From: JP Kobryn <jp.kobryn@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, willy@infradead.org, shakeel.butt@linux.dev,
usama.arif@linux.dev, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] mm/lruvec: trace LRU add drains and drain-all requests
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:52:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610195220.12403-1-jp.kobryn@linux.dev> (raw)
LRU add batches can be drained before they reach capacity. This can be a
source of LRU lock contention, but it is not currently possible to
attribute these drains to callers with existing tracepoints.
Add mm_lru_add_drain to report the CPU and lru_add batch count when an
lru_add batch is drained. This allows tracing to distinguish full drains
from partial drains and attribute them to the calling stack.
Add mm_lru_add_drain_all to capture callers of __lru_add_drain_all and
whether they set the force flag for all CPUs. The tracepoint resembles
the signature of the enclosing function, but is needed because of
potential inlining.
Signed-off-by: JP Kobryn <jp.kobryn@linux.dev>
---
include/trace/events/pagemap.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/swap.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/pagemap.h b/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
index 171524d3526d..ff3da07ccb40 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/pagemap.h
@@ -77,6 +77,43 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_lru_activate,
TP_printk("folio=%p pfn=0x%lx", __entry->folio, __entry->pfn)
);
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_lru_add_drain,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu, unsigned int nr),
+
+ TP_ARGS(cpu, nr),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(int, cpu )
+ __field(unsigned int, nr )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->cpu = cpu;
+ __entry->nr = nr;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("cpu=%d nr=%u", __entry->cpu, __entry->nr)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_lru_add_drain_all,
+
+ TP_PROTO(bool force_all_cpus),
+
+ TP_ARGS(force_all_cpus),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(bool, force_all_cpus )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->force_all_cpus = force_all_cpus;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("force_all_cpus=%s",
+ __entry->force_all_cpus ? "true" : "false")
+);
+
#endif /* _TRACE_PAGEMAP_H */
/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 588f50d8f1a8..e14b7612f896 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -694,9 +694,12 @@ void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu)
{
struct cpu_fbatches *fbatches = &per_cpu(cpu_fbatches, cpu);
struct folio_batch *fbatch = &fbatches->lru_add;
+ unsigned int nr_folios_add = folio_batch_count(fbatch);
- if (folio_batch_count(fbatch))
+ if (nr_folios_add) {
folio_batch_move_lru(fbatch, lru_add);
+ trace_mm_lru_add_drain(cpu, nr_folios_add);
+ }
fbatch = &fbatches->lru_move_tail;
/* Disabling interrupts below acts as a compiler barrier. */
@@ -869,6 +872,8 @@ static inline void __lru_add_drain_all(bool force_all_cpus)
if (WARN_ON(!mm_percpu_wq))
return;
+ trace_mm_lru_add_drain_all(force_all_cpus);
+
/*
* Guarantee folio_batch counter stores visible by this CPU
* are visible to other CPUs before loading the current drain
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 19:52 JP Kobryn [this message]
2026-06-10 21:03 ` [PATCH v3] mm/lruvec: trace LRU add drains and drain-all requests Barry Song
2026-06-10 21:13 ` Shakeel Butt
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