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author | Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> | 2021-06-29 04:42:24 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-06-29 19:53:55 +0200 |
commit | 74f44822097c665041010994502b5971d6cd9f04 (patch) | |
tree | 308a8f1e7f8087b1f39ea0bc87813ae7c5519186 /mm | |
parent | mm/page_alloc: limit the number of pages on PCP lists when reclaim is active (diff) | |
download | linux-74f44822097c665041010994502b5971d6cd9f04.tar.xz linux-74f44822097c665041010994502b5971d6cd9f04.zip |
mm/page_alloc: introduce vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction
This introduces a new sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction. It is
similar to the old vm.percpu_pagelist_fraction. The old sysctl increased
both pcp->batch and pcp->high with the higher pcp->high potentially
reducing zone->lock contention. However, the higher pcp->batch value also
potentially increased allocation latency while the PCP was refilled. This
sysctl only adjusts pcp->high so that zone->lock contention is potentially
reduced but allocation latency during a PCP refill remains the same.
# grep -E "high:|batch" /proc/zoneinfo | tail -2
high: 649
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=8
# grep -E "high:|batch" /proc/zoneinfo | tail -2
high: 35071
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=64
high: 4383
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=0
high: 649
batch: 63
[mgorman@techsingularity.net: fix documentation]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210528151010.GQ30378@techsingularity.net
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210525080119.5455-7-mgorman@techsingularity.net
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 69 |
1 files changed, 62 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index adf35ccfd8e5..cfc4071310fb 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ typedef int __bitwise fpi_t; /* prevent >1 _updater_ of zone percpu pageset ->high and ->batch fields */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcp_batch_high_lock); +#define MIN_PERCPU_PAGELIST_HIGH_FRACTION (8) struct pagesets { local_lock_t lock; @@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_totalram_pages); unsigned long totalreserve_pages __read_mostly; unsigned long totalcma_pages __read_mostly; +int percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; gfp_t gfp_allowed_mask __read_mostly = GFP_BOOT_MASK; DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON, init_on_alloc); EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_on_alloc); @@ -6725,17 +6727,32 @@ static int zone_highsize(struct zone *zone, int batch, int cpu_online) #ifdef CONFIG_MMU int high; int nr_local_cpus; + unsigned long total_pages; + + if (!percpu_pagelist_high_fraction) { + /* + * By default, the high value of the pcp is based on the zone + * low watermark so that if they are full then background + * reclaim will not be started prematurely. + */ + total_pages = low_wmark_pages(zone); + } else { + /* + * If percpu_pagelist_high_fraction is configured, the high + * value is based on a fraction of the managed pages in the + * zone. + */ + total_pages = zone_managed_pages(zone) / percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; + } /* - * The high value of the pcp is based on the zone low watermark - * so that if they are full then background reclaim will not be - * started prematurely. The value is split across all online CPUs - * local to the zone. Note that early in boot that CPUs may not be - * online yet and that during CPU hotplug that the cpumask is not - * yet updated when a CPU is being onlined. + * Split the high value across all online CPUs local to the zone. Note + * that early in boot that CPUs may not be online yet and that during + * CPU hotplug that the cpumask is not yet updated when a CPU is being + * onlined. */ nr_local_cpus = max(1U, cpumask_weight(cpumask_of_node(zone_to_nid(zone)))) + cpu_online; - high = low_wmark_pages(zone) / nr_local_cpus; + high = total_pages / nr_local_cpus; /* * Ensure high is at least batch*4. The multiple is based on the @@ -8500,6 +8517,44 @@ int lowmem_reserve_ratio_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, return 0; } +/* + * percpu_pagelist_high_fraction - changes the pcp->high for each zone on each + * cpu. It is the fraction of total pages in each zone that a hot per cpu + * pagelist can have before it gets flushed back to buddy allocator. + */ +int percpu_pagelist_high_fraction_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, + int write, void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos) +{ + struct zone *zone; + int old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; + int ret; + + mutex_lock(&pcp_batch_high_lock); + old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction = percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; + + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos); + if (!write || ret < 0) + goto out; + + /* Sanity checking to avoid pcp imbalance */ + if (percpu_pagelist_high_fraction && + percpu_pagelist_high_fraction < MIN_PERCPU_PAGELIST_HIGH_FRACTION) { + percpu_pagelist_high_fraction = old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; + ret = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + + /* No change? */ + if (percpu_pagelist_high_fraction == old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction) + goto out; + + for_each_populated_zone(zone) + zone_set_pageset_high_and_batch(zone, 0); +out: + mutex_unlock(&pcp_batch_high_lock); + return ret; +} + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_RESERVED_KERNEL_PAGES /* * Returns the number of pages that arch has reserved but |