Subject: [merged] mm-vmscan-do-not-scale-writeback-pages-when-deciding-whether-to-set-zone_writeback.patch removed from -mm tree To: mgorman@xxxxxxx,david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx,kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mhocko@xxxxxxx,riel@xxxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:20:29 -0700 The patch titled Subject: mm: vmscan: do not scale writeback pages when deciding whether to set ZONE_WRITEBACK has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-vmscan-do-not-scale-writeback-pages-when-deciding-whether-to-set-zone_writeback.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm: vmscan: do not scale writeback pages when deciding whether to set ZONE_WRITEBACK After the patch "mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop" was merged the scanning priority of kswapd changed. The priority now raises until it is scanning enough pages to meet the high watermark. shrink_inactive_list sets ZONE_WRITEBACK if a number of pages were encountered under writeback but this value is scaled based on the priority. As kswapd frequently scans with a higher priority now it is relatively easy to set ZONE_WRITEBACK. This patch removes the scaling and treates writeback pages similar to how it treats unqueued dirty pages and congested pages. The user-visible effect should be that kswapd will writeback fewer pages from reclaim context. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-do-not-scale-writeback-pages-when-deciding-whether-to-set-zone_writeback mm/vmscan.c --- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-do-not-scale-writeback-pages-when-deciding-whether-to-set-zone_writeback +++ a/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1443,25 +1443,11 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to * as there is no guarantee the dirtying process is throttled in the * same way balance_dirty_pages() manages. * - * This scales the number of dirty pages that must be under writeback - * before a zone gets flagged ZONE_WRITEBACK. It is a simple backoff - * function that has the most effect in the range DEF_PRIORITY to - * DEF_PRIORITY-2 which is the priority reclaim is considered to be - * in trouble and reclaim is considered to be in trouble. - * - * DEF_PRIORITY 100% isolated pages must be PageWriteback to throttle - * DEF_PRIORITY-1 50% must be PageWriteback - * DEF_PRIORITY-2 25% must be PageWriteback, kswapd in trouble - * ... - * DEF_PRIORITY-6 For SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX isolated pages, throttle if any - * isolated page is PageWriteback - * * Once a zone is flagged ZONE_WRITEBACK, kswapd will count the number * of pages under pages flagged for immediate reclaim and stall if any * are encountered in the nr_immediate check below. */ - if (nr_writeback && nr_writeback >= - (nr_taken >> (DEF_PRIORITY - sc->priority))) + if (nr_writeback && nr_writeback == nr_taken) zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_WRITEBACK); /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxx are origin.patch zbud-add-to-mm.patch zswap-add-to-mm.patch zswap-add-documentation.patch linux-next.patch mm-mempolicy-fix-mbind_range-vma_adjust-interaction.patch fs-bump-inode-and-dentry-counters-to-long.patch super-fix-calculation-of-shrinkable-objects-for-small-numbers.patch dcache-convert-dentry_statnr_unused-to-per-cpu-counters.patch dentry-move-to-per-sb-lru-locks.patch dcache-remove-dentries-from-lru-before-putting-on-dispose-list.patch mm-new-shrinker-api.patch shrinker-convert-superblock-shrinkers-to-new-api.patch list-add-a-new-lru-list-type.patch inode-convert-inode-lru-list-to-generic-lru-list-code.patch dcache-convert-to-use-new-lru-list-infrastructure.patch list_lru-per-node-list-infrastructure.patch list_lru-per-node-api.patch shrinker-add-node-awareness.patch vmscan-per-node-deferred-work.patch fs-convert-inode-and-dentry-shrinking-to-be-node-aware.patch xfs-convert-buftarg-lru-to-generic-code.patch xfs-rework-buffer-dispose-list-tracking.patch xfs-convert-dquot-cache-lru-to-list_lru.patch fs-convert-fs-shrinkers-to-new-scan-count-api.patch drivers-convert-shrinkers-to-new-count-scan-api.patch i915-bail-out-earlier-when-shrinker-cannot-acquire-mutex.patch shrinker-convert-remaining-shrinkers-to-count-scan-api.patch hugepage-convert-huge-zero-page-shrinker-to-new-shrinker-api.patch shrinker-kill-old-shrink-api.patch list_lru-dynamically-adjust-node-arrays.patch mm-memmap_init_zone-performance-improvement.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