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> > > Fixes: b2e18757f2c9 ("mm, vmscan: begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis")
> >
> > Merged in 2016.
> >
> > Under what circumstances does it occur?
>
> User processe are requesting a large amount of memory and keep page active.
> Then a module continuously requests memory from ZONE_DMA32 area.
> Memory reclaim will be triggered due to ZONE_DMA32 watermark alarm reached.
> However pages in the LRU(active_anon) list are mostly from
> the ZONE_NORMAL area.
>
> > Can you please describe how to reproduce this?
>
> Terminal 1: Construct to continuously increase pages active(anon).
> mkdir /tmp/memory
> mount -t tmpfs -o size=1024000M tmpfs /tmp/memory
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/memory/block bs=4M
> tail /tmp/memory/block
>
> Terminal 2:
> vmstat -a 1
> active will increase.
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -------cpu-------
> r b swpd free inact active si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st gu
> 1 0 0 1445623076 45898836 83646008 0 0 0 0 1807 1682 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445623076 43450228 86094616 0 0 0 0 1677 1468 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445623076 41003480 88541364 0 0 0 0 1985 2022 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445623076 38557088 90987756 0 0 0 4 1731 1544 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445623076 36109688 93435156 0 0 0 0 1755 1501 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445619552 33663256 95881632 0 0 0 0 2015 1678 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445619804 31217140 98327792 0 0 0 0 2058 2212 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445619804 28769988 100774944 0 0 0 0 1729 1585 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445619804 26322348 103222584 0 0 0 0 1774 1575 0 0 100 0 0 0
> 1 0 0 1445619804 23875592 105669340 0 0 0 4 1738 1604 0 0 100 0 0 0
>
> cat /proc/meminfo | head
> Active(anon) increase.
> MemTotal: 1579941036 kB
> MemFree: 1445618500 kB
> MemAvailable: 1453013224 kB
> Buffers: 6516 kB
> Cached: 128653956 kB
> SwapCached: 0 kB
> Active: 118110812 kB
> Inactive: 11436620 kB
> Active(anon): 115345744 kB
> Inactive(anon): 945292 kB
>
> When the Active(anon) is 115345744 kB, insmod module triggers the ZONE_DMA32 watermark.
>
> perf show nr_scanned=28835844.
> 28835844 * 4k = 115343376KB approximately equal to 115345744 kB.
>
> perf record -e vmscan:mm_vmscan_lru_isolate -aR
> perf script
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=1 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=2 nr_skipped=2 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=1 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=0 nr_skipped=0 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=0 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=28835844 nr_skipped=28835844 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=1 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=28835844 nr_skipped=28835844 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=0 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=29 nr_skipped=29 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
> isolate_mode=0 classzone=1 order=0 nr_requested=32 nr_scanned=0 nr_skipped=0 nr_taken=0 lru=active_anon
>
> If increase Active(anon) to 1000G then insmod module triggers the ZONE_DMA32 watermark. hard lockup will occur.
>
> In my device nr_scanned = 0000000003e3e937 when hard lockup. Convert to memory size 0x0000000003e3e937 * 4KB = 261072092 KB.
>
> #5 [ffffc90006fb7c28] isolate_lru_folios at ffffffffa597df53
> ffffc90006fb7c30: 0000000000000020 0000000000000000
> ffffc90006fb7c40: ffffc90006fb7d40 ffff88812cbd3000
> ffffc90006fb7c50: ffffc90006fb7d30 0000000106fb7de8
> ffffc90006fb7c60: ffffea04a2197008 ffffea0006ed4a48
> ffffc90006fb7c70: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ffffc90006fb7c80: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ffffc90006fb7c90: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ffffc90006fb7ca0: 0000000000000000 0000000003e3e937
> ffffc90006fb7cb0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ffffc90006fb7cc0: 8d7c0b56b7874b00 ffff88812cbd3000
>
> > Why do you think it took eight years to be discovered?
>
> The problem requires the following conditions to occur:
> 1. The device memory should be large enough.
> 2. Pages in the LRU(active_anon) list are mostly from the ZONE_NORMAL area.
> 3. The memory in ZONE_DMA32 needs to reach the watermark.
>
> If the memory is not large enough, or if the usage design of ZONE_DMA32 area memory is reasonable, this problem is difficult to detect.
>
> notes:
> The problem is most likely to occur in ZONE_DMA32 and ZONE_NORMAL, but other suitable scenarios may also trigger the problem.
>
> > It looks like that will fix, but perhaps something more fundamental
> > needs to be done - we're doing a tremendous amount of pretty pointless
> > work here. Answers to my above questions will help us resolve this.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Please refer to the above explanation for details.
>
> Thanks.
Thanks.
