linux-kernel - [PATCH] kswapd: Replace try_to_freeze to kthread_freezable_should

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Message-ID: <20240126152556.58791-1-ppbuk5246@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:25:54 +0000
From: Levi Yun <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Levi Yun <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kswapd: Replace try_to_freeze to kthread_freezable_should_stop.

Instead of using try_to_freeze, use kthread_freezable_should_stop in
kswapd.
By this, we can avoid unnecessary freezing when kswapd should stop.

Signed-off-by: Levi Yun <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 4f9c854ce6cc..1f139830b26f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -6796,6 +6796,7 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
 		bool raise_priority = true;
 		bool balanced;
 		bool ret;
+		bool was_frozen;

 		sc.reclaim_idx = highest_zoneidx;

@@ -6894,9 +6895,9 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)

 		/* Check if kswapd should be suspending */
 		__fs_reclaim_release(_THIS_IP_);
-		ret = try_to_freeze();
+		ret = kthread_freezable_should_stop(&was_frozen);
 		__fs_reclaim_acquire(_THIS_IP_);
-		if (ret || kthread_should_stop())
+		if (was_frozen || ret)
 			break;

 		/*
@@ -7102,7 +7103,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 	WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_highest_zoneidx, MAX_NR_ZONES);
 	atomic_set(&pgdat->nr_writeback_throttled, 0);
 	for ( ; ; ) {
-		bool ret;
+		bool was_frozen;

 		alloc_order = reclaim_order = READ_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_order);
 		highest_zoneidx = kswapd_highest_zoneidx(pgdat,
@@ -7119,15 +7120,14 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
 		WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_order, 0);
 		WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_highest_zoneidx, MAX_NR_ZONES);

-		ret = try_to_freeze();
-		if (kthread_should_stop())
+		if (kthread_freezable_should_stop(&was_frozen))
 			break;

 		/*
 		 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
 		 * after returning from the refrigerator
 		 */
-		if (ret)
+		if (was_frozen)
 			continue;

 		/*
--
2.39.2