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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:10:26 +0800
From: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
"riel@...hat.com" <riel@...hat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
"tytso@....edu" <tytso@....edu>,
"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
"elladan@...imo.com" <elladan@...imo.com>,
"npiggin@...e.de" <npiggin@...e.de>,
"Barnes, Jesse" <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Found the commit that causes the OOMs
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:01:40PM +0800, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Yes, smaller inactive_anon means smaller (pointless) nr_scanned,
> > and therefore less slab scans. Strictly speaking, it's not the fault
> > of your patch. It indicates that the slab scan ratio algorithm should
> > be updated too :)
>
> I don't think this patch is related to minchan's patch.
> but I think this patch is good.
OK.
>
> > We could refine the estimation of "reclaimable" pages like this:
>
> hmhm, reasonable idea.
Thank you.
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> > index 416f748..e9c5b0e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> > @@ -167,14 +167,7 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state(struct zone *zone,
> > }
> >
> > extern unsigned long global_lru_pages(void);
> > -
> > -static inline unsigned long zone_lru_pages(struct zone *zone)
> > -{
> > - return (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON)
> > - + zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE)
> > - + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
> > - + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE));
> > -}
> > +extern unsigned long zone_lru_pages(void);
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> > /*
> > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > index 026f452..4281c6f 100644
> > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > @@ -2123,10 +2123,31 @@ void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order)
> >
> > unsigned long global_lru_pages(void)
> > {
> > - return global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON)
> > - + global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE)
> > - + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
> > - + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
> > + int nr;
> > +
> > + nr = global_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
> > + global_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
> > +
> > + if (total_swap_pages)
> > + nr += global_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
> > + global_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
> > +
> > + return nr;
> > +}
>
> Please change function name too.
> Now, this function only account reclaimable pages.
Good suggestion - I did considered renaming them to *_relaimable_pages.
> Plus, total_swap_pages is bad. if we need to concern "reclaimable
> pages", we should use nr_swap_pages.
> I mean, swap-full also makes anon is unreclaimable althouth system
> have sone swap device.
Right, changed to (nr_swap_pages > 0).
Thanks,
Fengguang
---
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 416f748..8d8aa20 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -166,15 +166,8 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state(struct zone *zone,
return x;
}
-extern unsigned long global_lru_pages(void);
-
-static inline unsigned long zone_lru_pages(struct zone *zone)
-{
- return (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON)
- + zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE)
- + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
- + zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE));
-}
+extern unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void);
+extern unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/*
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index a91b870..74c3067 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
struct zone *z =
&NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
- x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + zone_lru_pages(z);
+ x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) +
+ zone_reclaimable_pages(z);
}
/*
* Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
{
unsigned long x;
- x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_lru_pages();
+ x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages();
if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 026f452..3768332 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
continue;
- lru_pages += zone_lru_pages(zone);
+ lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
}
}
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ loop_again:
for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
- lru_pages += zone_lru_pages(zone);
+ lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
}
/*
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ loop_again:
if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone))
continue;
if (nr_slab == 0 && zone->pages_scanned >=
- (zone_lru_pages(zone) * 6))
+ (zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) * 6))
zone_set_flag(zone,
ZONE_ALL_UNRECLAIMABLE);
/*
@@ -2121,12 +2121,33 @@ void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order)
wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
}
-unsigned long global_lru_pages(void)
+unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
{
- return global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON)
- + global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE)
- + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
- + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+ int nr;
+
+ nr = global_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
+ global_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+
+ if (total_swap_pages)
+ nr += global_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
+ global_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+
+ return nr;
+}
+
+
+unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
+{
+ int nr;
+
+ nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+
+ if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
+ nr += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+
+ return nr;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
@@ -2198,7 +2219,7 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages)
current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
- lru_pages = global_lru_pages();
+ lru_pages = global_reclaimable_pages();
nr_slab = global_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
/* If slab caches are huge, it's better to hit them first */
while (nr_slab >= lru_pages) {
@@ -2240,7 +2261,7 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages)
reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, sc.gfp_mask,
- global_lru_pages());
+ global_reclaimable_pages());
sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages)
goto out;
@@ -2257,7 +2278,8 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages)
if (!sc.nr_reclaimed) {
do {
reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
- shrink_slab(nr_pages, sc.gfp_mask, global_lru_pages());
+ shrink_slab(nr_pages, sc.gfp_mask,
+ global_reclaimable_pages());
sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab;
} while (sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages &&
reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab > 0);
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