linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 21/31] mm: thp: 1GB zero page shrinker.

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Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:08:46 -0800
From:   Zi Yan <zi.yan@...t.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Mark Hairgrove <mhairgrove@...dia.com>,
        Nitin Gupta <nigupta@...dia.com>,
        David Nellans <dnellans@...dia.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 21/31] mm: thp: 1GB zero page shrinker.

From: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>

Remove 1GB zero page when we are under memory pressure.

Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index bbdbc9ae06bf..41adc103ead1 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -207,6 +207,32 @@ static struct shrinker huge_zero_page_shrinker = {
 	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
 };
 
+static unsigned long shrink_huge_pud_zero_page_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
+					struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	/* we can free zero page only if last reference remains */
+	return atomic_read(&huge_pud_zero_refcount) == 1 ? HPAGE_PUD_NR : 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long shrink_huge_pud_zero_page_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
+				       struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&huge_pud_zero_refcount, 1, 0) == 1) {
+		struct page *zero_page = xchg(&huge_pud_zero_page, NULL);
+		BUG_ON(zero_page == NULL);
+		__free_pages(zero_page, compound_order(zero_page));
+		return HPAGE_PUD_NR;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct shrinker huge_pud_zero_page_shrinker = {
+	.count_objects = shrink_huge_pud_zero_page_count,
+	.scan_objects = shrink_huge_pud_zero_page_scan,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 static ssize_t enabled_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 			    struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -474,6 +500,9 @@ static int __init hugepage_init(void)
 	err = register_shrinker(&huge_zero_page_shrinker);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_hzp_shrinker;
+	err = register_shrinker(&huge_pud_zero_page_shrinker);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_hpzp_shrinker;
 	err = register_shrinker(&deferred_split_shrinker);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_split_shrinker;
@@ -496,6 +525,8 @@ static int __init hugepage_init(void)
 err_khugepaged:
 	unregister_shrinker(&deferred_split_shrinker);
 err_split_shrinker:
+	unregister_shrinker(&huge_pud_zero_page_shrinker);
+err_hpzp_shrinker:
 	unregister_shrinker(&huge_zero_page_shrinker);
 err_hzp_shrinker:
 	khugepaged_destroy();
-- 
2.20.1