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Message-ID: <20100219141641.GJ30258@csn.ul.ie>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:16:41 +0000
From: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] Add /proc trigger for memory compaction
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 09:43:26AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:02:39 +0000
> Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
>
> > This patch adds a proc file /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory. When an arbitrary
> > value is written to the file, all zones are compacted. The expected user
> > of such a trigger is a job scheduler that prepares the system before the
> > target application runs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
> > Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
>
> Nitpick:
> Hmm.. Is this necessary if we have per-node trigger in sysfs ?
>
What does !NUMA do?
> Thanks,
> -Kame
>
>
> > ---
> > Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 11 ++++++++
> > include/linux/compaction.h | 5 +++
> > kernel/sysctl.c | 11 ++++++++
> > mm/compaction.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> > index fc5790d..92b5b00 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ files can be found in mm/swap.c.
> > Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
> >
> > - block_dump
> > +- compact_memory
> > - dirty_background_bytes
> > - dirty_background_ratio
> > - dirty_bytes
> > @@ -64,6 +65,16 @@ information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
> >
> > ==============================================================
> >
> > +compact_memory
> > +
> > +Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When an arbitrary value
> > +is written to the file, all zones are compacted such that free memory
> > +is available in contiguous blocks where possible. This can be important
> > +for example in the allocation of huge pages although processes will also
> > +directly compact memory as required.
> > +
> > +==============================================================
> > +
> > dirty_background_bytes
> >
> > Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
> > index 6201371..facaa3d 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compaction.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
> > @@ -5,4 +5,9 @@
> > #define COMPACT_INCOMPLETE 0
> > #define COMPACT_COMPLETE 1
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
> > +extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> > + void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos);
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_COMPACTION */
> > +
> > #endif /* _LINUX_COMPACTION_H */
> > diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > index 8a68b24..a02c816 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
> > #include <linux/ftrace.h>
> > #include <linux/slow-work.h>
> > #include <linux/perf_event.h>
> > +#include <linux/compaction.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> > #include <asm/processor.h>
> > @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ extern int pid_max;
> > extern int min_free_kbytes;
> > extern int pid_max_min, pid_max_max;
> > extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
> > +extern int sysctl_compact_memory;
> > extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
> > extern int compat_log;
> > extern int latencytop_enabled;
> > @@ -1109,6 +1111,15 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
> > .mode = 0644,
> > .proc_handler = drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
> > },
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
> > + {
> > + .procname = "compact_memory",
> > + .data = &sysctl_compact_memory,
> > + .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> > + .mode = 0200,
> > + .proc_handler = sysctl_compaction_handler,
> > + },
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_COMPACTION */
> > {
> > .procname = "min_free_kbytes",
> > .data = &min_free_kbytes,
> > diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> > index 14ba0ac..22f223f 100644
> > --- a/mm/compaction.c
> > +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> > #include <linux/migrate.h>
> > #include <linux/compaction.h>
> > #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
> > +#include <linux/sysctl.h>
> > #include "internal.h"
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -345,3 +346,62 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +/* Compact all zones within a node */
> > +static int compact_node(int nid)
> > +{
> > + int zoneid;
> > + pg_data_t *pgdat;
> > + struct zone *zone;
> > +
> > + if (nid < 0 || nid > nr_node_ids || !node_online(nid))
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> > +
> > + /* Flush pending updates to the LRU lists */
> > + lru_add_drain_all();
> > +
> > + for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
> > + struct compact_control cc;
> > +
> > + zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
> > + if (!populated_zone(zone))
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + cc.nr_freepages = 0;
> > + cc.nr_migratepages = 0;
> > + cc.zone = zone;
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages);
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
> > +
> > + compact_zone(zone, &cc);
> > +
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.freepages));
> > + VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.migratepages));
> > + }
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Compact all nodes in the system */
> > +static int compact_nodes(void)
> > +{
> > + int nid;
> > +
> > + for_each_online_node(nid)
> > + compact_node(nid);
> > +
> > + return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* The written value is actually unused, all memory is compacted */
> > +int sysctl_compact_memory;
> > +
> > +/* This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via /proc/sys/vm */
> > +int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> > + void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > + if (write)
> > + return compact_nodes();
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > --
> > 1.6.5
> >
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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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