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-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/backing-dev.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/trace/events/writeback.h | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 61 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 42 |
6 files changed, 112 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index 35b0074..f1b402a 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ enum { void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync); void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync); long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout); - +long wait_iff_congested(struct zone *zone, int sync, long timeout); static inline bool bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index c3c17fb..39c24eb 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ struct zone { typedef enum { ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED, /* prevents concurrent reclaim */ ZONE_OOM_LOCKED, /* zone is in OOM killer zonelist */ + ZONE_CONGESTED, /* zone has many dirty pages backed by + * a congested BDI + */ } zone_flags_t; static inline void zone_set_flag(struct zone *zone, zone_flags_t flag) @@ -440,6 +443,11 @@ static inline void zone_clear_flag(struct zone *zone, zone_flags_t flag) clear_bit(flag, &zone->flags); } +static inline int zone_is_reclaim_congested(const struct zone *zone) +{ + return test_bit(ZONE_CONGESTED, &zone->flags); +} + static inline int zone_is_reclaim_locked(const struct zone *zone) { return test_bit(ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED, &zone->flags); diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h index d2b26546..89a2b2d 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h +++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(writeback_congest_waited_template, writeback_congestion_wait, TP_ARGS(usec_timeout, usec_delayed) ); +DEFINE_EVENT(writeback_congest_waited_template, writeback_wait_iff_congested, + + TP_PROTO(unsigned int usec_timeout, unsigned int usec_delayed), + + TP_ARGS(usec_timeout, usec_delayed) +); + #endif /* _TRACE_WRITEBACK_H */ /* This part must be outside protection */ diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 5562730..5ad3c10 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ static wait_queue_head_t congestion_wqh[2] = { __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(congestion_wqh[0]), __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(congestion_wqh[1]) }; +static atomic_t nr_bdi_congested[2]; void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync) { @@ -736,7 +737,8 @@ void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync) wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[sync]; bit = sync ? BDI_sync_congested : BDI_async_congested; - clear_bit(bit, &bdi->state); + if (test_and_clear_bit(bit, &bdi->state)) + atomic_dec(&nr_bdi_congested[sync]); smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); if (waitqueue_active(wqh)) wake_up(wqh); @@ -748,7 +750,8 @@ void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync) enum bdi_state bit; bit = sync ? BDI_sync_congested : BDI_async_congested; - set_bit(bit, &bdi->state); + if (!test_and_set_bit(bit, &bdi->state)) + atomic_inc(&nr_bdi_congested[sync]); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_bdi_congested); @@ -779,3 +782,57 @@ long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(congestion_wait); +/** + * wait_iff_congested - Conditionally wait for a backing_dev to become uncongested or a zone to complete writes + * @zone: A zone to check if it is heavily congested + * @sync: SYNC or ASYNC IO + * @timeout: timeout in jiffies + * + * In the event of a congested backing_dev (any backing_dev) and the given + * @zone has experienced recent congestion, this waits for up to @timeout + * jiffies for either a BDI to exit congestion of the given @sync queue + * or a write to complete. + * + * In the absense of zone congestion, cond_resched() is called to yield + * the processor if necessary but otherwise does not sleep. + * + * The return value is 0 if the sleep is for the full timeout. Otherwise, + * it is the number of jiffies that were still remaining when the function + * returned. return_value == timeout implies the function did not sleep. + */ +long wait_iff_congested(struct zone *zone, int sync, long timeout) +{ + long ret; + unsigned long start = jiffies; + DEFINE_WAIT(wait); + wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[sync]; + + /* + * If there is no congestion, or heavy congestion is not being + * encountered in the current zone, yield if necessary instead + * of sleeping on the congestion queue + */ + if (atomic_read(&nr_bdi_congested[sync]) == 0 || + !zone_is_reclaim_congested(zone)) { + cond_resched(); + + /* In case we scheduled, work out time remaining */ + ret = timeout - (jiffies - start); + if (ret < 0) + ret = 0; + + goto out; + } + + /* Sleep until uncongested or a write happens */ + prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + ret = io_schedule_timeout(timeout); + finish_wait(wqh, &wait); + +out: + trace_writeback_wait_iff_congested(jiffies_to_usecs(timeout), + jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies - start)); + + return ret; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_iff_congested); diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 6a683f8..b13bc5e 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, preferred_zone, migratetype); if (!page && gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL) - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50); + wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50); } while (!page && (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)); return page; @@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ rebalance: pages_reclaimed += did_some_progress; if (should_alloc_retry(gfp_mask, order, pages_reclaimed)) { /* Wait for some write requests to complete then retry */ - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50); + wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50); goto rebalance; } diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 130ad02..30fd658 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -401,10 +401,8 @@ static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping, } if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL) return PAGE_ACTIVATE; - if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc)) { - disable_lumpy_reclaim_mode(sc); + if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc)) return PAGE_KEEP; - } if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) { int res; @@ -681,11 +679,14 @@ static noinline_for_stack void free_page_list(struct list_head *free_pages) * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages */ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, + struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc) { LIST_HEAD(ret_pages); LIST_HEAD(free_pages); int pgactivate = 0; + unsigned long nr_dirty = 0; + unsigned long nr_congested = 0; unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0; cond_resched(); @@ -705,6 +706,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, goto keep; VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page)); + VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone); sc->nr_scanned++; @@ -782,6 +784,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, } if (PageDirty(page)) { + nr_dirty++; + if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN) goto keep_locked; if (!may_enter_fs) @@ -792,6 +796,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */ switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) { case PAGE_KEEP: + nr_congested++; goto keep_locked; case PAGE_ACTIVATE: goto activate_locked; @@ -902,6 +907,15 @@ keep_lumpy: VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page)); } + /* + * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were + * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just + * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim + * will encounter the same problem + */ + if (nr_dirty == nr_congested) + zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED); + free_page_list(&free_pages); list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list); @@ -1386,12 +1400,12 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone, spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc); + nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc); /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */ if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) { set_lumpy_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, true); - nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc); + nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc); } local_irq_disable(); @@ -1982,8 +1996,13 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */ if (!sc->hibernation_mode && sc->nr_scanned && - priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); + priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) { + struct zone *preferred_zone; + + first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), + NULL, &preferred_zone); + wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); + } } out: @@ -2282,6 +2301,15 @@ loop_again: if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1; + } else { + /* + * If a zone reaches its high watermark, + * consider it to be no longer congested. It's + * possible there are dirty pages backed by + * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved, + * spectulatively avoid congestion waits + */ + zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED); } } |