linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS

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Message-Id: <20211008135332.19567-9-mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Date:   Fri,  8 Oct 2021 14:53:32 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, 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>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] mm/vmscan: Delay waking of tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS

Tracing indicates that tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS are woken
prematurely resulting in occasional massive spikes in direct
reclaim activity. This patch wakes tasks throttled on NOPROGRESS
if reclaim efficiency is at least 12%.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7b54fec4072c..80a9a26f701f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3338,8 +3338,11 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 static void consider_reclaim_throttle(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
-	/* If reclaim is making progress, wake any throttled tasks. */
-	if (sc->nr_reclaimed) {
+	/*
+	 * If reclaim is making progress greater than 12% efficiency then
+	 * wake all the NOPROGRESS throttled tasks.
+	 */
+	if (sc->nr_reclaimed > (sc->nr_scanned >> 3)) {
 		wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 
 		wqh = &pgdat->reclaim_wait[VMSCAN_THROTTLE_NOPROGRESS];
-- 
2.31.1