On Thu, 2 Dec 2021, Mel Gorman wrote: ... > --- a/mm/vmscan.c > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c ... > @@ -3478,14 +3520,18 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc) > /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */ > } > > + if (!first_pgdat) > + first_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat; > + > /* See comment about same check for global reclaim above */ > if (zone->zone_pgdat == last_pgdat) > continue; > last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat; > shrink_node(zone->zone_pgdat, sc); > - consider_reclaim_throttle(zone->zone_pgdat, sc); > } > > + consider_reclaim_throttle(first_pgdat, sc); My tmpfs swapping load (tweaked to use huge pages more heavily than in real life) is far from being a realistic load: but it was notably slowed down by your throttling mods in 5.16-rc, and this patch makes it well again - thanks. But: it very quickly hit NULL pointer until I changed that last line to if (first_pgdat) consider_reclaim_throttle(first_pgdat, sc); I've given no thought as to whether that is the correct fix, or if first_pgdat should be set earlier in the loop above. Hugh
