The patch titled
Subject: mm: multi-gen LRU: thrashing prevention
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-multi-gen-lru-thrashing-prevention.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-multi-gen-lru-thrashing-prevention.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: multi-gen LRU: thrashing prevention
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:13:30 -0600
Add /sys/kernel/mm/lru_gen/min_ttl_ms for thrashing prevention, as
requested by many desktop users [1].
When set to value N, it prevents the working set of N milliseconds from
getting evicted. The OOM killer is triggered if this working set cannot
be kept in memory. Based on the average human detectable lag (~100ms),
N=1000 usually eliminates intolerable lags due to thrashing. Larger
values like N=3000 make lags less noticeable at the risk of premature OOM
kills.
Compared with the size-based approach [2], this time-based approach
has the following advantages:
1. It is easier to configure because it is agnostic to applications
and memory sizes.
2. It is more reliable because it is directly wired to the OOM killer.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/Ydza%2FzXKY9ATRoh6@xxxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20101028191523.GA14972@xxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220815071332.627393-12-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Steven Barrett <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Daniel Byrne <djbyrne@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Donald Carr <d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shuang Zhai <szhai2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Sofia Trinh <sofia.trinh@edi.works>
Tested-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Larabel <Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 +
mm/vmscan.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h~mm-multi-gen-lru-thrashing-prevention
+++ a/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ struct lru_gen_struct {
unsigned long max_seq;
/* the eviction increments the oldest generation numbers */
unsigned long min_seq[ANON_AND_FILE];
+ /* the birth time of each generation in jiffies */
+ unsigned long timestamps[MAX_NR_GENS];
/* the multi-gen LRU lists, lazily sorted on eviction */
struct list_head lists[MAX_NR_GENS][ANON_AND_FILE][MAX_NR_ZONES];
/* the multi-gen LRU sizes, eventually consistent */
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-multi-gen-lru-thrashing-prevention
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4298,6 +4298,7 @@ static void inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *l
for (type = 0; type < ANON_AND_FILE; type++)
reset_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, false);
+ WRITE_ONCE(lrugen->timestamps[next], jiffies);
/* make sure preceding modifications appear */
smp_store_release(&lrugen->max_seq, lrugen->max_seq + 1);
@@ -4424,7 +4425,7 @@ static unsigned long get_nr_evictable(st
return total;
}
-static void age_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
+static bool age_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc, unsigned long min_ttl)
{
bool need_aging;
unsigned long nr_to_scan;
@@ -4438,21 +4439,40 @@ static void age_lruvec(struct lruvec *lr
mem_cgroup_calculate_protection(NULL, memcg);
if (mem_cgroup_below_min(memcg))
- return;
+ return false;
nr_to_scan = get_nr_evictable(lruvec, max_seq, min_seq, swappiness, &need_aging);
if (!nr_to_scan)
- return;
+ return false;
nr_to_scan >>= mem_cgroup_online(memcg) ? sc->priority : 0;
+ if (min_ttl) {
+ int gen = lru_gen_from_seq(min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE]);
+ unsigned long birth = READ_ONCE(lruvec->lrugen.timestamps[gen]);
+
+ if (time_is_after_jiffies(birth + min_ttl))
+ return false;
+
+ /* the size is likely too small to be helpful */
+ if (!nr_to_scan && sc->priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
+ return false;
+ }
+
if (nr_to_scan && need_aging)
try_to_inc_max_seq(lruvec, max_seq, sc, swappiness);
+
+ return true;
}
+/* to protect the working set of the last N jiffies */
+static unsigned long lru_gen_min_ttl __read_mostly;
+
static void lru_gen_age_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
{
struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+ bool success = false;
+ unsigned long min_ttl = READ_ONCE(lru_gen_min_ttl);
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!current_is_kswapd());
@@ -4478,12 +4498,32 @@ static void lru_gen_age_node(struct pgli
do {
struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
- age_lruvec(lruvec, sc);
+ if (age_lruvec(lruvec, sc, min_ttl))
+ success = true;
cond_resched();
} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)));
clear_mm_walk();
+
+ /* check the order to exclude compaction-induced reclaim */
+ if (success || !min_ttl || sc->order)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * The main goal is to OOM kill if every generation from all memcgs is
+ * younger than min_ttl. However, another possibility is all memcgs are
+ * either below min or empty.
+ */
+ if (mutex_trylock(&oom_lock)) {
+ struct oom_control oc = {
+ .gfp_mask = sc->gfp_mask,
+ };
+
+ out_of_memory(&oc);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&oom_lock);
+ }
}
/*
@@ -5210,6 +5250,28 @@ unlock:
* sysfs interface
******************************************************************************/
+static ssize_t show_min_ttl(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", jiffies_to_msecs(READ_ONCE(lru_gen_min_ttl)));
+}
+
+static ssize_t store_min_ttl(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ unsigned int msecs;
+
+ if (kstrtouint(buf, 0, &msecs))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(lru_gen_min_ttl, msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
+
+ return len;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute lru_gen_min_ttl_attr = __ATTR(
+ min_ttl_ms, 0644, show_min_ttl, store_min_ttl
+);
+
static ssize_t show_enabled(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
unsigned int caps = 0;
@@ -5258,6 +5320,7 @@ static struct kobj_attribute lru_gen_ena
);
static struct attribute *lru_gen_attrs[] = {
+ &lru_gen_min_ttl_attr.attr,
&lru_gen_enabled_attr.attr,
NULL
};
@@ -5273,12 +5336,16 @@ static struct attribute_group lru_gen_at
void lru_gen_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
{
+ int i;
int gen, type, zone;
struct lru_gen_struct *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
lrugen->max_seq = MIN_NR_GENS + 1;
lrugen->enabled = lru_gen_enabled();
+ for (i = 0; i <= MIN_NR_GENS + 1; i++)
+ lrugen->timestamps[i] = jiffies;
+
for_each_gen_type_zone(gen, type, zone)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lrugen->lists[gen][type][zone]);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-x86-arm64-add-arch_has_hw_pte_young.patch
mm-x86-add-config_arch_has_nonleaf_pmd_young.patch
mm-vmscanc-refactor-shrink_node.patch
revert-include-linux-mm_inlineh-fold-__update_lru_size-into-its-sole-caller.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-groundwork.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-minimal-implementation.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-exploit-locality-in-rmap.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-support-page-table-walks.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-optimize-multiple-memcgs.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-kill-switch.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-thrashing-prevention.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-debugfs-interface.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-admin-guide.patch
mm-multi-gen-lru-design-doc.patch
