[PATCH] vmscan: Stop kswapd waiting on congestion when the min watermark is not being met V2

Mel Gorman
2009-11-13T20:04:04Z

The last version has a stupid bug in it. Sorry.

Changelog since V1
o Fix incorrect negation
o Rename kswapd_no_congestion_wait to kswapd_skip_congestion_wait as
suggested by Rik

If reclaim fails to make sufficient progress, the priority is raised.
Once the priority is higher, kswapd starts waiting on congestion. However,
if the zone is below the min watermark then kswapd needs to continue working
without delay as there is a danger of an increased rate of GFP_ATOMIC
allocation failure.

This patch changes the conditions under which kswapd waits on
congestion by only going to sleep if the min watermarks are being met.

[mel@csn.ul.ie: Add stats to track how relevant the logic is]
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/vmstat.h | 1 +
mm/vmscan.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
mm/vmstat.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 9716003..7d66695 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
#endif
PGINODESTEAL, SLABS_SCANNED, KSWAPD_STEAL, KSWAPD_INODESTEAL,
KSWAPD_PREMATURE_FAST, KSWAPD_PREMATURE_SLOW,
+ KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT,
PAGEOUTRUN, ALLOCSTALL, PGROTATED,
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC, HTLB_BUDDY_PGALLOC_FAIL,
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index ffa1766..70a2322 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1979,6 +1979,7 @@ loop_again:
for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
+ int has_under_min_watermark_zone = 0;

/* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
if (!priority)
@ -2085,6 +2086,15 @@ loop_again:
if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
sc.may_writepage = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * We are still under min water mark. it mean we have
+ * GFP_ATOMIC allocation failure risk. Hurry up!
+ */
+ if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark_pages(zone),
+ end_zone, 0))
+ has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
+
}
if (all_zones_ok)
break; /* kswapd: all done */
@@ -2092,8 +2102,12 @@ loop_again:
* OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
* another pass across the zones.
*/
- if (total_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
+ if (total_scanned && (priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
+ if (has_under_min_watermark_zone)
+ count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT);
+ else
+ congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
+ }

/*
* We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 90b11e4..bc09547 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
"kswapd_inodesteal",
"kswapd_slept_prematurely_fast",
"kswapd_slept_prematurely_slow",
+ "kswapd_skip_congestion_wait",
"pageoutrun",
"allocstall",