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Message-ID: <20210921111234.GQ3959@techsingularity.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:12:34 +0100
From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
"Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm/vmscan: Throttle reclaim until some writeback
completes if congested
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 09:19:07AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Mel Gorman wrote:
> >
> > +void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page);
> > +static inline void acct_reclaim_writeback(struct page *page)
> > +{
> > + pg_data_t *pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> > +
> > + if (atomic_read(&pgdat->nr_reclaim_throttled))
> > + __acct_reclaim_writeback(pgdat, page);
>
> The first thing __acct_reclaim_writeback() does is repeat that
> atomic_read().
> Should we read it once and pass the value in to
> __acct_reclaim_writeback(), or is that an unnecessary
> micro-optimisation?
>
I think it's a micro-optimisation but I can still do it.
>
> > +/*
> > + * Account for pages written if tasks are throttled waiting on dirty
> > + * pages to clean. If enough pages have been cleaned since throttling
> > + * started then wakeup the throttled tasks.
> > + */
> > +void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long nr_written;
> > + int nr_throttled = atomic_read(&pgdat->nr_reclaim_throttled);
> > +
> > + __inc_node_page_state(page, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN);
> > + nr_written = node_page_state(pgdat, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN) -
> > + READ_ONCE(pgdat->nr_reclaim_start);
> > +
> > + if (nr_written > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * nr_throttled)
> > + wake_up_interruptible_all(&pgdat->reclaim_wait);
>
> A simple wake_up() could be used here. "interruptible" is only needed
> if non-interruptible waiters should be left alone. "_all" is only needed
> if there are some exclusive waiters. Neither of these apply, so I think
> the simpler interface is best.
>
You're right.
>
> > +}
> > +
> > /* possible outcome of pageout() */
> > typedef enum {
> > /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
> > @@ -1412,9 +1453,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >
> > /*
> > * The number of dirty pages determines if a node is marked
> > - * reclaim_congested which affects wait_iff_congested. kswapd
> > - * will stall and start writing pages if the tail of the LRU
> > - * is all dirty unqueued pages.
> > + * reclaim_congested. kswapd will stall and start writing
> > + * pages if the tail of the LRU is all dirty unqueued pages.
> > */
> > page_check_dirty_writeback(page, &dirty, &writeback);
> > if (dirty || writeback)
> > @@ -3180,19 +3220,20 @@ static void shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
> > * If kswapd scans pages marked for immediate
> > * reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it
> > * implies that pages are cycling through the LRU
> > - * faster than they are written so also forcibly stall.
> > + * faster than they are written so forcibly stall
> > + * until some pages complete writeback.
> > */
> > if (sc->nr.immediate)
> > - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
> > + reclaim_throttle(pgdat, VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK, HZ/10);
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > * Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty pages
> > * scanned were backed by a congested BDI and
>
> "congested BDI" doesn't mean anything any more. Is this a good time to
> correct that comment.
> This comment seems to refer to the test
>
> sc->nr.dirty && sc->nr.dirty == sc->nr.congested)
>
> a few lines down. But nr.congested is set from nr_congested which
> counts when inode_write_congested() is true - almost never - and when
> "writeback and PageReclaim()".
>
> Is that last test the sign that we are cycling through the LRU to fast?
> So the comment could become:
>
> Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty page were
> already marked for writeback and immediate reclaim (counted in
> nr.congested).
>
> ??
>
> Patch seems to make sense to me, but I'm not expert in this area.
>
Comments updated.
Diff on top looks like
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index e25b3686bfab..90764d646e02 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@
void page_writeback_init(void);
-void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page);
+void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page,
+ int nr_throttled);
static inline void acct_reclaim_writeback(struct page *page)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
+ int nr_throttled = atomic_read(&pgdat->nr_reclaim_throttled);
- if (atomic_read(&pgdat->nr_reclaim_throttled))
- __acct_reclaim_writeback(pgdat, page);
+ if (nr_throttled)
+ __acct_reclaim_writeback(pgdat, page, nr_throttled);
}
vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b58ea0b13286..2dc17de91d32 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1034,10 +1034,10 @@ reclaim_throttle(pg_data_t *pgdat, enum vmscan_throttle_state reason,
* pages to clean. If enough pages have been cleaned since throttling
* started then wakeup the throttled tasks.
*/
-void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page)
+void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page,
+ int nr_throttled)
{
unsigned long nr_written;
- int nr_throttled = atomic_read(&pgdat->nr_reclaim_throttled);
__inc_node_page_state(page, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN);
nr_written = node_page_state(pgdat, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN) -
@@ -3228,9 +3228,8 @@ static void shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
}
/*
- * Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty pages
- * scanned were backed by a congested BDI and
- * non-kswapd tasks will stall on reclaim_throttle.
+ * Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty pages were marked
+ * for writeback and immediate reclaim (counted in nr.congested).
*
* Legacy memcg will stall in page writeback so avoid forcibly
* stalling in reclaim_throttle().
@@ -3241,8 +3240,8 @@ static void shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
set_bit(LRUVEC_CONGESTED, &target_lruvec->flags);
/*
- * Stall direct reclaim for IO completions if underlying BDIs
- * and node is congested. Allow kswapd to continue until it
+ * Stall direct reclaim for IO completions if the lruvec is
+ * node is congested. Allow kswapd to continue until it
* starts encountering unqueued dirty pages or cycling through
* the LRU too quickly.
*/
@@ -4427,7 +4426,7 @@ void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_flags, int order,
trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, highest_zoneidx, order,
gfp_flags);
- wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
+ wake_up_all(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
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