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-rw-r--r--include/linux/compaction.h14
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernel.h7
-rw-r--r--mm/compaction.c89
-rw-r--r--mm/migrate.c17
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c16
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c102
6 files changed, 196 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index 5ac51552d908..2592883d862d 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ extern int sysctl_extfrag_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
extern int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
extern unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);
+extern unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order);
+extern unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone, int order,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask);
/* Do not skip compaction more than 64 times */
#define COMPACT_MAX_DEFER_SHIFT 6
@@ -59,6 +62,17 @@ static inline unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
}
+static inline unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order)
+{
+ return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone, int order,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline void defer_compaction(struct zone *zone)
{
}
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 57dac7022b63..5a9d9059520b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -600,6 +600,13 @@ struct sysinfo {
#define NUMA_BUILD 0
#endif
+/* This helps us avoid #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION */
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
+#define COMPACTION_BUILD 1
+#else
+#define COMPACTION_BUILD 0
+#endif
+
/* Rebuild everything on CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD */
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
# define REBUILD_DUE_TO_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 20011a850fef..8fe917ec7c11 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -384,10 +384,62 @@ static int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
}
+/*
+ * compaction_suitable: Is this suitable to run compaction on this zone now?
+ * Returns
+ * COMPACT_SKIPPED - If there are too few free pages for compaction
+ * COMPACT_PARTIAL - If the allocation would succeed without compaction
+ * COMPACT_CONTINUE - If compaction should run now
+ */
+unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order)
+{
+ int fragindex;
+ unsigned long watermark;
+
+ /*
+ * Watermarks for order-0 must be met for compaction. Note the 2UL.
+ * This is because during migration, copies of pages need to be
+ * allocated and for a short time, the footprint is higher
+ */
+ watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (2UL << order);
+ if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
+ return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
+
+ /*
+ * fragmentation index determines if allocation failures are due to
+ * low memory or external fragmentation
+ *
+ * index of -1 implies allocations might succeed dependingon watermarks
+ * index towards 0 implies failure is due to lack of memory
+ * index towards 1000 implies failure is due to fragmentation
+ *
+ * Only compact if a failure would be due to fragmentation.
+ */
+ fragindex = fragmentation_index(zone, order);
+ if (fragindex >= 0 && fragindex <= sysctl_extfrag_threshold)
+ return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
+
+ if (fragindex == -1 && zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, 0, 0))
+ return COMPACT_PARTIAL;
+
+ return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+}
+
static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
{
int ret;
+ ret = compaction_suitable(zone, cc->order);
+ switch (ret) {
+ case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
+ case COMPACT_SKIPPED:
+ /* Compaction is likely to fail */
+ return ret;
+ case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
+ /* Fall through to compaction */
+ ;
+ }
+
/* Setup to move all movable pages to the end of the zone */
cc->migrate_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
cc->free_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
@@ -429,7 +481,7 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
return ret;
}
-static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
+unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
struct compact_control cc = {
@@ -462,7 +514,6 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
int may_enter_fs = gfp_mask & __GFP_FS;
int may_perform_io = gfp_mask & __GFP_IO;
- unsigned long watermark;
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
int rc = COMPACT_SKIPPED;
@@ -480,43 +531,13 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
/* Compact each zone in the list */
for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
nodemask) {
- int fragindex;
int status;
- /*
- * Watermarks for order-0 must be met for compaction. Note
- * the 2UL. This is because during migration, copies of
- * pages need to be allocated and for a short time, the
- * footprint is higher
- */
- watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (2UL << order);
- if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
- continue;
-
- /*
- * fragmentation index determines if allocation failures are
- * due to low memory or external fragmentation
- *
- * index of -1 implies allocations might succeed depending
- * on watermarks
- * index towards 0 implies failure is due to lack of memory
- * index towards 1000 implies failure is due to fragmentation
- *
- * Only compact if a failure would be due to fragmentation.
- */
- fragindex = fragmentation_index(zone, order);
- if (fragindex >= 0 && fragindex <= sysctl_extfrag_threshold)
- continue;
-
- if (fragindex == -1 && zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, 0, 0)) {
- rc = COMPACT_PARTIAL;
- break;
- }
-
status = compact_zone_order(zone, order, gfp_mask);
rc = max(status, rc);
- if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, 0, 0))
+ /* If a normal allocation would succeed, stop compacting */
+ if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0))
break;
}
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 6ae8a66a7045..94875b265928 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -639,6 +639,23 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page, unsigned long private,
if (!trylock_page(page)) {
if (!force)
goto move_newpage;
+
+ /*
+ * It's not safe for direct compaction to call lock_page.
+ * For example, during page readahead pages are added locked
+ * to the LRU. Later, when the IO completes the pages are
+ * marked uptodate and unlocked. However, the queueing
+ * could be merging multiple pages for one bio (e.g.
+ * mpage_readpages). If an allocation happens for the
+ * second or third page, the process can end up locking
+ * the same page twice and deadlocking. Rather than
+ * trying to be clever about what pages can be locked,
+ * avoid the use of lock_page for direct compaction
+ * altogether.
+ */
+ if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
+ goto move_newpage;
+
lock_page(page);
}
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 22a1bb7723e4..03a66a31bfcd 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1815,12 +1815,15 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
int migratetype, unsigned long *did_some_progress)
{
struct page *page;
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
if (!order || compaction_deferred(preferred_zone))
return NULL;
+ tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
*did_some_progress = try_to_compact_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask,
nodemask);
+ tsk->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
if (*did_some_progress != COMPACT_SKIPPED) {
/* Page migration frees to the PCP lists but we want merging */
@@ -2121,6 +2124,19 @@ rebalance:
/* Wait for some write requests to complete then retry */
wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
goto rebalance;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * High-order allocations do not necessarily loop after
+ * direct reclaim and reclaim/compaction depends on compaction
+ * being called after reclaim so call directly if necessary
+ */
+ page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order,
+ zonelist, high_zoneidx,
+ nodemask,
+ alloc_flags, preferred_zone,
+ migratetype, &did_some_progress);
+ if (page)
+ goto got_pg;
}
nopage:
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3464312bde07..10ebd74a423c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/topology.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/cpuset.h>
+#include <linux/compaction.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -59,12 +60,15 @@
* LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
* page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
* naturally aligned range
+ * LUMPY_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
+ * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
*/
typedef unsigned __bitwise__ lumpy_mode;
#define LUMPY_MODE_SINGLE ((__force lumpy_mode)0x01u)
#define LUMPY_MODE_ASYNC ((__force lumpy_mode)0x02u)
#define LUMPY_MODE_SYNC ((__force lumpy_mode)0x04u)
#define LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM ((__force lumpy_mode)0x08u)
+#define LUMPY_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force lumpy_mode)0x10u)
struct scan_control {
/* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
@@ -286,18 +290,20 @@ static void set_lumpy_reclaim_mode(int priority, struct scan_control *sc,
lumpy_mode syncmode = sync ? LUMPY_MODE_SYNC : LUMPY_MODE_ASYNC;
/*
- * Some reclaim have alredy been failed. No worth to try synchronous
- * lumpy reclaim.
+ * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
+ * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
+ * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
*/
- if (sync && sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_SINGLE)
- return;
+ if (COMPACTION_BUILD)
+ sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = LUMPY_MODE_COMPACTION;
+ else
+ sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM;
/*
- * If we need a large contiguous chunk of memory, or have
- * trouble getting a small set of contiguous pages, we
- * will reclaim both active and inactive pages.
+ * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
+ * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
+ * under memory pressure
*/
- sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM;
if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
@@ -1385,8 +1391,8 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone,
if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
nr_taken = isolate_pages_global(nr_to_scan,
&page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
- sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_SINGLE ?
- ISOLATE_INACTIVE : ISOLATE_BOTH,
+ sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM ?
+ ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
zone, 0, file);
zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
if (current_is_kswapd())
@@ -1398,8 +1404,8 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone,
} else {
nr_taken = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_to_scan,
&page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
- sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_SINGLE ?
- ISOLATE_INACTIVE : ISOLATE_BOTH,
+ sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_CONTIGRECLAIM ?
+ ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
zone, sc->mem_cgroup,
0, file);
/*
@@ -1815,6 +1821,57 @@ out:
}
/*
+ * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
+ * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
+ * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
+ * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
+ * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
+ */
+static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
+ unsigned long nr_scanned,
+ struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+ unsigned long pages_for_compaction;
+ unsigned long inactive_lru_pages;
+
+ /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
+ if (!(sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode & LUMPY_MODE_COMPACTION))
+ return false;
+
+ /*
+ * If we failed to reclaim and have scanned the full list, stop.
+ * NOTE: Checking just nr_reclaimed would exit reclaim/compaction far
+ * faster but obviously would be less likely to succeed
+ * allocation. If this is desirable, use GFP_REPEAT to decide
+ * if both reclaimed and scanned should be checked or just
+ * reclaimed
+ */
+ if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
+ return false;
+
+ /*
+ * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
+ * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
+ */
+ pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
+ inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON) +
+ zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
+ if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
+ inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
+ return true;
+
+ /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
+ switch (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order)) {
+ case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
+ case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
+ return false;
+ default:
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+
+/*
* This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
*/
static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
@@ -1823,9 +1880,12 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
unsigned long nr_to_scan;
enum lru_list l;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
+ unsigned long nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
+restart:
+ nr_reclaimed = 0;
get_scan_count(zone, sc, nr, priority);
while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
@@ -1851,8 +1911,7 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
break;
}
-
- sc->nr_reclaimed = nr_reclaimed;
+ sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_reclaimed;
/*
* Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
@@ -1861,6 +1920,11 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);
+ /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
+ if (should_continue_reclaim(zone, nr_reclaimed,
+ sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc))
+ goto restart;
+
throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
}
@@ -2307,6 +2371,14 @@ loop_again:
total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
sc.may_writepage = 1;
+ /*
+ * Compact the zone for higher orders to reduce
+ * latencies for higher-order allocations that
+ * would ordinarily call try_to_compact_pages()
+ */
+ if (sc.order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+ compact_zone_order(zone, sc.order, sc.gfp_mask);
+
if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
all_zones_ok = 0;