linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm, vmscan: Don't turn on cache_trim

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Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 15:18:25 +0900
From: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kernel_team@...ynix.com
Subject: [PATCH] mm, vmscan: Don't turn on cache_trim_mode at the highest scan priority

With cache_trim_mode on, reclaim logic doesn't bother reclaiming anon
pages. However, it should be more careful to turn on the mode because
it's going to prevent anon pages from reclaimed even if there are huge
ammount of anon pages that are very cold so should be reclaimed. Even
worse, that can lead kswapd_failures to be MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES and stop
until direct reclaim eventually works to resume kswapd.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bba207f41b14..25b55fdc0d41 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2268,7 +2268,8 @@ static void prepare_scan_control(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	 * anonymous pages.
 	 */
 	file = lruvec_page_state(target_lruvec, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
-	if (file >> sc->priority && !(sc->may_deactivate & DEACTIVATE_FILE))
+	if (sc->priority != 1 && file >> sc->priority &&
+	    !(sc->may_deactivate & DEACTIVATE_FILE))
 		sc->cache_trim_mode = 1;
 	else
 		sc->cache_trim_mode = 0;
-- 
2.17.1