The patch titled
Subject: mm/util.c: make vm_memory_committed() more accurate
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch
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From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/util.c: make vm_memory_committed() more accurate
percpu_counter_sum_positive() will provide more accurate info.
As with percpu_counter_read_positive(), in worst case the deviation could
be 'batch * nr_cpus', which is totalram_pages/256 for now, and will be
more when the batch gets enlarged.
Its time cost is about 800 nanoseconds on a 2C/4T platform and 2~3
microseconds on a 2S/36C/72T Skylake server in normal case, and in worst
case where vm_committed_as's spinlock is under severe contention, it costs
30~40 microseconds for the 2S/36C/72T Skylake sever, which should be fine
for its only two users: /proc/meminfo and HyperV balloon driver's status
trace per second.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1592725000-73486-3-git-send-email-feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> # for /proc/meminfo
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/util.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/util.c~mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate
+++ a/mm/util.c
@@ -787,10 +787,15 @@ struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as __
* balancing memory across competing virtual machines that are hosted.
* Several metrics drive this policy engine including the guest reported
* memory commitment.
+ *
+ * The time cost of this is very low for small platforms, and for big
+ * platform like a 2S/36C/72T Skylake server, in worst case where
+ * vm_committed_as's spinlock is under severe contention, the time cost
+ * could be about 30~40 microseconds.
*/
unsigned long vm_memory_committed(void)
{
- return percpu_counter_read_positive(&vm_committed_as);
+ return percpu_counter_sum_positive(&vm_committed_as);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_memory_committed);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx are
proc-meminfo-avoid-open-coded-reading-of-vm_committed_as.patch
mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch
mm-adjust-vm_committed_as_batch-according-to-vm-overcommit-policy.patch
