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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:19:25 -0700
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v2] mm: Batch unmapping of file mapped pages in
 shrink_page_list

We gather the pages that need to be unmapped in shrink_page_list.  We batch
the unmap to reduce the frequency of acquisition of
the tree lock protecting the mapping's radix tree. This is
possible as successive pages likely share the same mapping in 
__remove_mapping_batch routine.  This avoids excessive cache bouncing of
the tree lock when page reclamations are occurring simultaneously.

Tim
---
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
--- 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index aac5672..d4ab646 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -600,6 +600,85 @@ cannot_free:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Same as __remove_mapping, but batching operations to minimize locking */
+/* Pages to be unmapped should be locked first */
+static int __remove_mapping_batch(struct list_head *unmap_pages,
+				  struct list_head *ret_pages,
+				  struct list_head *free_pages)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping, *next;
+	LIST_HEAD(swap_pages);
+	swp_entry_t swap;
+	struct page *page;
+	int nr_reclaimed;
+
+	mapping = NULL;
+	nr_reclaimed = 0;
+	while (!list_empty(unmap_pages)) {
+
+		page = lru_to_page(unmap_pages);
+		BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+		next = page_mapping(page);
+		if (mapping != next) {
+			if (mapping)
+				spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+			mapping = next;
+			spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		}
+
+		if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 2))
+			goto cannot_free;
+		if (unlikely(PageDirty(page))) {
+			page_unfreeze_refs(page, 2);
+			goto cannot_free;
+		}
+
+		if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
+			__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
+			/* swapcache_free need to be called without tree_lock */
+			list_add(&page->lru, &swap_pages);
+		} else {
+			void (*freepage)(struct page *);
+
+			freepage = mapping->a_ops->freepage;
+
+			__delete_from_page_cache(page);
+			mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
+
+			if (freepage != NULL)
+				freepage(page);
+
+			unlock_page(page);
+			nr_reclaimed++;
+			list_add(&page->lru, free_pages);
+		}
+		continue;
+cannot_free:
+		unlock_page(page);
+		list_add(&page->lru, ret_pages);
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
+
+	}
+
+	if (mapping)
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&swap_pages)) {
+		page = lru_to_page(&swap_pages);
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+
+		swap.val = page_private(page);
+		swapcache_free(swap, page);
+
+		unlock_page(page);
+		nr_reclaimed++;
+		list_add(&page->lru, free_pages);
+	}
+
+	return nr_reclaimed;
+}
 /*
  * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping.  If it is dirty or if
  * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0.  If it was
@@ -771,6 +850,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
 	LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
+	LIST_HEAD(unmap_pages);
 	int pgactivate = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
@@ -969,17 +1049,13 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page))
+		if (!mapping)
 			goto keep_locked;
 
-		/*
-		 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
-		 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
-		 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
-		 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
-		 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
-		 */
-		__clear_page_locked(page);
+		/* remove pages from mapping in batch at end of loop */
+		list_add(&page->lru, &unmap_pages);
+		continue;
+
 free_it:
 		nr_reclaimed++;
 
@@ -1014,6 +1090,9 @@ keep_lumpy:
 		VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
 	}
 
+	nr_reclaimed += __remove_mapping_batch(&unmap_pages, &ret_pages,
+					       &free_pages);
+
 	/*
 	 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
 	 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just










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