* [merged mm-stable] mm-multi-gen-lru-section-for-working-set-protection.patch removed from -mm tree
@ 2023-02-03 6:38 Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2023-02-03 6:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits, yuzhao, talumbau, akpm
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: multi-gen LRU: section for working set protection
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-multi-gen-lru-section-for-working-set-protection.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "T.J. Alumbaugh" <talumbau@google.com>
Subject: mm: multi-gen LRU: section for working set protection
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:18:21 +0000
Patch series "mm: multi-gen LRU: improve".
This patch series improves a few MGLRU functions, collects related
functions, and adds additional documentation.
This patch (of 7):
Add a section for working set protection in the code and the design doc.
The admin doc already contains its usage.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-1-talumbau@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-2-talumbau@google.com
Signed-off-by: T.J. Alumbaugh <talumbau@google.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
--- a/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst~mm-multi-gen-lru-section-for-working-set-protection
+++ a/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ loop has detected outlying refaults from
this end, the feedback loop uses the first tier as the baseline, for
the reason stated earlier.
+Working set protection
+----------------------
+Each generation is timestamped at birth. If ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` is
+set, an ``lruvec`` is protected from the eviction when its oldest
+generation was born within ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds. In other
+words, it prevents the working set of ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds
+from getting evicted. The OOM killer is triggered if this working set
+cannot be kept in memory.
+
+This time-based approach has the following advantages:
+
+1. It is easier to configure because it is agnostic to applications
+ and memory sizes.
+2. It is more reliable because it is directly wired to the OOM killer.
+
Summary
-------
The multi-gen LRU can be disassembled into the following parts:
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-multi-gen-lru-section-for-working-set-protection
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4475,6 +4475,10 @@ done:
return true;
}
+/******************************************************************************
+ * working set protection
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
static bool lruvec_is_sizable(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
{
int gen, type, zone;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from talumbau@google.com are
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