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Message-ID: <4adef7e1-039f-0ef6-1231-5522a43e4095@linux.microsoft.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:27:30 -0700
From:   Vijay Balakrishna <vijayb@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Allen Pais <apais@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [v3 1/2] mm: khugepaged: recalculate min_free_kbytes after memory
 hotplug as expected by khugepaged

Can this patch be included?  As Kirill is ok with patch now.

Thanks,
Vijay

On 9/16/2020 6:21 PM, Vijay Balakrishna wrote:
> When memory is hotplug added or removed the min_free_kbytes must be
> recalculated based on what is expected by khugepaged.  Currently
> after hotplug, min_free_kbytes will be set to a lower default and higher
> default set when THP enabled is lost.  This change restores min_free_kbytes
> as expected for THP consumers.
> 
> Fixes: f000565adb77 ("thp: set recommended min free kbytes")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vijay Balakrishna <vijayb@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/khugepaged.h |  5 +++++
>   mm/khugepaged.c            | 13 +++++++++++--
>   mm/memory_hotplug.c        |  3 +++
>   3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> index bc45ea1efbf7..c941b7377321 100644
> --- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> +++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern int __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm);
>   extern void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm);
>   extern int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   				      unsigned long vm_flags);
> +extern void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void);
>   #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
>   extern void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
>   #else
> @@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ static inline void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   					   unsigned long addr)
>   {
>   }
> +
> +static inline void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
> +{
> +}
>   #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
>   
>   #endif /* _LINUX_KHUGEPAGED_H */
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index cfa0dba5fd3b..4f7107476a6f 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ enum scan_result {
>   #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>   #include <trace/events/huge_memory.h>
>   
> +static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
> +
>   /* default scan 8*512 pte (or vmas) every 30 second */
>   static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_to_scan __read_mostly;
>   static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_collapsed;
> @@ -2292,8 +2295,6 @@ static void set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
>   
>   int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
>   {
> -	static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
> -	static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
>   	int err = 0;
>   
>   	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> @@ -2320,3 +2321,11 @@ int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
>   	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
>   	return err;
>   }
> +
> +void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> +	if (khugepaged_enabled() && khugepaged_thread)
> +		set_recommended_min_free_kbytes();
> +	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> +}
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index e9d5ab5d3ca0..3e19272c1fad 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>   #include <linux/memblock.h>
>   #include <linux/compaction.h>
>   #include <linux/rmap.h>
> +#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
>   
>   #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>   
> @@ -857,6 +858,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>   	zone_pcp_update(zone);
>   
>   	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
> +	khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update();
>   
>   	kswapd_run(nid);
>   	kcompactd_run(nid);
> @@ -1600,6 +1602,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
>   	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
>   
>   	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
> +	khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update();
>   
>   	if (!populated_zone(zone)) {
>   		zone_pcp_reset(zone);
>