linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] mm: add swapiness= arg to memory.reclaim

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:09:07 +0100
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To: Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
	Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
	Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
	Yue Zhao <findns94@...il.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] mm: add swapiness= arg to memory.reclaim

On Wed 03-01-24 08:48:37, Dan Schatzberg wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index d91963e2d47f..394e0dd46b2e 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ struct scan_control {
>  	unsigned long	anon_cost;
>  	unsigned long	file_cost;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> +	/* Swappiness value for proactive reclaim. Always use sc_swappiness()! */
> +	int *proactive_swappiness;
> +#endif
> +
>  	/* Can active folios be deactivated as part of reclaim? */
>  #define DEACTIVATE_ANON 1
>  #define DEACTIVATE_FILE 2
> @@ -227,6 +232,13 @@ static bool writeback_throttling_sane(struct scan_control *sc)
>  #endif
>  	return false;
>  }
> +
> +static int sc_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> +	if (sc->proactive && sc->proactive_swappiness)
> +		return *sc->proactive_swappiness;
> +	return mem_cgroup_swappiness(memcg);
> +}

If you really want to make this sc->proactive bound then do not use
CONFIG_MEMCG as sc->proactive is not guarded either.

I do not think that sc->proactive check is really necessary. A pure NULL
check is sufficient to have a valid and self evident code that is future
proof. But TBH this is not the most important aspect of the patch to
spend much more time discussing. Either go with sc->proactive but make
it config space consistent or simply rely on NULL check (with or without
MEMCG guard as both are valid options).

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs