[PATCH v6] zram: Introduce an aged idle interface

Brian Geffon
2021-09-29T14:31:19Z

This change introduces an aged idle interface to the existing
idle sysfs file for zram.

When CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING is enabled the idle file
now also accepts an integer argument. This integer is the
age (in seconds) of pages to mark as idle. The idle file
still supports 'all' as it always has. This new approach
allows for much more control over which pages get marked
as idle.

v5 -> v6:
- Sergey's cleanup suggestions.

v4 -> v5:
- Andrew's suggestions to use IS_ENABLED and
cleanup comment.

v3 -> v4:
- Remove base10 restriction.

v2 -> v3:
- Correct unused variable warning when
CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING is not enabled.
v1 -> v2:
- Switch to using existing idle file.
- Dont compare ktime directly.

Signed-off-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst | 8 +++
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 62 +++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
index 700329d25f57..3e11926a4df9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
@@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ as idle::
From now on, any pages on zram are idle pages. The idle mark
will be removed until someone requests access of the block.
IOW, unless there is access request, those pages are still idle pages.
+Additionally, when CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING is enabled pages can be
+marked as idle based on how long (in seconds) it's been since they were
+last accessed::
+
+ echo 86400 > /sys/block/zramX/idle
+
+In this example all pages which haven't been accessed in more than 86400
+seconds (one day) will be marked idle.

Admin can request writeback of those idle pages at right timing via::

diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index fcaf2750f68f..4e76a75a7840 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -291,22 +291,16 @@ static ssize_t mem_used_max_store(struct device *dev,
return len;
}

-static ssize_t idle_store(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
+/*
+ * Mark all pages which are older than or equal to cutoff as IDLE.
+ * Callers should hold the zram init lock in read mode
+ */
+static void mark_idle(struct zram *zram, ktime_t cutoff)
{
- struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
+ int is_idle = 1;
unsigned long nr_pages = zram->disksize >> PAGE_SHIFT;
int index;

- if (!sysfs_streq(buf, "all"))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- down_read(&zram->init_lock);
- if (!init_done(zram)) {
- up_read(&zram->init_lock);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; index++) {
/*
* Do not mark ZRAM_UNDER_WB slot as ZRAM_IDLE to close race.
@@ -314,14 +308,50 @@ static ssize_t idle_store(struct device *dev,
*/
zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
if (zram_allocated(zram, index) &&
- !zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_UNDER_WB))
- zram_set_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_IDLE);
+ !zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_UNDER_WB)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING
+ is_idle = !cutoff || ktime_after(cutoff, zram->table[index].ac_time);
+#endif
+ if (is_idle)
+ zram_set_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_IDLE);
+ }
zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
}
+}

- up_read(&zram->init_lock);
+static ssize_t idle_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
+ ktime_t cutoff_time = 0;
+ ssize_t rv = -EINVAL;

- return len;
+ if (!sysfs_streq(buf, "all")) {
+ /*
+ * If it did not parse as 'all' try to treat it as an integer when
+ * we have memory tracking enabled.
+ */
+ u64 age_sec;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING) && !kstrtoull(buf, 0, &age_sec))
+ cutoff_time = ktime_sub(ktime_get_boottime(),
+ ns_to_ktime(age_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC));
+ else
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ down_read(&zram->init_lock);
+ if (!init_done(zram))
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ /* A cutoff_time of 0 marks everything as idle, this is the "all" behavior */
+ mark_idle(zram, cutoff_time);
+ rv = len;
+
+out_unlock:
+ up_read(&zram->init_lock);
+out:
+ return rv;
}

#ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK
--
2.33.0.685.g46640cef36-goog