Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/7] mm: zswap: remove page reclaim logic from zsmalloc

[Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 04:56:08PM +0200, Domenico Cerasuolo wrote:
> With the recent enhancement to zswap enabling direct page writeback, the
> need for the shrink code in zsmalloc has become obsolete. As a result,
> this commit removes the page reclaim logic from zsmalloc entirely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@gmail.com>
> ---
>  mm/zsmalloc.c | 393 ++------------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 380 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> index 02f7f414aade..75386283dba0 100644
> --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> @@ -107,21 +107,8 @@
>   */
>  #define OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG 1
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ZPOOL
> -/*
> - * The second least-significant bit in the object's header identifies if the
> - * value stored at the header is a deferred handle from the last reclaim
> - * attempt.
> - *
> - * As noted above, this is valid because we have room for two bits.
> - */
> -#define OBJ_DEFERRED_HANDLE_TAG	2
> -#define OBJ_TAG_BITS	2
> -#define OBJ_TAG_MASK	(OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG | OBJ_DEFERRED_HANDLE_TAG)
> -#else
>  #define OBJ_TAG_BITS	1
>  #define OBJ_TAG_MASK	OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG
> -#endif /* CONFIG_ZPOOL */
>  
>  #define OBJ_INDEX_BITS	(BITS_PER_LONG - _PFN_BITS - OBJ_TAG_BITS)
>  #define OBJ_INDEX_MASK	((_AC(1, UL) << OBJ_INDEX_BITS) - 1)
> @@ -227,12 +214,6 @@ struct link_free {
>  		 * Handle of allocated object.
>  		 */
>  		unsigned long handle;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ZPOOL
> -		/*
> -		 * Deferred handle of a reclaimed object.
> -		 */
> -		unsigned long deferred_handle;
> -#endif
>  	};
>  };
>  
> @@ -250,13 +231,6 @@ struct zs_pool {
>  	/* Compact classes */
>  	struct shrinker shrinker;
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ZPOOL
> -	/* List tracking the zspages in LRU order by most recently added object */
> -	struct list_head lru;
> -	struct zpool *zpool;
> -	const struct zpool_ops *zpool_ops;
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ZSMALLOC_STAT
>  	struct dentry *stat_dentry;
>  #endif
> @@ -279,13 +253,6 @@ struct zspage {
>  	unsigned int freeobj;
>  	struct page *first_page;
>  	struct list_head list; /* fullness list */
> -
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ZPOOL
> -	/* links the zspage to the lru list in the pool */
> -	struct list_head lru;
> -	bool under_reclaim;
> -#endif
> -
>  	struct zs_pool *pool;
>  	rwlock_t lock;
>  };
> @@ -393,14 +360,7 @@ static void *zs_zpool_create(const char *name, gfp_t gfp,
>  	 * different contexts and its caller must provide a valid
>  	 * gfp mask.
>  	 */
> -	struct zs_pool *pool = zs_create_pool(name);
> -
> -	if (pool) {
> -		pool->zpool = zpool;
> -		pool->zpool_ops = zpool_ops;
> -	}
> -
> -	return pool;
> +	return zs_create_pool(name);
>  }
>  
>  static void zs_zpool_destroy(void *pool)
> @@ -422,27 +382,6 @@ static void zs_zpool_free(void *pool, unsigned long handle)
>  	zs_free(pool, handle);
>  }
>  
> -static int zs_reclaim_page(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned int retries);
> -
> -static int zs_zpool_shrink(void *pool, unsigned int pages,
> -			unsigned int *reclaimed)
> -{
> -	unsigned int total = 0;
> -	int ret = -EINVAL;
> -
> -	while (total < pages) {
> -		ret = zs_reclaim_page(pool, 8);
> -		if (ret < 0)
> -			break;
> -		total++;
> -	}
> -
> -	if (reclaimed)
> -		*reclaimed = total;
> -
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
>  static void *zs_zpool_map(void *pool, unsigned long handle,
>  			enum zpool_mapmode mm)
>  {
> @@ -481,7 +420,7 @@ static struct zpool_driver zs_zpool_driver = {
>  	.malloc_support_movable = true,
>  	.malloc =		  zs_zpool_malloc,
>  	.free =			  zs_zpool_free,
> -	.shrink =		  zs_zpool_shrink,
> +	.shrink =		  NULL,

You can simply delete the line instead since the NULL is default behavior.

Other than that, Super nice. Thanks, Domenico!

Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>