The patch titled vmscan: improve reclaim throughput to bail out patch has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was vmscan-improve-reclaim-throughput-to-bail-out-patch.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: vmscan: improve reclaim throughput to bail out patch From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The vmscan bail out patch move nr_reclaimed variable to struct scan_control. Unfortunately, indirect access can easily happen cache miss. if heavy memory pressure happend, that's ok. cache miss already plenty. it is not observable. but, if memory pressure is lite, performance degression is obserbable. I compared following three pattern (it was mesured 10 times each) hackbench 125 process 3000 hackbench 130 process 3000 hackbench 135 process 3000 2.6.28-rc6 bail-out 125 130 135 125 130 135 ============================================================== 71.866 75.86 81.274 93.414 73.254 193.382 74.145 78.295 77.27 74.897 75.021 80.17 70.305 77.643 75.855 70.134 77.571 79.896 74.288 73.986 75.955 77.222 78.48 80.619 72.029 79.947 78.312 75.128 82.172 79.708 71.499 77.615 77.042 74.177 76.532 77.306 76.188 74.471 83.562 73.839 72.43 79.833 73.236 75.606 78.743 76.001 76.557 82.726 69.427 77.271 76.691 76.236 79.371 103.189 72.473 76.978 80.643 69.128 78.932 75.736 avg 72.545 76.767 78.534 76.017 77.03 93.256 std 1.89 1.71 2.41 6.29 2.79 34.16 min 69.427 73.986 75.855 69.128 72.43 75.736 max 76.188 79.947 83.562 93.414 82.172 193.382 about 4-5% degression. Then, this patch introduces a temporary local variable. result: 2.6.28-rc6 this patch num 125 130 135 125 130 135 ============================================================== 71.866 75.86 81.274 67.302 68.269 77.161 74.145 78.295 77.27 72.616 72.712 79.06 70.305 77.643 75.855 72.475 75.712 77.735 74.288 73.986 75.955 69.229 73.062 78.814 72.029 79.947 78.312 71.551 74.392 78.564 71.499 77.615 77.042 69.227 74.31 78.837 76.188 74.471 83.562 70.759 75.256 76.6 73.236 75.606 78.743 69.966 76.001 78.464 69.427 77.271 76.691 69.068 75.218 80.321 72.473 76.978 80.643 72.057 77.151 79.068 avg 72.545 76.767 78.534 70.425 74.2083 78.462 std 1.89 1.71 2.41 1.66 2.34 1.00 min 69.427 73.986 75.855 67.302 68.269 76.6 max 76.188 79.947 83.562 72.616 77.151 80.321 OK. the degression is disappeared. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-improve-reclaim-throughput-to-bail-out-patch mm/vmscan.c --- a/mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-improve-reclaim-throughput-to-bail-out-patch +++ a/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1410,6 +1410,8 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, st unsigned long nr_to_scan; unsigned long percent[2]; /* anon @ 0; file @ 1 */ enum lru_list l; + unsigned long nr_reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed; + unsigned long swap_cluster_max = sc->swap_cluster_max; get_scan_ratio(zone, sc, percent); @@ -1425,7 +1427,7 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, st } zone->lru[l].nr_scan += scan; nr[l] = zone->lru[l].nr_scan; - if (nr[l] >= sc->swap_cluster_max) + if (nr[l] >= swap_cluster_max) zone->lru[l].nr_scan = 0; else nr[l] = 0; @@ -1444,12 +1446,11 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, st nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) { for_each_evictable_lru(l) { if (nr[l]) { - nr_to_scan = min(nr[l], - (unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max); + nr_to_scan = min(nr[l], swap_cluster_max); nr[l] -= nr_to_scan; - sc->nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(l, nr_to_scan, - zone, sc, priority); + nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(l, nr_to_scan, + zone, sc, priority); } } /* @@ -1460,11 +1461,13 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, st * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total * freeing target can get unreasonably large. */ - if (sc->nr_reclaimed > sc->swap_cluster_max && + if (nr_reclaimed > swap_cluster_max && priority < DEF_PRIORITY && !current_is_kswapd()) break; } + sc->nr_reclaimed = nr_reclaimed; + /* * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value.patch softirq-introduce-statistics-for-softirq.patch proc-export-statistics-for-softirq-to-proc.patch proc-update-document-for-proc-softirqs-and-proc-stat.patch devices-cgroup-allow-mkfifo.patch memcg-new-force_empty-to-free-pages-under-group-fix.patch memcg-new-force_empty-to-free-pages-under-group-fix-fix.patch memcg-revert-gfp-mask-fix.patch memcg-check-group-leader-fix.patch memcg-memoryswap-controller-fix-limit-check.patch memcg-swapout-refcnt-fix.patch memcg-hierarchy-avoid-unnecessary-reclaim.patch inactive_anon_is_low-move-to-vmscan.patch mm-introduce-zone_reclaim-struct.patch mm-add-zone-nr_pages-helper-function.patch mm-make-get_scan_ratio-safe-for-memcg.patch memcg-add-null-check-to-page_cgroup_zoneinfo.patch memcg-add-inactive_anon_is_low.patch memcg-add-inactive_anon_is_low-vmscan-style-cleanup.patch memcg-add-mem_cgroup_zone_nr_pages.patch memcg-add-zone_reclaim_stat.patch memcg-add-zone_reclaim_stat-reclaim-stat-trivial-fixes.patch memcg-add-zone_reclaim_stat-reclaim-stat-trivial-fixes-fix.patch memcg-remove-mem_cgroup_cal_reclaim.patch memcg-show-reclaim-stat.patch memcg-rename-scan-global-lru.patch memcg-protect-prev_priority.patch memcg-swappiness.patch memcg-fix-calclation-of-active_ratio.patch memcg-fix-calclation-of-active_ratio-build-error-fix.patch memcg-show-real-limit-under-hierarchy-mode.patch memcg-explain-details-and-test-document.patch ia64-implement-interrupt-enabling-rwlocks-fix.patch fs-symlink-write_begin-allocation-context-fix-reiser4-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html