Re: [RFC PATCH v1 3/4] mm: Fix demotion-only scanning anon pages

Huang, Ying
2022-11-24T05:27:51Z

Mina Almasry <almasrymina-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:

> This is likely a missed change from commit a2a36488a61c ("mm/vmscan: Consider
> anonymous pages without swap"). Current logic is if !may_swap _or_
> !can_reclaim_anon_pages() then we don't scan anon memory.
>
> This should be an 'and'. We would like to scan anon memory if we may swap
> or if we can_reclaim_anon_pages().
>
> Fixes: commit a2a36488a61c ("mm/vmscan: Consider anonymous pages without swap")
>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 8c1f5416d789..d7e509b3f07f 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc,
> enum lru_list lru;
>
> /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon folios. */
> - if (!sc->may_swap || !can_reclaim_anon_pages(memcg, pgdat->node_id, sc)) {
> + if (!sc->may_swap && !can_reclaim_anon_pages(memcg, pgdat->node_id, sc)) {

If there is only DRAM but swap device is enabled, sc->may_swap will not
work as expected. So we should check can_demote() instead if
sc->may_swap.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
> goto out;
> }
> --
> 2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog