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Message-ID: <20080607155620.733f1b01@bree.surriel.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:56:20 -0400
From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lee.schermerhorn@...com,
kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, minchan.kim@...il.com,
Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 04/25] free swap space on swap-in/activation
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:04:30 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:28:42 -0400
> Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> wrote:
> > From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> >
> > Free swap cache entries when swapping in pages if vm_swap_full()
> > [swap space > 1/2 used]. Uses new pagevec to reduce pressure
> > on locks.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
> > Signed-off-by: MinChan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
> >
> > ---
> > include/linux/pagevec.h | 1 +
> > include/linux/swap.h | 6 ++++++
> > mm/swap.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > mm/swapfile.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > mm/vmscan.c | 7 +++++++
> > 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2008-05-23 14:21:33.000000000 -0400
> > +++ linux-2.6.26-rc2-mm1/mm/vmscan.c 2008-05-23 14:21:33.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ free_it:
> > continue;
> >
> > activate_locked:
> > + /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
> > + if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
>
> The patch puts rather a lot of pressure onto vm_swap_full(). We might
> want to look into optimising that.
>
> - Is the 50% thing optimum? Could go higher and perhaps should be
> based on amount-of-memory.
>
> - Can precalculate the fraction rather than doing it inline all the time.
I do not know if 50% is optimum. It is just what the upstream kernel
has had since 2.4.10 or so. Before that it used to be 75%. This same
percentage is used to free swap spaces at swapin time.
> - Can make total_swap_pages __read_mostly and have a think about
> nr_swap_pages too.
I wonder if we wouldn't be off best simply placing the two on their
own cache line. After all, they are often handled together.
I believe that should be a separate patch though, since I am not
changing that situation from what is already upstream and this
patch series contains more than enough stuff already.
> - Can completely optimise the thing away if !CONFIG_SWAP.
>
>
> Has all this code been tested with CONFIG_SWAP=n?
With CONFIG_SWAP=n the macro PageSwapCache(page) will always be
declared false due to the declarations in page-flags.h. That
means that vm_swap_full() will be evaluated and the compiler
should leave it out.
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
PAGEFLAG(SwapCache, swapcache)
#else
PAGEFLAG_FALSE(SwapCache)
#endif
> > +void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec)
> What's going on here.
>
> Normally we'll bump a page's refcount to account for its presence in a
> pagevec. This code doesn't do that.
>
> Is it safe? If so, how come?
It is safe because the callers already hold an extra reference to
each page. I have added a full kerneldoc comment to this function
to explain that.
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