZ/10 or until some IO completes then clear the - * ZONE_WRITEBACK flag to recheck if the condition exists. + * note that the LRU is being scanned too quickly and the + * caller can stall after page list has been processed. * * 2) Global reclaim encounters a page, memcg encounters a * page that is not marked for immediate reclaim or @@ -804,10 +806,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, if (current_is_kswapd() && PageReclaim(page) && zone_is_reclaim_writeback(zone)) { - unlock_page(page); - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_WRITEBACK); - goto keep; + nr_immediate++; + goto keep_locked; /* Case 2 above */ } else if (global_reclaim(sc) || @@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ keep: mem_cgroup_uncharge_end(); *ret_nr_unqueued_dirty += nr_unqueued_dirty; *ret_nr_writeback += nr_writeback; + *ret_nr_immediate += nr_immediate; return nr_reclaimed; } @@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone, .priority = DEF_PRIORITY, .may_unmap = 1, }; - unsigned long ret, dummy1, dummy2; + unsigned long ret, dummy1, dummy2, dummy3; struct page *page, *next; LIST_HEAD(clean_pages); @@ -1057,7 +1058,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone, ret = shrink_page_list(&clean_pages, zone, &sc, TTU_UNMAP|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, - &dummy1, &dummy2, true); + &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, true); list_splice(&clean_pages, page_list); __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -ret); return ret; @@ -1353,6 +1354,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long nr_taken; unsigned long nr_unqueued_dirty = 0; unsigned long nr_writeback = 0; + unsigned long nr_immediate = 0; isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = 0; int file = is_file_lru(lru); struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec); @@ -1394,7 +1396,8 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, return 0; nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc, TTU_UNMAP, - &nr_unqueued_dirty, &nr_writeback, false); + &nr_unqueued_dirty, &nr_writeback, &nr_immediate, + false); spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); @@ -1447,14 +1450,28 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, } /* - * Similarly, if many dirty pages are encountered that are not - * currently being written then flag that kswapd should start - * writing back pages and stall to give a chance for flushers - * to catch up. + * memcg will stall in page writeback so only consider forcibly + * stalling for global reclaim */ - if (global_reclaim(sc) && nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) { - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY); + if (global_reclaim(sc)) { + /* + * If dirty pages are scanned that are not queued for IO, it + * implies that flushers are not keeping up. In this case, flag + * the zone ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY and kswapd will start writing + * pages from reclaim context. It will forcibly stall in the + * next check. + */ + if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) + zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY); + + /* + * In addition, if kswapd scans pages marked marked for + * immediate reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it + * implies that pages are cycling through the LRU faster than + * they are written so also forcibly stall. + */ + if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken || nr_immediate) + congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); } trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id, |