From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: Balloon pressuring page cache Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 12:03:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20200203120225-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <91270a68-ff48-88b0-219c-69801f0c252f@redhat.com> <75d4594f-0864-5172-a0f8-f97affedb366@redhat.com> <286AC319A985734F985F78AFA26841F73E3F8A02@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20200203080520-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <5ac131de8e3b7fc1fafd05a61feb5f6889aeb917.camel@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Sender: "Virtualization" To: David Hildenbrand Cc: "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Tyler Sanderson , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , David Rientjes , Alexander Duyck , Michal Hocko List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org 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[109.64.11.187]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c186sm3870988qke.124.2020.02.03.09.03.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:04:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 12:03:56 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: David Hildenbrand Cc: Alexander Duyck , Tyler Sanderson , "Wang, Wei W" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" , David Rientjes , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , Michal Hocko Subject: Re: Balloon pressuring page cache Message-ID: <20200203120225-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <91270a68-ff48-88b0-219c-69801f0c252f@redhat.com> <75d4594f-0864-5172-a0f8-f97affedb366@redhat.com> <286AC319A985734F985F78AFA26841F73E3F8A02@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20200203080520-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <5ac131de8e3b7fc1fafd05a61feb5f6889aeb917.camel@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-MC-Unique: Kfol_CVTNO6KjXRfL3C6ag-1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 05:34:20PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 03.02.20 17:18, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-02-03 at 08:11 -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:59:46AM -0800, Tyler Sanderson wrote: > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 7:31 AM Wang, Wei W wr= ote: > >>> > >>> On Thursday, January 30, 2020 11:03 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote: > >>> > On 29.01.20 20:11, Tyler Sanderson wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 2:31 AM David Hildenbrand >>> > > > wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > On 29.01.20 01:22, Tyler Sanderson via Virtualization wro= te: > >>> > > > A primary advantage of virtio balloon over other memory= reclaim > >>> > > > mechanisms is that it can pressure the guest's page cac= he into > >>> > > shrinking. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > However, since the balloon driver changed to using the = shrinker > >>> API > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > >>> > e99a28e355255a#diff-fd202acf694d9eba19c8c64da3e480c9> this > >>> > > > use case has become a bit more tricky. I'm wondering wh= at the > >>> > intended > >>> > > > device implementation is. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > When inflating the balloon against page cache (i.e. no = free > >>> memory > >>> > > > remains) vmscan.c will both shrink page cache, but also= invoke > >>> the > >>> > > > shrinkers -- including the balloon's shrinker. So the b= alloon > >>> driver > >>> > > > allocates memory which requires reclaim, vmscan gets th= is memory > >>> > by > >>> > > > shrinking the balloon, and then the driver adds the mem= ory back > >>> to > >>> > the > >>> > > > balloon. Basically a busy no-op. > >>> > >>> Per my understanding, the balloon allocation won=E2=80=99t invoke= shrinker as > >>> __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM isn't set, no? > >>> > >>> I could be wrong about the mechanism, but the device sees lots of act= ivity on > >>> the deflate queue. The balloon is being shrunk. And this only starts = once all > >>> free memory is depleted and we're inflating into page cache. > >> > >> So given this looks like a regression, maybe we should revert the > >> patch in question 71994620bb25 ("virtio_balloon: replace oom notifier = with shrinker") > >> Besides, with VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT > >> shrinker also ignores VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST which isn't nice > >> at all. > >> > >> So it looks like all this rework introduced more issues than it > >> addressed ... > >> > >> I also CC Alex Duyck for an opinion on this. > >> Alex, what do you use to put pressure on page cache? > >=20 > > I would say reverting probably makes sense. I'm not sure there is much > > value to having a shrinker running deflation when you are actively tryi= ng > > to increase the balloon. It would make more sense to wait until you are > > actually about to start hitting oom. >=20 > I think the shrinker makes sense for free page hinting feature > (everything on free_page_list). >=20 > So instead of only reverting, I think we should split it up and always > register the shrinker for VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT and the OOM > notifier (as before) for VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST. OK ... I guess that means we need to fix shrinker to take VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST into account correctly. Hosts ignore it at the moment but it's a fragile thing to do what it does and ignore used buffers. > (Of course, adapting what is being done in the shrinker and in the OOM > notifier) >=20 > --=20 > Thanks, >=20 > David / dhildenb