Before commit #31d8fcac, VM didn't increase nonresident_age (AKA inactive age for
file pages) in shrink_page_list. When putback_inactive_pages was converged with
move_pages_to_lru, both shrink_active_list and shrink_page_list use the same
function to handle move pages to the appropriate lru under lru lock's protection.
At those day, VM didn't increase nonresident_age for second chance promotion.
Commit #31d8fcac fix the problem. Definitely, we should account the activation
for second chance. But move_pages_to_lru is used in reactivation in active lru
as well for protecting code section. So I suggest to add another variable to
tell whether reactivation or not.
Signed-off-by: Yongmei Xie <yongmeixie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 74296c2d1fed..85ccafcd4912 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2152,7 +2152,8 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct pglist_data *pgdat, int file,
* Returns the number of pages moved to the given lruvec.
*/
static unsigned int move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
- struct list_head *list)
+ struct list_head *list,
+ bool reactivation)
{
int nr_pages, nr_moved = 0;
LIST_HEAD(pages_to_free);
@@ -2203,7 +2204,7 @@ static unsigned int move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
nr_moved += nr_pages;
- if (PageActive(page))
+ if (PageActive(page) && !reactivation)
workingset_age_nonresident(lruvec, nr_pages);
}
@@ -2281,7 +2282,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, pgdat, sc, &stat, false);
spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
- move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &page_list);
+ move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &page_list, false);
__mod_node_page_state(pgdat, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
item = current_is_kswapd() ? PGSTEAL_KSWAPD : PGSTEAL_DIRECT;
@@ -2418,8 +2419,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
*/
spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
- nr_activate = move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_active);
- nr_deactivate = move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_inactive);
+ nr_activate = move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_active, true);
+ nr_deactivate = move_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_inactive, false);
/* Keep all free pages in l_active list */
list_splice(&l_inactive, &l_active);
--
2.18.2
