linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 081/109] mm: treat indirectly reclaimable memory as available in MemAvailable

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:05:49 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, 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>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 081/109] mm: treat indirectly reclaimable memory as available in MemAvailable

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>

commit 034ebf65c3c21d85b963d39f992258a64a85e3a9 upstream.

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

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180305133743.12746-4-guro@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Reviewed-by: 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: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 mm/page_alloc.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4557,6 +4557,13 @@ 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;