linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 4/6] zsmalloc: Add a LRU to zs_pool to keep track of zspages in LRU order (fix)

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Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:17:02 -0800
From:   Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     hannes@...xchg.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, minchan@...nel.org,
        ngupta@...are.org, senozhatsky@...omium.org, sjenning@...hat.com,
        ddstreet@...e.org, vitaly.wool@...sulko.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/6] zsmalloc: Add a LRU to zs_pool to keep track of zspages in LRU order (fix)

Add a comment explaining the mapping check for LRU update.

Signed-off-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
---
 mm/zsmalloc.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index 7dd464b5a6a5..d9bd865047e2 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,23 @@ void *zs_map_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle,
 	zspage = get_zspage(page);

 #ifdef CONFIG_ZPOOL
-	/* Move the zspage to front of pool's LRU */
+	/*
+	 * Move the zspage to front of pool's LRU.
+	 *
+	 * Note that this is swap-specific, so by definition there are no ongoing
+	 * accesses to the memory while the page is swapped out that would make
+	 * it "hot". A new entry is hot, then ages to the tail until it gets either
+	 * written back or swaps back in.
+	 *
+	 * Furthermore, map is also called during writeback. We must not put an
+	 * isolated page on the LRU mid-reclaim.
+	 *
+	 * As a result, only update the LRU when the page is mapped for write
+	 * when it's first instantiated.
+	 *
+	 * This is a deviation from the other backends, which perform this update
+	 * in the allocation function (zbud_alloc, z3fold_alloc).
+	 */
 	if (mm == ZS_MM_WO) {
 		if (!list_empty(&zspage->lru))
 			list_del(&zspage->lru);
--
2.30.2