The patch titled
Subject: mm/page_alloc: explicitly define what alloc flags deplete min reserves
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-what-alloc-flags-deplete-min-reserves.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-what-alloc-flags-deplete-min-reserves.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: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: explicitly define what alloc flags deplete min reserves
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:12:15 +0000
As there are more ALLOC_ flags that affect reserves, define what flags
affect reserves and clarify the effect of each flag.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230113111217.14134-5-mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/mm/internal.h~mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-what-alloc-flags-deplete-min-reserves
+++ a/mm/internal.h
@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_li
#define ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC 0x200 /* Allows access to MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC */
#define ALLOC_KSWAPD 0x800 /* allow waking of kswapd, __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM set */
+/* Flags that allow allocations below the min watermark. */
+#define ALLOC_RESERVES (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE|ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC|ALLOC_OOM)
+
enum ttu_flags;
struct tlbflush_unmap_batch;
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-what-alloc-flags-deplete-min-reserves
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3967,15 +3967,14 @@ ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(should_fail_alloc_
static inline long __zone_watermark_unusable_free(struct zone *z,
unsigned int order, unsigned int alloc_flags)
{
- const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_OOM));
long unusable_free = (1 << order) - 1;
/*
- * If the caller does not have rights to ALLOC_HARDER then subtract
- * the high-atomic reserves. This will over-estimate the size of the
- * atomic reserve but it avoids a search.
+ * If the caller does not have rights to reserves below the min
+ * watermark then subtract the high-atomic reserves. This will
+ * over-estimate the size of the atomic reserve but it avoids a search.
*/
- if (likely(!alloc_harder))
+ if (likely(!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_RESERVES)))
unusable_free += z->nr_reserved_highatomic;
#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
@@ -3999,25 +3998,36 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z,
{
long min = mark;
int o;
- const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_OOM));
/* free_pages may go negative - that's OK */
free_pages -= __zone_watermark_unusable_free(z, order, alloc_flags);
- if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE)
- min -= min / 2;
+ if (unlikely(alloc_flags & ALLOC_RESERVES)) {
+ /*
+ * __GFP_HIGH allows access to 50% of the min reserve as well
+ * as OOM.
+ */
+ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE)
+ min -= min / 2;
+
+ /*
+ * Non-blocking allocations can access some of the reserve
+ * with more access if also __GFP_HIGH. The reasoning is that
+ * a non-blocking caller may incur a more severe penalty
+ * if it cannot get memory quickly, particularly if it's
+ * also __GFP_HIGH.
+ */
+ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER)
+ min -= min / 4;
- if (unlikely(alloc_harder)) {
/*
- * OOM victims can try even harder than normal ALLOC_HARDER
+ * OOM victims can try even harder than the normal reserve
* users on the grounds that it's definitely going to be in
* the exit path shortly and free memory. Any allocation it
* makes during the free path will be small and short-lived.
*/
if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_OOM)
min -= min / 2;
- else
- min -= min / 4;
}
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-page_alloc-rename-alloc_high-to-alloc_min_reserve.patch
mm-page_alloc-treat-rt-tasks-similar-to-__gfp_high.patch
mm-page_alloc-explicitly-record-high-order-atomic-allocations-in-alloc_flags.patch
mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-what-alloc-flags-deplete-min-reserves.patch
mm-page_alloc-explicitly-define-how-__gfp_high-non-blocking-allocations-accesses-reserves.patch
