linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] sysctl: change watermark_scale

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Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:36:04 -0800
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
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Subject: [PATCH 1/1] sysctl: change watermark_scale_factor max limit to 30%

For embedded systems with low total memory, having to run applications
with relatively large memory requirements, 10% max limitation for
watermark_scale_factor poses an issue of triggering direct reclaim
every time such application is started. This results in slow application
startup times and bad end-user experience.
By increasing watermark_scale_factor max limit we allow vendors more
flexibility to choose the right level of kswapd aggressiveness for
their device and workload requirements.

Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 2 +-
 kernel/sysctl.c                         | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
index 5e795202111f..f4804ce37c58 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ how much memory needs to be free before kswapd goes back to sleep.
 
 The unit is in fractions of 10,000. The default value of 10 means the
 distances between watermarks are 0.1% of the available memory in the
-node/system. The maximum value is 1000, or 10% of memory.
+node/system. The maximum value is 3000, or 30% of memory.
 
 A high rate of threads entering direct reclaim (allocstall) or kswapd
 going to sleep prematurely (kswapd_low_wmark_hit_quickly) can indicate
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 083be6af29d7..2ab4edb6e450 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static unsigned long long_max = LONG_MAX;
 static int one_hundred = 100;
 static int two_hundred = 200;
 static int one_thousand = 1000;
+static int three_thousand = 3000;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 static int ten_thousand = 10000;
 #endif
@@ -2959,7 +2960,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= watermark_scale_factor_sysctl_handler,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-		.extra2		= &one_thousand,
+		.extra2		= &three_thousand,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "percpu_pagelist_high_fraction",
-- 
2.34.0.rc2.393.gf8c9666880-goog