Hi Shaohua, On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 01:31:47PM -0800, Shaohua Li wrote: > When memory pressure is high, we free MADV_FREE pages. If the pages are > not dirty in pte, the pages could be freed immediately. Otherwise we > can't reclaim them. We put the pages back to anonumous LRU list (by > setting SwapBacked flag) and the pages will be reclaimed in normal > swapout way. > > We use normal page reclaim policy. Since MADV_FREE pages are put into > inactive file list, such pages and inactive file pages are reclaimed > according to their age. This is expected, because we don't want to > reclaim too many MADV_FREE pages before used once pages. > > Based on Minchan's original patch > > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/rmap.h | 2 +- > mm/huge_memory.c | 2 ++ > mm/madvise.c | 1 + > mm/rmap.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------------------- > mm/vmscan.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------ > 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h > index 7a39414..fee10d7 100644 > --- a/include/linux/rmap.h > +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h > @@ -298,6 +298,6 @@ static inline int page_mkclean(struct page *page) > #define SWAP_AGAIN 1 > #define SWAP_FAIL 2 > #define SWAP_MLOCK 3 > -#define SWAP_LZFREE 4 > +#define SWAP_DIRTY 4 I still don't convinced why we should introduce SWAP_DIRTY in try_to_unmap. https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=148797879123238&w=2 We have been SetPageMlocked in there but why cannot we SetPageSwapBacked in there? It's not a thing to change LRU type but it's just indication we found the page's status changed in late. > > #endif /* _LINUX_RMAP_H */ > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c > index 3b7ee0c..4c7454b 100644 > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c > @@ -1571,6 +1571,8 @@ bool madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, orig_pmd); > tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr); > } > + > + mark_page_lazyfree(page); > ret = true; > out: > spin_unlock(ptl); > diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c > index 61e10b1..225af7d 100644 > --- a/mm/madvise.c > +++ b/mm/madvise.c > @@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, > set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, ptent); > tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr); > } > + mark_page_lazyfree(page); > } > out: > if (nr_swap) { > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c > index c621088..bb45712 100644 > --- a/mm/rmap.c > +++ b/mm/rmap.c > @@ -1281,11 +1281,6 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page, bool compound) > */ > } > > -struct rmap_private { > - enum ttu_flags flags; > - int lazyfreed; > -}; > - > /* > * @arg: enum ttu_flags will be passed to this argument > */ > @@ -1301,8 +1296,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > pte_t pteval; > struct page *subpage; > int ret = SWAP_AGAIN; > - struct rmap_private *rp = arg; > - enum ttu_flags flags = rp->flags; > + enum ttu_flags flags = (enum ttu_flags)arg; > > /* munlock has nothing to gain from examining un-locked vmas */ > if ((flags & TTU_MUNLOCK) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) > @@ -1419,11 +1413,21 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageSwapCache(page) && PageSwapBacked(page), > page); > > - if (!PageDirty(page)) { > + /* > + * swapin page could be clean, it has data stored in > + * swap. We can't silently discard it without setting > + * swap entry in the page table. > + */ > + if (!PageDirty(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) { > /* It's a freeable page by MADV_FREE */ > dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES); > - rp->lazyfreed++; > goto discard; > + } else if (!PageSwapBacked(page)) { > + /* dirty MADV_FREE page */ > + set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, pteval); > + ret = SWAP_DIRTY; > + page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw); > + break; > } > > if (swap_duplicate(entry) < 0) { > @@ -1491,18 +1495,15 @@ static int page_mapcount_is_zero(struct page *page) > * SWAP_AGAIN - we missed a mapping, try again later > * SWAP_FAIL - the page is unswappable > * SWAP_MLOCK - page is mlocked. > + * SWAP_DIRTY - page is dirty MADV_FREE page > */ > int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags) > { > int ret; > - struct rmap_private rp = { > - .flags = flags, > - .lazyfreed = 0, > - }; > > struct rmap_walk_control rwc = { > .rmap_one = try_to_unmap_one, > - .arg = &rp, > + .arg = (void *)flags, > .done = page_mapcount_is_zero, > .anon_lock = page_lock_anon_vma_read, > }; > @@ -1523,11 +1524,8 @@ int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags) > else > ret = rmap_walk(page, &rwc); > > - if (ret != SWAP_MLOCK && !page_mapcount(page)) { > + if (ret != SWAP_MLOCK && !page_mapcount(page)) > ret = SWAP_SUCCESS; > - if (rp.lazyfreed && !PageDirty(page)) > - ret = SWAP_LZFREE; > - } > return ret; > } > > @@ -1554,14 +1552,10 @@ static int page_not_mapped(struct page *page) > int try_to_munlock(struct page *page) > { > int ret; > - struct rmap_private rp = { > - .flags = TTU_MUNLOCK, > - .lazyfreed = 0, > - }; > > struct rmap_walk_control rwc = { > .rmap_one = try_to_unmap_one, > - .arg = &rp, > + .arg = (void *)TTU_MUNLOCK, > .done = page_not_mapped, > .anon_lock = page_lock_anon_vma_read, > > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c > index 68ea50d..16ad821 100644 > --- a/mm/vmscan.c > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c > @@ -911,7 +911,8 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page, > * Anonymous pages are not handled by flushers and must be written > * from reclaim context. Do not stall reclaim based on them > */ > - if (!page_is_file_cache(page)) { > + if (!page_is_file_cache(page) || > + (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapBacked(page))) { > *dirty = false; > *writeback = false; > return; > @@ -992,7 +993,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > goto keep_locked; > > /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */ > - if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page)) > + if ((page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page)) && > + !(PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapBacked(page))) > sc->nr_scanned++; > > may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) || > @@ -1118,8 +1120,10 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > /* > * Anonymous process memory has backing store? > * Try to allocate it some swap space here. > + * Lazyfree page could be freed directly > */ > - if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) { > + if (PageAnon(page) && PageSwapBacked(page) && > + !PageSwapCache(page)) { > if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) > goto keep_locked; > if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list)) > @@ -1140,9 +1144,12 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more > * processes. Try to unmap it here. > */ > - if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) { > + if (page_mapped(page)) { > switch (ret = try_to_unmap(page, > ttu_flags | TTU_BATCH_FLUSH)) { > + case SWAP_DIRTY: > + SetPageSwapBacked(page); > + /* fall through */ > case SWAP_FAIL: > nr_unmap_fail++; > goto activate_locked; > @@ -1150,8 +1157,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > goto keep_locked; > case SWAP_MLOCK: > goto cull_mlocked; > - case SWAP_LZFREE: > - goto lazyfree; > case SWAP_SUCCESS: > ; /* try to free the page below */ > } > @@ -1263,10 +1268,18 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > } > } > > -lazyfree: > - if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page, true)) > - goto keep_locked; > + if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapBacked(page)) { > + /* follow __remove_mapping for reference */ > + if (!page_ref_freeze(page, 1)) > + goto keep_locked; > + if (PageDirty(page)) { > + page_ref_unfreeze(page, 1); > + goto keep_locked; > + } > > + count_vm_event(PGLAZYFREED); > + } else if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page, true)) > + goto keep_locked; > /* > * At this point, we have no other references and there is > * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed > @@ -1276,9 +1289,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, > */ > __ClearPageLocked(page); > free_it: > - if (ret == SWAP_LZFREE) > - count_vm_event(PGLAZYFREED); > - > nr_reclaimed++; > > /* > -- > 2.9.3 > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in > the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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