From: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
To: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't make use of swap memory in 2.6.7-bk19
Date: 14 Jul 2004 12:39:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2u0wayisp.fsf@telia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040714052010.GE3411@holomorphy.com>
William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 11:30:45AM +0200, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> > swappiness is set to 60.
> > However, I realized that I had set /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode to 1. If I set
> > it to 0, 2.6.7-bk10 starts to work.
>
> Probably not what will get merged, but does the following brutal hack
> do anything for you?
Doesn't help. I added some printk's to your patch and got this:
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:4 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:256 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:512 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:120 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:248 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:504 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:256 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:511 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:256 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:508 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:959 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:952 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:960 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:956 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:256 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:488 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:1715 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:628 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:1852 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:1856 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:1848 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:73 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:137 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:128 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:64 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:265 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: oom
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:256 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:576 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: lap:1 totscan:182 dirty:0 unstable:0
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
Out of Memory: Killed process 2603 (memalloc2).
try_to_free_pages: ---
try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1
try_to_free_pages: oom
---
linux-petero/mm/vmscan.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~laptop-swap-fix mm/vmscan.c
--- linux/mm/vmscan.c~laptop-swap-fix 2004-07-14 10:30:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-petero/mm/vmscan.c 2004-07-14 12:22:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -897,12 +897,13 @@ int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zone
struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
struct scan_control sc;
int i;
+ int first = 1;
sc.gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
sc.may_writepage = 0;
inc_page_state(allocstall);
-
+retry:
for (i = 0; zones[i] != 0; i++)
zones[i]->temp_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
@@ -932,6 +933,14 @@ int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zone
* writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
*/
if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX + SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX/2) {
+ int dirty = read_page_state(nr_dirty);
+ int unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
+ if (first) {
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: ---\n");
+ first = 0;
+ }
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: lap:%d totscan:%d dirty:%d unstable:%d\n",
+ laptop_mode, total_scanned, dirty, unstable);
wakeup_bdflush(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
sc.may_writepage = 1;
}
@@ -940,8 +949,24 @@ int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zone
if (sc.nr_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
}
- if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY))
- out_of_memory();
+ if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) {
+ if (!laptop_mode || sc.may_writepage) {
+ if (first) {
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: ---\n");
+ first = 0;
+ }
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: oom\n");
+ out_of_memory();
+ } else {
+ if (first) {
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: ---\n");
+ first = 0;
+ }
+ printk("try_to_free_pages: setting may_writepage=1\n");
+ sc.may_writepage = 1;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ }
out:
for (i = 0; zones[i] != 0; i++)
zones[i]->prev_priority = zones[i]->temp_priority;
_
--
Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-14 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-08 1:36 Can't make use of swap memory in 2.6.7-bk19 Peter Osterlund
2004-07-08 1:43 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-08 2:14 ` Nick Piggin
2004-07-08 2:30 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-08 12:59 ` Peter Osterlund
2004-07-08 19:39 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-09 0:57 ` Nick Piggin
2004-07-09 1:53 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-09 2:06 ` Nick Piggin
2004-07-09 2:09 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-09 2:12 ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-09 2:50 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-09 4:51 ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-09 2:14 ` Nick Piggin
2004-07-08 8:12 ` Peter Osterlund
2004-07-08 8:20 ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-08 8:23 ` Nick Piggin
2004-07-08 9:30 ` Peter Osterlund
2004-07-14 5:20 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-14 10:39 ` Peter Osterlund [this message]
2004-07-14 10:57 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-14 12:55 ` Peter Osterlund
2004-07-14 13:22 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-07-14 20:00 ` Peter Osterlund
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