linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] mm, vmscan: show the number of skipped pages in mm_vmscan_lru

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Date:   Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:30:28 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] mm, vmscan: show the number of skipped pages in mm_vmscan_lru_isolate

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

mm_vmscan_lru_isolate shows the number of requested, scanned and taken
pages. This is mostly OK but on 32b systems the number of scanned pages
is quite misleading because it includes both the scanned and skipped
pages.  Moreover the skipped part is scaled based on the number of taken
pages. Let's report the exact numbers without any additional logic and
add the number of skipped pages. This should make the reported data much
more easier to interpret.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
---
 include/trace/events/vmscan.h |  8 ++++++--
 mm/vmscan.c                   | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
index d34cc0ced2be..6af4dae46db2 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
@@ -274,17 +274,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_isolate,
 		int order,
 		unsigned long nr_requested,
 		unsigned long nr_scanned,
+		unsigned long nr_skipped,
 		unsigned long nr_taken,
 		isolate_mode_t isolate_mode,
 		int file),
 
-	TP_ARGS(classzone_idx, order, nr_requested, nr_scanned, nr_taken, isolate_mode, file),
+	TP_ARGS(classzone_idx, order, nr_requested, nr_scanned, nr_skipped, nr_taken, isolate_mode, file),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(int, classzone_idx)
 		__field(int, order)
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_requested)
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_scanned)
+		__field(unsigned long, nr_skipped)
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_taken)
 		__field(isolate_mode_t, isolate_mode)
 		__field(int, file)
@@ -295,17 +297,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_isolate,
 		__entry->order = order;
 		__entry->nr_requested = nr_requested;
 		__entry->nr_scanned = nr_scanned;
+		__entry->nr_skipped = nr_skipped;
 		__entry->nr_taken = nr_taken;
 		__entry->isolate_mode = isolate_mode;
 		__entry->file = file;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("isolate_mode=%d classzone=%d order=%d nr_requested=%lu nr_scanned=%lu nr_taken=%lu file=%d",
+	TP_printk("isolate_mode=%d classzone=%d order=%d nr_requested=%lu nr_scanned=%lu nr_skipped=%lu nr_taken=%lu file=%d",
 		__entry->isolate_mode,
 		__entry->classzone_idx,
 		__entry->order,
 		__entry->nr_requested,
 		__entry->nr_scanned,
+		__entry->nr_skipped,
 		__entry->nr_taken,
 		__entry->file)
 );
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2302a1a58c6e..4f7c0d66d629 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_zone_taken[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0 };
 	unsigned long nr_skipped[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0, };
+	unsigned long skipped = 0, total_skipped = 0;
 	unsigned long scan, nr_pages;
 	LIST_HEAD(pages_skipped);
 
@@ -1479,14 +1480,13 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	 */
 	if (!list_empty(&pages_skipped)) {
 		int zid;
-		unsigned long total_skipped = 0;
 
 		for (zid = 0; zid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zid++) {
 			if (!nr_skipped[zid])
 				continue;
 
 			__count_zid_vm_events(PGSCAN_SKIP, zid, nr_skipped[zid]);
-			total_skipped += nr_skipped[zid];
+			skipped += nr_skipped[zid];
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -1494,13 +1494,13 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		 * close to unreclaimable. If the LRU list is empty, account
 		 * skipped pages as a full scan.
 		 */
-		scan += list_empty(src) ? total_skipped : total_skipped >> 2;
+		total_skipped = list_empty(src) ? skipped : skipped >> 2;
 
 		list_splice(&pages_skipped, src);
 	}
-	*nr_scanned = scan;
+	*nr_scanned = scan + total_skipped;
 	trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->reclaim_idx, sc->order, nr_to_scan, scan,
-				    nr_taken, mode, is_file_lru(lru));
+				    skipped, nr_taken, mode, is_file_lru(lru));
 	update_lru_sizes(lruvec, lru, nr_zone_taken, nr_taken);
 	return nr_taken;
 }
-- 
2.10.2