linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 4/5] page_idle: Drain all LRU pagevec before idle tracking

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Date:   Mon,  5 Aug 2019 13:04:50 -0400
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brendan Gregg <bgregg@...flix.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Christian Hansen <chansen3@...co.com>, dancol@...gle.com,
        fmayer@...gle.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, joelaf@...gle.com,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>, minchan@...nel.org,
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, tkjos@...gle.com,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/5] page_idle: Drain all LRU pagevec before idle tracking

During idle tracking, we see that sometimes faulted anon pages are in
pagevec but are not drained to LRU. Idle tracking considers pages only
on LRU. Drain all CPU's LRU before starting idle tracking.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 mm/page_idle.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_idle.c b/mm/page_idle.c
index a5b00d63216c..2972367a599f 100644
--- a/mm/page_idle.c
+++ b/mm/page_idle.c
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ static ssize_t page_idle_bitmap_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn;
 	int bit, ret;
 
+	lru_add_drain_all();
+
 	ret = page_idle_get_frames(pos, count, NULL, &pfn, &end_pfn);
 	if (ret == -ENXIO)
 		return 0;  /* Reads beyond max_pfn do nothing */
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ static ssize_t page_idle_bitmap_write(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn;
 	int bit, ret;
 
+	lru_add_drain_all();
+
 	ret = page_idle_get_frames(pos, count, NULL, &pfn, &end_pfn);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -428,6 +432,8 @@ ssize_t page_idle_proc_generic(struct file *file, char __user *ubuff,
 	walk.private = &priv;
 	walk.mm = mm;
 
+	lru_add_drain_all();
+
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.22.0.770.g0f2c4a37fd-goog