Since commit bbddabe2e436aa7869b3ac5248df5c14ddde0cbf ("mm: filemap:
only do access activations on reads"), mark_page_accessed() is called
for reads only. But the idle flag is cleared by mark_page_accessed() so
the idle flag won't get cleared if the page is write accessed only.
Basically idle page tracking is used to estimate workingset size of
workload, noticeable size of workingset might be missed if the idle flag
is not maintained correctly.
It seems good enough to just clear idle flag for write operations.
Fixes: bbddabe2e436 ("mm: filemap: only do access activations on reads")
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Gang Deng <gavin.dg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/filemap.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index f0ae9a6..0589aef 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/delayacct.h>
#include <linux/psi.h>
#include <linux/ramfs.h>
+#include <linux/page_idle.h>
#include "internal.h"
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
@@ -1630,6 +1631,11 @@ struct page *pagecache_get_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
if (fgp_flags & FGP_ACCESSED)
mark_page_accessed(page);
+ else if (fgp_flags & FGP_WRITE) {
+ /* Clear idle flag for buffer write */
+ if (page_is_idle(page))
+ clear_page_idle(page);
+ }
no_page:
if (!page && (fgp_flags & FGP_CREAT)) {
--
1.8.3.1
