This fixes the following hard lockup in function isolate_lru_folios
when memory reclaim.If the LRU mostly contains ineligible folios
May trigger watchdog.
watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 173
RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x255/0x2a0
Call Trace:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x31/0x40
folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x5f/0x90
folio_batch_move_lru+0x91/0x150
lru_add_drain_per_cpu+0x1c/0x40
process_one_work+0x17d/0x350
worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0
kthread+0xe8/0x120
ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
lruvec->lru_lock owner：
PID: 2865 TASK: ffff888139214d40 CPU: 40 COMMAND: "kswapd0"
#0 [fffffe0000945e60] crash_nmi_callback at ffffffffa567a555
#1 [fffffe0000945e68] nmi_handle at ffffffffa563b171
#2 [fffffe0000945eb0] default_do_nmi at ffffffffa6575920
#3 [fffffe0000945ed0] exc_nmi at ffffffffa6575af4
#4 [fffffe0000945ef0] end_repeat_nmi at ffffffffa6601dde
[exception RIP: isolate_lru_folios+403]
RIP: ffffffffa597df53 RSP: ffffc90006fb7c28 RFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc90006fb7c60 RCX: ffffea04a2196f88
RDX: ffffc90006fb7c60 RSI: ffffc90006fb7c60 RDI: ffffea04a2197048
RBP: ffff88812cbd3010 R8: ffffea04a2197008 R9: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffea04a2197008
R13: ffffea04a2197048 R14: ffffc90006fb7de8 R15: 0000000003e3e937
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
<NMI exception stack>
#5 [ffffc90006fb7c28] isolate_lru_folios at ffffffffa597df53
#6 [ffffc90006fb7cf8] shrink_active_list at ffffffffa597f788
#7 [ffffc90006fb7da8] balance_pgdat at ffffffffa5986db0
#8 [ffffc90006fb7ec0] kswapd at ffffffffa5987354
#9 [ffffc90006fb7ef8] kthread at ffffffffa5748238
crash>
Scenario:
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.
Reproduce:
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
1 0 0 1445623076 45898836 83646008 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445623076 43450228 86094616 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445623076 41003480 88541364 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445623076 38557088 90987756 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445623076 36109688 93435156 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445619552 33663256 95881632 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445619804 31217140 98327792 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445619804 28769988 100774944 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445619804 26322348 103222584 0 0 0
1 0 0 1445619804 23875592 105669340 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 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
See nr_scanned=28835844.
28835844 * 4k = 115343376KB approximately equal to 115345744 kB.
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.
[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
About the Fixes:
Why did it take 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.
Fixes: b2e18757f2c9 ("mm, vmscan: begin reclaiming pages on a per-node basis")
---
V1->V2 : Adjust code format and add scenario description, reproduction method.
---
Signed-off-by: liuye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 1 +
mm/vmscan.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index f3e0ac20c2e8..187715eec3cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ enum {
};
#define SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX 32UL
+#define SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX_SKIPPED (SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX << 10)
#define COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
/* Bit flag in swap_map */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 28ba2b06fc7d..0bdfae413b4c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1657,6 +1657,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
unsigned long nr_skipped[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0, };
unsigned long skipped = 0;
unsigned long scan, total_scan, nr_pages;
+ unsigned long max_nr_skipped = 0;
LIST_HEAD(folios_skipped);
total_scan = 0;
@@ -1671,9 +1672,12 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
total_scan += nr_pages;
- if (folio_zonenum(folio) > sc->reclaim_idx) {
+ /* Using max_nr_skipped to prevent hard LOCKUP*/
+ if (max_nr_skipped < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX_SKIPPED &&
+ (folio_zonenum(folio) > sc->reclaim_idx)) {
nr_skipped[folio_zonenum(folio)] += nr_pages;
move_to = &folios_skipped;
+ max_nr_skipped++;
goto move;
}
--
2.25.1
