[PATCH 21/31] mm, page_alloc: Wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone

[PATCH 21/31] mm, page_alloc: Wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone

[Mel Gorman]

The ac_classzone_idx is used as the basis for waking kswapd and that is based
on the preferred zoneref. If the preferred zoneref's highest zone is lower
than what is available on other nodes, it's possible that kswapd is woken
on a zone with only higher, but still eligible, zones. As classzone_idx
is strictly adhered to now, it causes a problem because eligible pages
are skipped.

For example, node 0 has only DMA32 and node 1 has only NORMAL. An allocating
context running on node 0 may wake kswapd on node 1 telling it to skip
all NORMAL pages.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2fe2fbb4f2ad..b10bee2e5968 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, const struct alloc_context *ac)
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
 					ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask) {
 		if (last_pgdat != zone->zone_pgdat)
-			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac_classzone_idx(ac));
+			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac->high_zoneidx);
 		last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	}
 }
-- 
2.6.4

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

[PATCH 21/31] mm, page_alloc: Wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone

[Mel Gorman]

The ac_classzone_idx is used as the basis for waking kswapd and that is based
on the preferred zoneref. If the preferred zoneref's highest zone is lower
than what is available on other nodes, it's possible that kswapd is woken
on a zone with only higher, but still eligible, zones. As classzone_idx
is strictly adhered to now, it causes a problem because eligible pages
are skipped.

For example, node 0 has only DMA32 and node 1 has only NORMAL. An allocating
context running on node 0 may wake kswapd on node 1 telling it to skip
all NORMAL pages.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2fe2fbb4f2ad..b10bee2e5968 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, const struct alloc_context *ac)
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
 					ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask) {
 		if (last_pgdat != zone->zone_pgdat)
-			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac_classzone_idx(ac));
+			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac->high_zoneidx);
 		last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	}
 }
-- 
2.6.4

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

Re: [PATCH 21/31] mm, page_alloc: Wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone

[Hillf Danton]

> 
> The ac_classzone_idx is used as the basis for waking kswapd and that is based
> on the preferred zoneref. If the preferred zoneref's highest zone is lower
> than what is available on other nodes, it's possible that kswapd is woken
> on a zone with only higher, but still eligible, zones. As classzone_idx
> is strictly adhered to now, it causes a problem because eligible pages
> are skipped.
> 
> For example, node 0 has only DMA32 and node 1 has only NORMAL. An allocating
> context running on node 0 may wake kswapd on node 1 telling it to skip
> all NORMAL pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> ---
Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>

>  mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 2fe2fbb4f2ad..b10bee2e5968 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, const struct alloc_context *ac)
>  	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
>  					ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask) {
>  		if (last_pgdat != zone->zone_pgdat)
> -			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac_classzone_idx(ac));
> +			wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, ac->high_zoneidx);
>  		last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
>  	}
>  }
> --
> 2.6.4


--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

Re: [PATCH 21/31] mm, page_alloc: Wake kswapd based on the highest eligible zone

[Mel Gorman]

On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 02:57:38PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > 
> > The ac_classzone_idx is used as the basis for waking kswapd and that is based
> > on the preferred zoneref. If the preferred zoneref's highest zone is lower
> > than what is available on other nodes, it's possible that kswapd is woken
> > on a zone with only higher, but still eligible, zones. As classzone_idx
> > is strictly adhered to now, it causes a problem because eligible pages
> > are skipped.
> > 
> > For example, node 0 has only DMA32 and node 1 has only NORMAL. An allocating
> > context running on node 0 may wake kswapd on node 1 telling it to skip
> > all NORMAL pages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> > ---
> Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
> 

Thanks. I also noticed when applying the ack that "zoneref's highest
zone" should have been "zoneref's first zone" so fixed that too.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>