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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: [to-be-updated] mm-vmscan-rework-lru_shrink-and-write_folio-tracepoints.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 19:07:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513020738.1EBA4C2BCB0@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)


The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm: vmscan: rework lru_shrink and write_folio tracepoints
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-vmscan-rework-lru_shrink-and-write_folio-tracepoints.patch

This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued

------------------------------------------------------
From: qiwu.chen <qiwu.chen@transsion.com>
Subject: mm: vmscan: rework lru_shrink and write_folio tracepoints
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 16:36:52 +0800

Currently, reclaim_flags always contains RECLAIM_WB_ASYNC in lru_shrink
tracepoints since commit 41ac1999c3e35 ("mm: vmscan: do not stall on
writeback during memory compaction"), which is useless for debugging
memory pressure issues.  Other RECLAIM_WB_* flags are not used anywhere
else, so they can be directly removed.

This patch reworks the lru_shrink and write_folio tracepoints for better
correlation and analysis:

 - traces each folio lru type instead of reclaim_flags.
 - traces each lru_shrink with reason.
 - remove the printing of the unnecessary PFN for mm_vmscan_write_folio.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260506083652.100160-1-qiwu.chen@transsion.com
Fixes: 41ac1999c3e35 ("mm: vmscan: do not stall on writeback during memory compaction")
Signed-off-by: qiwu.chen <qiwu.chen@transsion.com>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: chenqiwu <qiwu.chen@transsion.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/trace/events/vmscan.h |   71 +++++++++++++-------------------
 mm/vmscan.c                   |    9 ++--
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

--- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h~mm-vmscan-rework-lru_shrink-and-write_folio-tracepoints
+++ a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 #include <trace/events/mmflags.h>
 
-#define RECLAIM_WB_ANON		0x0001u
-#define RECLAIM_WB_FILE		0x0002u
-#define RECLAIM_WB_MIXED	0x0010u
-#define RECLAIM_WB_SYNC		0x0004u /* Unused, all reclaim async */
-#define RECLAIM_WB_ASYNC	0x0008u
-#define RECLAIM_WB_LRU		(RECLAIM_WB_ANON|RECLAIM_WB_FILE)
-
-#define show_reclaim_flags(flags)				\
-	(flags) ? __print_flags(flags, "|",			\
-		{RECLAIM_WB_ANON,	"RECLAIM_WB_ANON"},	\
-		{RECLAIM_WB_FILE,	"RECLAIM_WB_FILE"},	\
-		{RECLAIM_WB_MIXED,	"RECLAIM_WB_MIXED"},	\
-		{RECLAIM_WB_SYNC,	"RECLAIM_WB_SYNC"},	\
-		{RECLAIM_WB_ASYNC,	"RECLAIM_WB_ASYNC"}	\
-		) : "RECLAIM_WB_NONE"
-
 #define _VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK	(1 << VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK)
 #define _VMSCAN_THROTTLE_ISOLATED	(1 << VMSCAN_THROTTLE_ISOLATED)
 #define _VMSCAN_THROTTLE_NOPROGRESS	(1 << VMSCAN_THROTTLE_NOPROGRESS)
@@ -51,10 +35,11 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(KSWAPD_CLEAR_HOPELESS_
 	{KSWAPD_CLEAR_HOPELESS_PCP,	"PCP"},		\
 	{KSWAPD_CLEAR_HOPELESS_OTHER,	"OTHER"}
 
-#define trace_reclaim_flags(file) ( \
-	(file ? RECLAIM_WB_FILE : RECLAIM_WB_ANON) | \
-	(RECLAIM_WB_ASYNC) \
-	)
+#define trace_reclaim_reason_ops		\
+	{PGSTEAL_KSWAPD,	"KSWAPD"},	\
+	{PGSTEAL_DIRECT,	"DIRECT"},	\
+	{PGSTEAL_KHUGEPAGED,	"KHUGEPAGED"}, \
+	{PGSTEAL_PROACTIVE,	"PROACTIVE"}
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep,
 
@@ -413,20 +398,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_write_folio,
 	TP_ARGS(folio),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		__field(unsigned long, pfn)
-		__field(int, reclaim_flags)
+		__field(unsigned long, folio)
+		__field(int, lru)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		__entry->pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
-		__entry->reclaim_flags = trace_reclaim_flags(
-						folio_is_file_lru(folio));
+		__entry->folio = folio;
+		__entry->lru = folio_lru_list(folio);
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("page=%p pfn=0x%lx flags=%s",
-		pfn_to_page(__entry->pfn),
-		__entry->pfn,
-		show_reclaim_flags(__entry->reclaim_flags))
+	TP_printk("folio=%p lru=%s",
+		__entry->folio,
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->lru, LRU_NAMES))
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_reclaim_pages,
@@ -478,9 +461,9 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactiv
 
 	TP_PROTO(int nid,
 		unsigned long nr_scanned, unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
-		struct reclaim_stat *stat, int priority, int file),
+		struct reclaim_stat *stat, int priority, int lru, int reason),
 
-	TP_ARGS(nid, nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed, stat, priority, file),
+	TP_ARGS(nid, nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed, stat, priority, lru, reason),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(int, nid)
@@ -495,7 +478,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactiv
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_ref_keep)
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_unmap_fail)
 		__field(int, priority)
-		__field(int, reclaim_flags)
+		__field(int, lru)
+		__field(int, reason)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -511,10 +495,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactiv
 		__entry->nr_ref_keep = stat->nr_ref_keep;
 		__entry->nr_unmap_fail = stat->nr_unmap_fail;
 		__entry->priority = priority;
-		__entry->reclaim_flags = trace_reclaim_flags(file);
+		__entry->lru = lru;
+		__entry->reason = reason;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("nid=%d nr_scanned=%ld nr_reclaimed=%ld nr_dirty=%ld nr_writeback=%ld nr_congested=%ld nr_immediate=%ld nr_activate_anon=%d nr_activate_file=%d nr_ref_keep=%ld nr_unmap_fail=%ld priority=%d flags=%s",
+	TP_printk("nid=%d nr_scanned=%ld nr_reclaimed=%ld nr_dirty=%ld nr_writeback=%ld nr_congested=%ld nr_immediate=%ld nr_activate_anon=%d nr_activate_file=%d nr_ref_keep=%ld nr_unmap_fail=%ld priority=%d lru=%s reason=%s",
 		__entry->nid,
 		__entry->nr_scanned, __entry->nr_reclaimed,
 		__entry->nr_dirty, __entry->nr_writeback,
@@ -522,16 +507,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactiv
 		__entry->nr_activate0, __entry->nr_activate1,
 		__entry->nr_ref_keep, __entry->nr_unmap_fail,
 		__entry->priority,
-		show_reclaim_flags(__entry->reclaim_flags))
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->lru, LRU_NAMES),
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, trace_reclaim_reason_ops))
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_active,
 
 	TP_PROTO(int nid, unsigned long nr_taken,
 		unsigned long nr_active, unsigned long nr_deactivated,
-		unsigned long nr_referenced, int priority, int file),
+		unsigned long nr_referenced, int priority, int lru, int reason),
 
-	TP_ARGS(nid, nr_taken, nr_active, nr_deactivated, nr_referenced, priority, file),
+	TP_ARGS(nid, nr_taken, nr_active, nr_deactivated, nr_referenced, priority, lru, reason),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(int, nid)
@@ -540,7 +526,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_active,
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_deactivated)
 		__field(unsigned long, nr_referenced)
 		__field(int, priority)
-		__field(int, reclaim_flags)
+		__field(int, lru)
+		__field(int, reason)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -550,15 +537,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_active,
 		__entry->nr_deactivated = nr_deactivated;
 		__entry->nr_referenced = nr_referenced;
 		__entry->priority = priority;
-		__entry->reclaim_flags = trace_reclaim_flags(file);
+		__entry->lru = lru;
+		__entry->reason = reason;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("nid=%d nr_taken=%ld nr_active=%ld nr_deactivated=%ld nr_referenced=%ld priority=%d flags=%s",
+	TP_printk("nid=%d nr_taken=%ld nr_active=%ld nr_deactivated=%ld nr_referenced=%ld priority=%d lru=%s reason=%s",
 		__entry->nid,
 		__entry->nr_taken,
 		__entry->nr_active, __entry->nr_deactivated, __entry->nr_referenced,
 		__entry->priority,
-		show_reclaim_flags(__entry->reclaim_flags))
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->lru, LRU_NAMES),
+		__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, trace_reclaim_reason_ops))
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_node_reclaim_begin,
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-rework-lru_shrink-and-write_folio-tracepoints
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_lis
 					nr_scanned - nr_reclaimed);
 	handle_reclaim_writeback(nr_taken, pgdat, sc, &stat);
 	trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(pgdat->node_id,
-			nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed, &stat, sc->priority, file);
+			nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed, &stat, sc->priority, lru, item);
 	return nr_reclaimed;
 }
 
@@ -2152,7 +2152,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned
 	lruvec_lock_irq(lruvec);
 	lru_note_cost_unlock_irq(lruvec, file, 0, nr_rotated);
 	trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_active(pgdat->node_id, nr_taken, nr_activate,
-			nr_deactivate, nr_rotated, sc->priority, file);
+			nr_deactivate, nr_rotated, sc->priority, lru,
+			PGSTEAL_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc));
 }
 
 static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
@@ -4838,9 +4839,10 @@ retry:
 	/* Retry pass is only meant for clean folios without new isolation */
 	if (isolated)
 		handle_reclaim_writeback(isolated, pgdat, sc, &stat);
+	item = PGSTEAL_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc);
 	trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(pgdat->node_id,
 			type_scanned, reclaimed, &stat, sc->priority,
-			type ? LRU_INACTIVE_FILE : LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
+			type ? LRU_INACTIVE_FILE : LRU_INACTIVE_ANON, item);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(folio, next, &list, lru) {
 		DEFINE_MIN_SEQ(lruvec);
@@ -4876,7 +4878,6 @@ retry:
 	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc),
 					stat.nr_demoted);
 
-	item = PGSTEAL_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(sc);
 	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, item, reclaimed);
 	mod_lruvec_state(lruvec, PGSTEAL_ANON + type, reclaimed);
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from qiwu.chen@transsion.com are



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