On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:25:42 +0000
Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch is the core of a mechanism which compacts memory in a zone by
> relocating movable pages towards the end of the zone.
>
> A single compaction run involves a migration scanner and a free scanner.
> Both scanners operate on pageblock-sized areas in the zone. The migration
> scanner starts at the bottom of the zone and searches for all movable pages
> within each area, isolating them onto a private list called migratelist.
> The free scanner starts at the top of the zone and searches for suitable
> areas and consumes the free pages within making them available for the
> migration scanner. The pages isolated for migration are then migrated to
> the newly isolated free pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
I think lru_add_drain() or lru_add_drain_all() should be called somewhere
when we do __isolate_lru_page(). But it's (_all is) slow....
But,
Reivewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/compaction.h | 8 +
> include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
> include/linux/swap.h | 6 +
> include/linux/vmstat.h | 1 +
> mm/Makefile | 1 +
> mm/compaction.c | 348 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/page_alloc.c | 39 +++++
> mm/vmscan.c | 5 -
> mm/vmstat.c | 5 +
> 9 files changed, 409 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/compaction.h
> create mode 100644 mm/compaction.c
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..6201371
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +#ifndef _LINUX_COMPACTION_H
> +#define _LINUX_COMPACTION_H
> +
> +/* Return values for compact_zone() */
> +#define COMPACT_INCOMPLETE 0
> +#define COMPACT_COMPLETE 1
> +
> +#endif /* _LINUX_COMPACTION_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index f3b473a..f920815 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ void put_page(struct page *page);
> void put_pages_list(struct list_head *pages);
>
> void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
> +int split_free_page(struct page *page);
>
> /*
> * Compound pages have a destructor function. Provide a
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index 1f59d93..cf8bba7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ enum {
> };
>
> #define SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX 32
> +#define COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
>
> #define SWAP_MAP_MAX 0x3e /* Max duplication count, in first swap_map */
> #define SWAP_MAP_BAD 0x3f /* Note pageblock is bad, in first swap_map */
> @@ -238,6 +239,11 @@ static inline void lru_cache_add_active_file(struct page *page)
> __lru_cache_add(page, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
> }
>
> +/* LRU Isolation modes. */
> +#define ISOLATE_INACTIVE 0 /* Isolate inactive pages. */
> +#define ISOLATE_ACTIVE 1 /* Isolate active pages. */
> +#define ISOLATE_BOTH 2 /* Isolate both active and inactive pages. */
> +
> /* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
> extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
> gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> index 117f0dd..56e4b44 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
> KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY, KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY,
> KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT,
> PAGEOUTRUN, ALLOCSTALL, PGROTATED,
> + COMPACTBLOCKS, COMPACTPAGES, COMPACTPAGEFAILED,
> #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC, HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC_FAIL,
> #endif
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
> index 7a68d2a..ccb1f72 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FAILSLAB) += failslab.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory_hotplug.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_FS_XIP) += filemap_xip.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MIGRATION) += migrate.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_COMPACTION) += compaction.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += percpu.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_QUICKLIST) += quicklist.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR) += memcontrol.o page_cgroup.o
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..0d2e8aa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
> +/*
> + * linux/mm/compaction.c
> + *
> + * Memory compaction for the reduction of external fragmentation. Note that
> + * this heavily depends upon page migration to do all the real heavy
> + * lifting
> + *
> + * Copyright IBM Corp. 2007-2010 Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +#include <linux/swap.h>
> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
> +#include <linux/compaction.h>
> +#include <linux/mm_inline.h>
> +#include "internal.h"
> +
> +/*
> + * compact_control is used to track pages being migrated and the free pages
> + * they are being migrated to during memory compaction. The free_pfn starts
> + * at the end of a zone and migrate_pfn begins at the start. Movable pages
> + * are moved to the end of a zone during a compaction run and the run
> + * completes when free_pfn <= migrate_pfn
> + */
> +struct compact_control {
> + struct list_head freepages; /* List of free pages to migrate to */
> + struct list_head migratepages; /* List of pages being migrated */
> + unsigned long nr_freepages; /* Number of isolated free pages */
> + unsigned long nr_migratepages; /* Number of pages to migrate */
> + unsigned long free_pfn; /* isolate_freepages search base */
> + unsigned long migrate_pfn; /* isolate_migratepages search base */
> +
> + /* Account for isolated anon and file pages */
> + unsigned long nr_anon;
> + unsigned long nr_file;
> +
> + struct zone *zone;
> +};
> +
> +static int release_freepages(struct list_head *freelist)
> +{
> + struct page *page, *next;
> + int count = 0;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, freelist, lru) {
> + list_del(&page->lru);
> + __free_page(page);
> + count++;
> + }
> +
> + return count;
> +}
> +
> +/* Isolate free pages onto a private freelist. Must hold zone->lock */
> +static int isolate_freepages_block(struct zone *zone,
> + unsigned long blockpfn,
> + struct list_head *freelist)
> +{
> + unsigned long zone_end_pfn, end_pfn;
> + int total_isolated = 0;
> +
> + /* Get the last PFN we should scan for free pages at */
> + zone_end_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
> + end_pfn = blockpfn + pageblock_nr_pages;
> + if (end_pfn > zone_end_pfn)
> + end_pfn = zone_end_pfn;
> +
> + /* Isolate free pages. This assumes the block is valid */
> + for (; blockpfn < end_pfn; blockpfn++) {
> + struct page *page;
> + int isolated, i;
> +
> + if (!pfn_valid_within(blockpfn))
> + continue;
> +
> + page = pfn_to_page(blockpfn);
> + if (!PageBuddy(page))
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Found a free page, break it into order-0 pages */
> + isolated = split_free_page(page);
> + total_isolated += isolated;
> + for (i = 0; i < isolated; i++) {
> + list_add(&page->lru, freelist);
> + page++;
> + }
> +
> + /* If a page was split, advance to the end of it */
> + if (isolated)
> + blockpfn += isolated - 1;
> + }
> +
> + return total_isolated;
> +}
> +
> +/* Returns 1 if the page is within a block suitable for migration to */
> +static int suitable_migration_target(struct page *page)
> +{
> + /* If the page is a large free page, then allow migration */
> + if (PageBuddy(page) && page_order(page) >= pageblock_order)
> + return 1;
> +
> + /* If the block is MIGRATE_MOVABLE, allow migration */
> + if (get_pageblock_migratetype(page) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
> + return 1;
> +
> + /* Otherwise skip the block */
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Based on information in the current compact_control, find blocks
> + * suitable for isolating free pages from
> + */
> +static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
> + struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> + unsigned long high_pfn, low_pfn, pfn;
> + unsigned long flags;
> + int nr_freepages = cc->nr_freepages;
> + struct list_head *freelist = &cc->freepages;
> +
> + pfn = cc->free_pfn;
> + low_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn + pageblock_nr_pages;
> + high_pfn = low_pfn;
> +
> + /*
> + * Isolate free pages until enough are available to migrate the
> + * pages on cc->migratepages. We stop searching if the migrate
> + * and free page scanners meet or enough free pages are isolated.
> + */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
> + for (; pfn > low_pfn && cc->nr_migratepages > nr_freepages;
> + pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages) {
> + int isolated;
> +
> + if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
> + continue;
> +
> + /*
> + * Check for overlapping nodes/zones. It's possible on some
> + * configurations to have a setup like
> + * node0 node1 node0
> + * i.e. it's possible that all pages within a zones range of
> + * pages do not belong to a single zone.
> + */
> + page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> + if (page_zone(page) != zone)
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Check the block is suitable for migration */
> + if (!suitable_migration_target(page))
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from */
> + isolated = isolate_freepages_block(zone, pfn, freelist);
> + nr_freepages += isolated;
> +
> + /*
> + * Record the highest PFN we isolated pages from. When next
> + * looking for free pages, the search will restart here as
> + * page migration may have returned some pages to the allocator
> + */
> + if (isolated)
> + high_pfn = max(high_pfn, pfn);
> + }
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
> +
> + cc->free_pfn = high_pfn;
> + cc->nr_freepages = nr_freepages;
> +}
> +
> +/* Update the number of anon and file isolated pages in the zone */
> +static void acct_isolated(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> + unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(page, &cc->migratepages, lru) {
> + int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
> + count[lru]++;
> + }
> +
> + cc->nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
> + cc->nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
> + __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, cc->nr_anon);
> + __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, cc->nr_file);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Isolate all pages that can be migrated from the block pointed to by
> + * the migrate scanner within compact_control.
> + */
> +static unsigned long isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
> + struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + unsigned long low_pfn, end_pfn;
> + struct list_head *migratelist;
> +
> + low_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
> + migratelist = &cc->migratepages;
> +
> + /* Do not scan outside zone boundaries */
> + if (low_pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn)
> + low_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
> +
> + /* Setup to scan one block but not past where we are migrating to */
> + end_pfn = ALIGN(low_pfn + pageblock_nr_pages, pageblock_nr_pages);
> +
> + /* Do not cross the free scanner or scan within a memory hole */
> + if (end_pfn > cc->free_pfn || !pfn_valid(low_pfn)) {
> + cc->migrate_pfn = end_pfn;
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + migrate_prep();
> +
> + /* Time to isolate some pages for migration */
> + spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> + for (; low_pfn < end_pfn; low_pfn++) {
> + struct page *page;
> + if (!pfn_valid_within(low_pfn))
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Get the page and skip if free */
> + page = pfn_to_page(low_pfn);
> + if (PageBuddy(page)) {
> + low_pfn += (1 << page_order(page)) - 1;
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + /* Try isolate the page */
> + if (__isolate_lru_page(page, ISOLATE_BOTH, 0) == 0) {
> + del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, page_lru(page));
> + list_add(&page->lru, migratelist);
> + mem_cgroup_del_lru(page);
> + cc->nr_migratepages++;
> + }
> +
> + /* Avoid isolating too much */
> + if (cc->nr_migratepages == COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + acct_isolated(zone, cc);
> +
> + spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> + cc->migrate_pfn = low_pfn;
> +
> + return cc->nr_migratepages;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * This is a migrate-callback that "allocates" freepages by taking pages
> + * from the isolated freelists in the block we are migrating to.
> + */
> +static struct page *compaction_alloc(struct page *migratepage,
> + unsigned long data,
> + int **result)
> +{
> + struct compact_control *cc = (struct compact_control *)data;
> + struct page *freepage;
> +
> + VM_BUG_ON(cc == NULL);
> +
> + /* Isolate free pages if necessary */
> + if (list_empty(&cc->freepages)) {
> + isolate_freepages(cc->zone, cc);
> +
> + if (list_empty(&cc->freepages))
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + freepage = list_entry(cc->freepages.next, struct page, lru);
> + list_del(&freepage->lru);
> + cc->nr_freepages--;
> +
> + return freepage;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * We cannot control nr_migratepages and nr_freepages fully when migration is
> + * running as migrate_pages() has no knowledge of compact_control. When
> + * migration is complete, we count the number of pages on the lists by hand.
> + */
> +static void update_nr_listpages(struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + int nr_migratepages = 0;
> + int nr_freepages = 0;
> + struct page *page;
> + list_for_each_entry(page, &cc->migratepages, lru)
> + nr_migratepages++;
> + list_for_each_entry(page, &cc->freepages, lru)
> + nr_freepages++;
> +
> + cc->nr_migratepages = nr_migratepages;
> + cc->nr_freepages = nr_freepages;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
> + struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + /* Compaction run completes if the migrate and free scanner meet */
> + if (cc->free_pfn <= cc->migrate_pfn)
> + return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
> +
> + return COMPACT_INCOMPLETE;
> +}
> +
> +static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
> +{
> + int ret = COMPACT_INCOMPLETE;
> +
> + /* Setup to move all movable pages to the end of the zone */
> + cc->migrate_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
> + cc->free_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
> + cc->free_pfn &= ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
> +
> + for (; ret == COMPACT_INCOMPLETE; ret = compact_finished(zone, cc)) {
> + unsigned long nr_migrate, nr_remaining;
> + if (!isolate_migratepages(zone, cc))
> + continue;
> +
> + nr_migrate = cc->nr_migratepages;
> + migrate_pages(&cc->migratepages, compaction_alloc,
> + (unsigned long)cc, 0);
> + update_nr_listpages(cc);
> + nr_remaining = cc->nr_migratepages;
> +
> + count_vm_event(COMPACTBLOCKS);
> + count_vm_events(COMPACTPAGES, nr_migrate - nr_remaining);
> + if (nr_remaining)
> + count_vm_events(COMPACTPAGEFAILED, nr_remaining);
> +
> + /* Release LRU pages not migrated */
> + if (!list_empty(&cc->migratepages)) {
> + putback_lru_pages(&cc->migratepages);
> + cc->nr_migratepages = 0;
> + }
> +
> + }
> +
> + /* Release free pages and check accounting */
> + cc->nr_freepages -= release_freepages(&cc->freepages);
> + VM_BUG_ON(cc->nr_freepages != 0);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 882aef0..9708143 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1208,6 +1208,45 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> }
>
> /*
> + * Similar to split_page except the page is already free. As this is only
> + * being used for migration, the migratetype of the block also changes.
> + */
> +int split_free_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> + unsigned int order;
> + unsigned long watermark;
> + struct zone *zone;
> +
> + BUG_ON(!PageBuddy(page));
> +
> + zone = page_zone(page);
> + order = page_order(page);
> +
> + /* Obey watermarks or the system could deadlock */
> + watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (1 << order);
> + if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
> + return 0;
> +
> + /* Remove page from free list */
> + list_del(&page->lru);
> + zone->free_area[order].nr_free--;
> + rmv_page_order(page);
> + __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(1UL << order));
> +
> + /* Split into individual pages */
> + set_page_refcounted(page);
> + split_page(page, order);
> +
> + if (order >= pageblock_order - 1) {
> + struct page *endpage = page + (1 << order) - 1;
> + for (; page < endpage; page += pageblock_nr_pages)
> + set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
> + }
> +
> + return 1 << order;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> * Really, prep_compound_page() should be called from __rmqueue_bulk(). But
> * we cheat by calling it from here, in the order > 0 path. Saves a branch
> * or two.
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 79c8098..ef89600 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -839,11 +839,6 @@ keep:
> return nr_reclaimed;
> }
>
> -/* LRU Isolation modes. */
> -#define ISOLATE_INACTIVE 0 /* Isolate inactive pages. */
> -#define ISOLATE_ACTIVE 1 /* Isolate active pages. */
> -#define ISOLATE_BOTH 2 /* Isolate both active and inactive pages. */
> -
> /*
> * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
> * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
> diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
> index 7377da6..af88647 100644
> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
> @@ -891,6 +891,11 @@ static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
> "allocstall",
>
> "pgrotated",
> +
> + "compact_blocks_moved",
> + "compact_pages_moved",
> + "compact_pagemigrate_failed",
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> "htlb_buddy_alloc_success",
> "htlb_buddy_alloc_fail",
> --
> 1.6.5
>
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