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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 51 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index f463398..8cb16eb 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -154,11 +154,42 @@ static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc) { return !sc->target_mem_cgroup; } + +/** + * sane_reclaim - is the usual dirty throttling mechanism operational? + * @sc: scan_control in question + * + * The normal page dirty throttling mechanism in balance_dirty_pages() is + * completely broken with the legacy memcg and direct stalling in + * shrink_page_list() is used for throttling instead, which lacks all the + * niceties such as fairness, adaptive pausing, bandwidth proportional + * allocation and configurability. + * + * This function tests whether the vmscan currently in progress can assume + * that the normal dirty throttling mechanism is operational. + */ +static bool sane_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc) +{ + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = sc->target_mem_cgroup; + + if (!memcg) + return true; +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK + if (cgroup_on_dfl(mem_cgroup_css(memcg)->cgroup)) + return true; +#endif + return false; +} #else static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc) { return true; } + +static bool sane_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc) +{ + return true; +} #endif static unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone) @@ -941,10 +972,10 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, * note that the LRU is being scanned too quickly and the * caller can stall after page list has been processed. * - * 2) Global reclaim encounters a page, memcg encounters a - * page that is not marked for immediate reclaim or - * the caller does not have __GFP_IO. In this case mark - * the page for immediate reclaim and continue scanning. + * 2) Global or new memcg reclaim encounters a page that is + * not marked for immediate reclaim or the caller does not + * have __GFP_IO. In this case mark the page for immediate + * reclaim and continue scanning. * * __GFP_IO is checked because a loop driver thread might * enter reclaim, and deadlock if it waits on a page for @@ -958,7 +989,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, * grab_cache_page_write_begin(,,AOP_FLAG_NOFS), so testing * may_enter_fs here is liable to OOM on them. * - * 3) memcg encounters a page that is not already marked + * 3) Legacy memcg encounters a page that is not already marked * PageReclaim. memcg does not have any dirty pages * throttling so we could easily OOM just because too many * pages are in writeback and there is nothing else to @@ -973,7 +1004,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, goto keep_locked; /* Case 2 above */ - } else if (global_reclaim(sc) || + } else if (sane_reclaim(sc) || !PageReclaim(page) || !(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) { /* * This is slightly racy - end_page_writeback() @@ -1422,7 +1453,7 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file, if (current_is_kswapd()) return 0; - if (!global_reclaim(sc)) + if (!sane_reclaim(sc)) return 0; if (file) { @@ -1614,10 +1645,10 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, set_bit(ZONE_WRITEBACK, &zone->flags); /* - * memcg will stall in page writeback so only consider forcibly - * stalling for global reclaim + * Legacy memcg will stall in page writeback so avoid forcibly + * stalling here. */ - if (global_reclaim(sc)) { + if (sane_reclaim(sc)) { /* * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages scanned were * backed by a congested BDI and wait_iff_congested will stall. |
