[PATCH 4/7] mm/page_alloc: Explicitly define what alloc flags deplete min reserves

Mel Gorman
2023-01-09T15:19:05Z

As there are more ALLOC_ flags that affect reserves, define what flags
affect reserves and clarify the effect of each flag.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
mm/internal.h | 3 +++
mm/page_alloc.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 178484d9fd94..8706d46863df 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -749,6 +749,9 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
#define ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC 0x200 /* Allows access to MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC */
#define ALLOC_KSWAPD 0x800 /* allow waking of kswapd, __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM set */

+/* Flags that allow allocations below the min watermark. */
+#define ALLOC_RESERVES (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE|ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC|ALLOC_OOM)
+
enum ttu_flags;
struct tlbflush_unmap_batch;

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0ef4f3236a5a..6f41b84a97ac 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3949,15 +3949,14 @@ ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(should_fail_alloc_page, TRUE);
static inline long __zone_watermark_unusable_free(struct zone *z,
unsigned int order, unsigned int alloc_flags)
{
- const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_OOM));
long unusable_free = (1 << order) - 1;

/*
- * If the caller does not have rights to ALLOC_HARDER then subtract
- * the high-atomic reserves. This will over-estimate the size of the
- * atomic reserve but it avoids a search.
+ * If the caller does not have rights to reserves below the min
+ * watermark then subtract the high-atomic reserves. This will
+ * over-estimate the size of the atomic reserve but it avoids a search.
*/
- if (likely(!alloc_harder))
+ if (likely(!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_RESERVES)))
unusable_free += z->nr_reserved_highatomic;

#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
@@ -3981,25 +3980,36 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
{
long min = mark;
int o;
- const bool alloc_harder = (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_OOM));

/* free_pages may go negative - that's OK */
free_pages -= __zone_watermark_unusable_free(z, order, alloc_flags);

- if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE)
- min -= min / 2;
+ if (unlikely(alloc_flags & ALLOC_RESERVES)) {
+ /*
+ * __GFP_HIGH allows access to 50% of the min reserve as well
+ * as OOM.
+ */
+ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE)
+ min -= min / 2;

- if (unlikely(alloc_harder)) {
/*
- * OOM victims can try even harder than normal ALLOC_HARDER
+ * Non-blocking allocations can access some of the reserve
+ * with more access if also __GFP_HIGH. The reasoning is that
+ * a non-blocking caller may incur a more severe penalty
+ * if it cannot get memory quickly, particularly if it's
+ * also __GFP_HIGH.
+ */
+ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER)
+ min -= min / 4;
+
+ /*
+ * OOM victims can try even harder than the normal reserve
* users on the grounds that it's definitely going to be in
* the exit path shortly and free memory. Any allocation it
* makes during the free path will be small and short-lived.
*/
if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_OOM)
min -= min / 2;
- else
- min -= min / 4;
}

/*
--
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