[PATCH 10/10] vmscan: Update isolated page counters outside of main path in shrink_inactive_list()

[Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>]

When shrink_inactive_list() isolates pages, it updates a number of
counters using temporary variables to gather them. These consume stack
and it's in the main path that calls ->writepage(). This patch moves the
accounting updates outside of the main path to reduce stack usage.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
---
 mm/vmscan.c |   63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2c22c83..4225319 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,8 @@ static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head *page_list,
 			ClearPageActive(page);
 			nr_active++;
 		}
-		count[lru]++;
+		if (count)
+			count[lru]++;
 	}
 
 	return nr_active;
@@ -1141,12 +1142,13 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
  * TODO: Try merging with migrations version of putback_lru_pages
  */
 static noinline void putback_lru_pages(struct zone *zone,
-				struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat,
+				struct scan_control *sc,
 				unsigned long nr_anon, unsigned long nr_file,
  				struct list_head *page_list)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct pagevec pvec;
+	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
 
@@ -1185,6 +1187,37 @@ static noinline void putback_lru_pages(struct zone *zone,
 	pagevec_release(&pvec);
 }
 
+static noinline void update_isolated_counts(struct zone *zone, 
+					struct scan_control *sc,
+					unsigned long *nr_anon,
+					unsigned long *nr_file,
+					struct list_head *isolated_list)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_active;
+	unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
+	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
+
+	nr_active = clear_active_flags(isolated_list, count);
+	__count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
+
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
+			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
+			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
+			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
+			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
+
+	*nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
+	*nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, *nr_anon);
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, *nr_file);
+
+	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += *nr_anon;
+	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += *nr_file;
+}
+
 /*
  * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone().  It returns the number
  * of reclaimed pages
@@ -1196,11 +1229,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	LIST_HEAD(page_list);
 	unsigned long nr_scanned;
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
-	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
 	int lumpy_reclaim = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_taken;
 	unsigned long nr_active;
-	unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
 	unsigned long nr_anon;
 	unsigned long nr_file;
 
@@ -1244,25 +1275,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
-	__count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
-
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
-			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
-			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
-			      -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
-			      -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
-
-	nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
-	nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, nr_anon);
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, nr_file);
-
-	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += nr_anon;
-	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += nr_file;
+	update_isolated_counts(zone, sc, &nr_anon, &nr_file, &page_list);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 
@@ -1281,7 +1294,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		 * The attempt at page out may have made some
 		 * of the pages active, mark them inactive again.
 		 */
-		nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, count);
+		nr_active = clear_active_flags(&page_list, NULL);
 		count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
 
 		nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, sc,
@@ -1293,7 +1306,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		__count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_reclaimed);
 	__count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_reclaimed);
 
-	putback_lru_pages(zone, reclaim_stat, nr_anon, nr_file, &page_list);
+	putback_lru_pages(zone, sc, nr_anon, nr_file, &page_list);
 	return nr_reclaimed;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.5

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