On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM gaoxu <gaoxu2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 7:48 PM gaoxu <gaoxu2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Replace lruvec_add_folio with lruvec_add_folio_tail in the lru_lazyfree_fn: > > > 1. The lazy-free folio is added to the LRU_INACTIVE_FILE list. If it's > > > moved to the LRU tail, it allows for faster release lazy-free folio and > > > reduces the impact on file refault. > > > 2. When mglru is enabled, the lazy-free folio is reclaimabled and should be > > > added using lru_gen_add_folio(lruvec, folio, true) instead of > > > lru_gen_add_folio(lruvec, folio, false) for adding to gen. > > > > > > With the change in place, workingset_refault_file is reduced by 33% in > > > the continuous startup testing of the applications in the Android system. > > > > > > > Hi Gao, > > > > Just curious, in which scenario are we frequently calling MADV_FREE but not > > MADV_DONTNEED? > Hi Song, > Android ART use MADV_FREE, please refer to the following link. > https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/art/+/2633132 thanks! It seems like the art guys owe us some changelogs, with no data and no reason :-) Your change seems reasonable to me. Since users plan to free those anon folios, we should avoid placing them in hard-to-reclaim areas, which could lead to unnecessarily reclaiming file folios instead. > > > > > Signed-off-by: gao xu <gaoxu2@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > V1 -> V2: Based on the latest mm-unstable, recreate the patch. > > > > > > mm/swap.c | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c > > > index 6b838986d..e0dbfc983 100644 > > > --- a/mm/swap.c > > > +++ b/mm/swap.c > > > @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static void lru_lazyfree(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct > > folio *folio) > > > * anonymous folios > > > */ > > > folio_clear_swapbacked(folio); > > > - lruvec_add_folio(lruvec, folio); > > > + lruvec_add_folio_tail(lruvec, folio); > > > > > > __count_vm_events(PGLAZYFREE, nr_pages); > > > __count_memcg_events(lruvec_memcg(lruvec), PGLAZYFREE, > > > nr_pages); > > > -- > > > 2.17.1 Thanks Barry