inc_max_seq() will try to inc_min_seq() if nr_gens == MAX_NR_GENS. This is because the generations are reused (the last oldest now empty generation will become the next youngest generation). inc_min_seq() is retried until successful, dropping the lru_lock and yielding the CPU on each failure, and retaking the lock before trying again: while (!inc_min_seq(lruvec, type, can_swap)) { spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); cond_resched(); spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); } However, the initial condition that required incrementing the min_seq (nr_gens == MAX_NR_GENS) is not retested. This can change by another call to inc_max_seq() from run_aging() with force_scan=true from the debugfs interface. Since the eviction stalls when the nr_gens == MIN_NR_GENS, avoid unnecessarily incrementing the min_seq by rechecking the number of generations before each attempt. This issue was uncovered in previous discussion on the list by Yu Zhao and Aneesh Kumar [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAOUHufbO7CaVm=xjEb1avDhHVvnC8pJmGyKcFf2iY_dpf+zR3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230802025606.346758-2-kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: d6c3af7d8a2b ("mm: multi-gen LRU: debugfs interface") Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mediatek] Tested-by: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Barrett <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (cherry picked from commit bb5e7f234eacf34b65be67ebb3613e3b8cf11b87) --- mm/vmscan.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index d18296109aa7..251e7b8a0bc0 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -4331,6 +4331,7 @@ static void inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool can_swap, bool force_scan) int type, zone; struct lru_gen_struct *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen; +restart: spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!seq_is_valid(lruvec)); @@ -4341,11 +4342,12 @@ static void inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool can_swap, bool force_scan) VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!force_scan && (type == LRU_GEN_FILE || can_swap)); - while (!inc_min_seq(lruvec, type, can_swap)) { - spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); - cond_resched(); - spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); - } + if (inc_min_seq(lruvec, type, can_swap)) + continue; + + spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); + cond_resched(); + goto restart; } /* -- 2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog