linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] mm: add indirectly reclaimable memory to MemAvailable

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Message-ID: <20180305133743.12746-3-guro@fb.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:37:41 +0000
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] mm: add indirectly reclaimable memory to MemAvailable

This patch adjusts /proc/meminfo MemAvailable calculation
by adding the amount of indirectly reclaimable memory
(rounded to the PAGE_SIZE).

Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: kernel-team@...com
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2836bc9e0999..2247cda9e94e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4695,6 +4695,13 @@ long si_mem_available(void)
 		     min(global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) / 2,
 			 wmark_low);
 
+	/*
+	 * Part of the kernel memory, which can be released under memory
+	 * pressure.
+	 */
+	available += global_node_page_state(NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES) >>
+		PAGE_SHIFT;
+
 	if (available < 0)
 		available = 0;
 	return available;
-- 
2.14.3