linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] zswap: re-check zswap_is_full after do zswap

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Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 18:39:36 +0800
From:   Li Wang <liwang@...hat.com>
To:     ddstreet@...e.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] zswap: re-check zswap_is_full after do zswap_shrink

The '/sys/../zswap/stored_pages:' keep raising in zswap test with
"zswap.max_pool_percent=0" parameter. But theoretically, it should
not compress or store pages any more since there is no space in
compressed pool.

Reproduce steps:
  1. Boot kernel with "zswap.enabled=1"
  2. Set the max_pool_percent to 0
      # echo 0 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/max_pool_percent
  3. Do memory stress test to see if some pages have been compressed
      # stress --vm 1 --vm-bytes $mem_available"M" --timeout 60s
  4. Watching the 'stored_pages' number increasing or not

The root cause is:
  When zswap_max_pool_percent is setting to 0 via kernel parameter, the
  zswap_is_full() will always return true to do zswap_shrink(). But if
  the shinking is able to reclain a page successful, then proceeds to
  compress/store another page, so the value of stored_pages will keep
  changing.

To solve the issue, this patch adds zswap_is_full() check again after
zswap_shrink() to make sure it's now under the max_pool_percent, and
not to compress/store if reach its limitaion.

Signed-off-by: Li Wang <liwang@...hat.com>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>
Cc: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
Cc: Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
---
 mm/zswap.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 61a5c41..fd320c3 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1026,6 +1026,15 @@ static int zswap_frontswap_store(unsigned type, pgoff_t offset,
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto reject;
 		}
+
+		/* A second zswap_is_full() check after
+		 * zswap_shrink() to make sure it's now
+		 * under the max_pool_percent
+		 */
+		if (zswap_is_full()) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto reject;
+		}
 	}

 	/* allocate entry */
-- 
2.9.5