The patch titled
vmscan: set up pagevec as late as possible in shrink_page_list()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
vmscan-set-up-pagevec-as-late-as-possible-in-shrink_page_list.patch
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Subject: vmscan: set up pagevec as late as possible in shrink_page_list()
From: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
shrink_page_list() sets up a pagevec to release pages as according as they
are free. It uses significant amounts of stack on the pagevec. This
patch adds pages to be freed via pagevec to a linked list which is then
freed en-masse at the end. This avoids using stack in the main path that
potentially calls writepage().
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-set-up-pagevec-as-late-as-possible-in-shrink_page_list mm/vmscan.c
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-set-up-pagevec-as-late-as-possible-in-shrink_page_list
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -620,6 +620,24 @@ static enum page_references page_check_r
return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
}
+static noinline_for_stack void free_page_list(struct list_head *free_pages)
+{
+ struct pagevec freed_pvec;
+ struct page *page, *tmp;
+
+ pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, free_pages, lru) {
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page)) {
+ __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
+ pagevec_reinit(&freed_pvec);
+ }
+ }
+
+ pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
+}
+
/*
* shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
*/
@@ -628,13 +646,12 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(st
enum pageout_io sync_writeback)
{
LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
- struct pagevec freed_pvec;
+ LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
int pgactivate = 0;
unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
cond_resched();
- pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
enum page_references references;
struct address_space *mapping;
@@ -809,10 +826,12 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(st
__clear_page_locked(page);
free_it:
nr_reclaimed++;
- if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page)) {
- __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
- pagevec_reinit(&freed_pvec);
- }
+
+ /*
+ * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
+ * appear not as the counts should be low
+ */
+ list_add(&page->lru, &free_pages);
continue;
cull_mlocked:
@@ -835,9 +854,10 @@ keep:
list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
}
+
+ free_page_list(&free_pages);
+
list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
- if (pagevec_count(&freed_pvec))
- __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
return nr_reclaimed;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mel@xxxxxxxxx are
mm-vmscan-fix-mapping-use-after-free.patch
linux-next.patch
hugetlb-call-mmu-notifiers-on-hugepage-cow.patch
mm-rename-anon_vma_lock-to-vma_lock_anon_vma.patch
mm-change-direct-call-of-spin_lockanon_vma-lock-to-inline-function.patch
mm-track-the-root-oldest-anon_vma.patch
mm-always-lock-the-root-oldest-anon_vma.patch
mm-extend-ksm-refcounts-to-the-anon_vma-root.patch
mm-extend-ksm-refcounts-to-the-anon_vma-root-fix.patch
vmscan-tracing-add-trace-events-for-kswapd-wakeup-sleeping-and-direct-reclaim.patch
vmscan-tracing-add-trace-events-for-lru-page-isolation.patch
vmscan-tracing-add-trace-events-for-lru-page-isolation-checkpatch-fixes.patch
vmscan-tracing-add-trace-event-when-a-page-is-written.patch
vmscan-tracing-add-a-postprocessing-script-for-reclaim-related-ftrace-events.patch
vmscan-kill-prev_priority-completely.patch
vmscan-simplify-shrink_inactive_list.patch
vmscan-simplify-shrink_inactive_list-checkpatch-fixes.patch
vmscan-remove-unnecessary-temporary-vars-in-do_try_to_free_pages.patch
vmscan-remove-unnecessary-temporary-vars-in-do_try_to_free_pages-checkpatch-fixes.patch
vmscan-set-up-pagevec-as-late-as-possible-in-shrink_inactive_list.patch
vmscan-set-up-pagevec-as-late-as-possible-in-shrink_page_list.patch
vmscan-update-isolated-page-counters-outside-of-main-path-in-shrink_inactive_list.patch
delay-accounting-re-implement-c-for-getdelaysc-to-report-information-on-a-target-command.patch
delay-accounting-re-implement-c-for-getdelaysc-to-report-information-on-a-target-command-checkpatch-fixes.patch
add-debugging-aid-for-memory-initialisation-problems.patch
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