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authorDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>2009-01-07 10:45:25 +0000
committerDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>2009-01-07 10:45:25 +0000
commita23e66f3b8cfdedec14541e71ef29a754870a20c (patch)
treef8ac23572982e92e6f8ae09c4039db627bdf53ee /mm/vmscan.c
parent04c470adb01c62bb9bd663cfc4875cf0a4eb01ab (diff)
parentede6f5aea054d3fb67c78857f7abdee602302043 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c143
1 files changed, 77 insertions, 66 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index d196f46c880..b07c48b09a9 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct scan_control {
/* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
unsigned long nr_scanned;
+ /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
+
/* This context's GFP mask */
gfp_t gfp_mask;
@@ -617,7 +620,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
referenced && page_mapping_inuse(page))
goto activate_locked;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
/*
* Anonymous process memory has backing store?
* Try to allocate it some swap space here.
@@ -625,20 +627,10 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
goto keep_locked;
- switch (try_to_munlock(page)) {
- case SWAP_FAIL: /* shouldn't happen */
- case SWAP_AGAIN:
- goto keep_locked;
- case SWAP_MLOCK:
- goto cull_mlocked;
- case SWAP_SUCCESS:
- ; /* fall thru'; add to swap cache */
- }
- if (!add_to_swap(page, GFP_ATOMIC))
+ if (!add_to_swap(page))
goto activate_locked;
may_enter_fs = 1;
}
-#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
mapping = page_mapping(page);
@@ -752,6 +744,8 @@ free_it:
continue;
cull_mlocked:
+ if (PageSwapCache(page))
+ try_to_free_swap(page);
unlock_page(page);
putback_lru_page(page);
continue;
@@ -759,7 +753,7 @@ cull_mlocked:
activate_locked:
/* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
- remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(page);
+ try_to_free_swap(page);
VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
SetPageActive(page);
pgactivate++;
@@ -1173,11 +1167,6 @@ static inline void note_zone_scanning_priority(struct zone *zone, int priority)
zone->prev_priority = priority;
}
-static inline int zone_is_near_oom(struct zone *zone)
-{
- return zone->pages_scanned >= (zone_lru_pages(zone) * 3);
-}
-
/*
* This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
*
@@ -1248,6 +1237,13 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
}
+ /*
+ * Move the pages to the [file or anon] inactive list.
+ */
+ pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
+ pgmoved = 0;
+ lru = LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE;
+
spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
/*
* Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as
@@ -1255,15 +1251,9 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
* This helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous
* pages in get_scan_ratio.
*/
- zone->recent_rotated[!!file] += pgmoved;
-
- /*
- * Move the pages to the [file or anon] inactive list.
- */
- pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
+ if (scan_global_lru(sc))
+ zone->recent_rotated[!!file] += pgmoved;
- pgmoved = 0;
- lru = LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE;
while (!list_empty(&l_inactive)) {
page = lru_to_page(&l_inactive);
prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, &l_inactive, flags);
@@ -1336,12 +1326,6 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
unsigned long ap, fp;
- anon = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
- zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
- file = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
- zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
- free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
-
/* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
if (nr_swap_pages <= 0) {
percent[0] = 0;
@@ -1349,6 +1333,12 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
return;
}
+ anon = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+ file = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+ free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
+
/* If we have very few page cache pages, force-scan anon pages. */
if (unlikely(file + free <= zone->pages_high)) {
percent[0] = 100;
@@ -1408,14 +1398,15 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
/*
* This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
*/
-static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
+static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
struct scan_control *sc)
{
unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
unsigned long nr_to_scan;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
unsigned long percent[2]; /* anon @ 0; file @ 1 */
enum lru_list l;
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
+ unsigned long swap_cluster_max = sc->swap_cluster_max;
get_scan_ratio(zone, sc, percent);
@@ -1431,7 +1422,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
}
zone->lru[l].nr_scan += scan;
nr[l] = zone->lru[l].nr_scan;
- if (nr[l] >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
+ if (nr[l] >= swap_cluster_max)
zone->lru[l].nr_scan = 0;
else
nr[l] = 0;
@@ -1450,16 +1441,28 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
if (nr[l]) {
- nr_to_scan = min(nr[l],
- (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
+ nr_to_scan = min(nr[l], swap_cluster_max);
nr[l] -= nr_to_scan;
nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(l, nr_to_scan,
- zone, sc, priority);
+ zone, sc, priority);
}
}
+ /*
+ * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
+ * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
+ * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
+ * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
+ * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
+ * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
+ */
+ if (nr_reclaimed > swap_cluster_max &&
+ priority < DEF_PRIORITY && !current_is_kswapd())
+ break;
}
+ sc->nr_reclaimed = nr_reclaimed;
+
/*
* Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
* rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
@@ -1470,7 +1473,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);
throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
- return nr_reclaimed;
}
/*
@@ -1484,16 +1486,13 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
* b) The zones may be over pages_high but they must go *over* pages_high to
* satisfy the `incremental min' zone defense algorithm.
*
- * Returns the number of reclaimed pages.
- *
* If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
* scan then give up on it.
*/
-static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
+static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
struct scan_control *sc)
{
enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask);
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
@@ -1524,10 +1523,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
priority);
}
- nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
+ shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
}
-
- return nr_reclaimed;
}
/*
@@ -1552,7 +1549,6 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
int priority;
unsigned long ret = 0;
unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
struct zoneref *z;
@@ -1580,7 +1576,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
sc->nr_scanned = 0;
if (!priority)
disable_swap_token();
- nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
+ shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
/*
* Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
* over limit cgroups
@@ -1588,13 +1584,13 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
if (scan_global_lru(sc)) {
shrink_slab(sc->nr_scanned, sc->gfp_mask, lru_pages);
if (reclaim_state) {
- nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
+ sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
}
}
total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
- if (nr_reclaimed >= sc->swap_cluster_max) {
- ret = nr_reclaimed;
+ if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->swap_cluster_max) {
+ ret = sc->nr_reclaimed;
goto out;
}
@@ -1617,7 +1613,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
}
/* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
if (!sc->all_unreclaimable && scan_global_lru(sc))
- ret = nr_reclaimed;
+ ret = sc->nr_reclaimed;
out:
/*
* Now that we've scanned all the zones at this priority level, note
@@ -1712,7 +1708,6 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
int priority;
int i;
unsigned long total_scanned;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
struct scan_control sc = {
.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
@@ -1731,7 +1726,7 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
loop_again:
total_scanned = 0;
- nr_reclaimed = 0;
+ sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
@@ -1817,11 +1812,11 @@ loop_again:
*/
if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, 8*zone->pages_high,
end_zone, 0))
- nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
+ shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
nr_slab = shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, GFP_KERNEL,
lru_pages);
- nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
+ sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone))
continue;
@@ -1835,7 +1830,7 @@ loop_again:
* even in laptop mode
*/
if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
- total_scanned > nr_reclaimed + nr_reclaimed / 2)
+ total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
sc.may_writepage = 1;
}
if (all_zones_ok)
@@ -1853,7 +1848,7 @@ loop_again:
* matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
* on zone->*_priority.
*/
- if (nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
+ if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
break;
}
out:
@@ -1872,10 +1867,27 @@ out:
try_to_freeze();
+ /*
+ * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
+ * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
+ * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
+ * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
+ * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
+ * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
+ * infinite loop.
+ *
+ * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
+ * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
+ * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
+ * reclaim if they wish.
+ */
+ if (sc.nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
+ order = sc.order = 0;
+
goto loop_again;
}
- return nr_reclaimed;
+ return sc.nr_reclaimed;
}
/*
@@ -2227,7 +2239,6 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
struct task_struct *p = current;
struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
int priority;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
struct scan_control sc = {
.may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
.may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
@@ -2260,9 +2271,9 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
do {
note_zone_scanning_priority(zone, priority);
- nr_reclaimed += shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
+ shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
priority--;
- } while (priority >= 0 && nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
+ } while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
}
slab_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
@@ -2286,13 +2297,13 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
* Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
* reclaimed from this zone.
*/
- nr_reclaimed += slab_reclaimable -
+ sc.nr_reclaimed += slab_reclaimable -
zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
}
p->reclaim_state = NULL;
current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
- return nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
+ return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
}
int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
@@ -2472,7 +2483,7 @@ void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
* back onto @zone's unevictable list.
*/
#define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */
-void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
+static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
{
struct list_head *l_unevictable = &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list;
unsigned long scan;
@@ -2514,7 +2525,7 @@ void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
* that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages
* evictable.
*/
-void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
+static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
{
struct zone *zone;