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Date:	Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:19:07 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vmscan: more simplify shrink_inactive_list()

Hi KOSAKI,

It would be easier to review if you can split the changes and the big
"unshift" :)

Otherwise it looks good to me. (actually I've advocated it before ;)

Thanks,
Fengguang

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 09:17:48AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> This patch depend on "vmscan : simplify code" patch (written by Huang Shijie)
> 
> =========================================
> Now, max_scan of shrink_inactive_list() is always passed less than
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX. then, we can remove scanning pages loop in it.
> 
> detail
>  - remove "while (nr_scanned < max_scan)" loop
>  - remove nr_freed variable (now, we use nr_reclaimed directly)
>  - remove nr_scan variable (now, we use nr_scanned directly)
>  - rename max_scan to nr_to_scan
>  - pass nr_to_scan into isolate_pages() directly instead
>    using SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c |  194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 7536991..a58ff15 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1085,16 +1085,22 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
>   * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone().  It returns the number
>   * of reclaimed pages
>   */
> -static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
> -			struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
> -			int priority, int file)
> +static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> +					  struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
> +					  int priority, int file)
>  {
>  	LIST_HEAD(page_list);
>  	struct pagevec pvec;
> -	unsigned long nr_scanned = 0;
> +	unsigned long nr_scanned;
>  	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
>  	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
>  	int lumpy_reclaim = 0;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	unsigned long nr_taken;
> +	unsigned long nr_active;
> +	unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
> +	unsigned long nr_anon;
> +	unsigned long nr_file;
>  
>  	while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
>  		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
> @@ -1120,119 +1126,101 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
>  
>  	lru_add_drain();
>  	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -	do {
> -		struct page *page;
> -		unsigned long nr_taken;
> -		unsigned long nr_scan;
> -		unsigned long nr_freed;
> -		unsigned long nr_active;
> -		unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
> -		int mode = lumpy_reclaim ? ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
> -		unsigned long nr_anon;
> -		unsigned long nr_file;
> -
> -		nr_taken = sc->isolate_pages(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
> -			     &page_list, &nr_scan, sc->order, mode,
> -				zone, sc->mem_cgroup, 0, file);
> +	nr_taken = sc->isolate_pages(nr_to_scan,
> +				     &page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
> +				     lumpy_reclaim ? ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
> +				     zone, sc->mem_cgroup, 0, file);
>  
> -		if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
> -			zone->pages_scanned += nr_scan;
> -			if (current_is_kswapd())
> -				__count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone,
> -						       nr_scan);
> -			else
> -				__count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone,
> -						       nr_scan);
> -		}
> +	if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
> +		zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
> +		if (current_is_kswapd())
> +			__count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone, nr_scanned);
> +		else
> +			__count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone, nr_scanned);
> +	}
>  
> -		if (nr_taken == 0)
> -			goto done;
> +	if (nr_taken == 0)
> +		goto done;
>  
> -		nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
> -		__count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
> +	nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
> +	__count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
>  
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
> -						-count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
> -						-count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
> -						-count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
> -						-count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
> +			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
> +			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
> +			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
> +			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
>  
> -		nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
> -		nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, nr_anon);
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, nr_file);
> +	nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
> +	nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, nr_anon);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, nr_file);
>  
> -		reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += nr_anon;
> -		reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += nr_file;
> +	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += nr_anon;
> +	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += nr_file;
>  
> -		spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
>  
> -		nr_scanned += nr_scan;
> -		nr_freed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc, PAGEOUT_IO_ASYNC);
> +	nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc, PAGEOUT_IO_ASYNC);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do
> +	 * not reclaim everything in the list, try again and wait
> +	 * for IO to complete. This will stall high-order allocations
> +	 * but that should be acceptable to the caller
> +	 */
> +	if (nr_reclaimed < nr_taken && !current_is_kswapd() && lumpy_reclaim) {
> +		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do
> -		 * not reclaim everything in the list, try again and wait
> -		 * for IO to complete. This will stall high-order allocations
> -		 * but that should be acceptable to the caller
> +		 * The attempt at page out may have made some
> +		 * of the pages active, mark them inactive again.
>  		 */
> -		if (nr_freed < nr_taken && !current_is_kswapd() &&
> -		    lumpy_reclaim) {
> -			congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
> -
> -			/*
> -			 * The attempt at page out may have made some
> -			 * of the pages active, mark them inactive again.
> -			 */
> -			nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
> -			count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
> -
> -			nr_freed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc,
> -							PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC);
> -		}
> +		nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
> +		count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
>  
> -		nr_reclaimed += nr_freed;
> +		nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc,
> +						 PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC);
> +	}
>  
> -		local_irq_disable();
> -		if (current_is_kswapd())
> -			__count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_freed);
> -		__count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_freed);
> +	local_irq_disable();
> +	if (current_is_kswapd())
> +		__count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_reclaimed);
> +	__count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_reclaimed);
>  
> -		spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
> -		/*
> -		 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
> -		 */
> -		while (!list_empty(&page_list)) {
> -			int lru;
> -			page = lru_to_page(&page_list);
> -			VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
> -			list_del(&page->lru);
> -			if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
> -				spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -				putback_lru_page(page);
> -				spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -				continue;
> -			}
> -			SetPageLRU(page);
> -			lru = page_lru(page);
> -			add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
> -			if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
> -				int file = is_file_lru(lru);
> -				reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file]++;
> -			}
> -			if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
> -				spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -				__pagevec_release(&pvec);
> -				spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -			}
> +	spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
> +	/*
> +	 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
> +	 */
> +	while (!list_empty(&page_list)) {
> +		int lru;
> +		page = lru_to_page(&page_list);
> +		VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
> +		list_del(&page->lru);
> +		if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +			putback_lru_page(page);
> +			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +			continue;
>  		}
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, -nr_anon);
> -		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -nr_file);
> -
> -  	} while (nr_scanned < max_scan);
> +		SetPageLRU(page);
> +		lru = page_lru(page);
> +		add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
> +		if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
> +			int file = is_file_lru(lru);
> +			reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file]++;
> +		}
> +		if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +			__pagevec_release(&pvec);
> +			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, -nr_anon);
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -nr_file);
>  
>  done:
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> -- 
> 1.6.5.2
> 
> 
> 
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