[PATCH 61 of 66] use compaction for GFP_ATOMIC order > 0

Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03T15:34:14Z

From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>

This takes advantage of memory compaction to properly generate pages of order >
0 if regular page reclaim fails and priority level becomes more severe and we
don't reach the proper watermarks.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
/* The full zone was compacted */
#define COMPACT_COMPLETE 3

+#define COMPACT_MODE_DIRECT_RECLAIM 0
+#define COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD 1
+
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
extern int sysctl_compact_memory;
extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -20,6 +23,9 @@ extern int sysctl_extfrag_handler(struct
void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos);

extern int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
+extern unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
+ int order, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ int compact_mode);
extern unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);

@@ -59,6 +65,13 @@ static inline unsigned long try_to_compa
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
}

+static inline unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
+ int order, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ int compact_mode)
+{
+ return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+}
+
static inline void defer_compaction(struct zone *zone)
{
}
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct compact_control {
unsigned int order; /* order a direct compactor needs */
int migratetype; /* MOVABLE, RECLAIMABLE etc */
struct zone *zone;
+
+ int compact_mode;
};

static unsigned long release_freepages(struct list_head *freelist)
@@ -357,10 +359,10 @@ static void update_nr_listpages(struct c
}

static int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
- struct compact_control *cc)
+ struct compact_control *cc)
{
unsigned int order;
- unsigned long watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (1 << cc->order);
+ unsigned long watermark;

if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
return COMPACT_PARTIAL;
@@ -370,12 +372,27 @@ static int compact_finished(struct zone
return COMPACT_COMPLETE;

/* Compaction run is not finished if the watermark is not met */
+ if (cc->compact_mode != COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD)
+ watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone);
+ else
+ watermark = high_wmark_pages(zone);
+ watermark += (1 << cc->order);
+
if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, cc->order, watermark, 0, 0))
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;

if (cc->order == -1)
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;

+ /*
+ * Generating only one page of the right order is not enough
+ * for kswapd, we must continue until we're above the high
+ * watermark as a pool for high order GFP_ATOMIC allocations
+ * too.
+ */
+ if (cc->compact_mode == COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD)
+ return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+
/* Direct compactor: Is a suitable page free? */
for (order = cc->order; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
/* Job done if page is free of the right migratetype */
@@ -433,8 +450,9 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zon
return ret;
}

-static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
- int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
+ int order, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ int compact_mode)
{
struct compact_control cc = {
.nr_freepages = 0,
@@ -442,6 +460,7 @@ static unsigned long compact_zone_order(
.order = order,
.migratetype = allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask),
.zone = zone,
+ .compact_mode = compact_mode,
};
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
@@ -476,7 +495,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struc
* made because an assumption is made that the page allocator can satisfy
* the "cheaper" orders without taking special steps
*/
- if (order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER || !may_enter_fs || !may_perform_io)
+ if (!order || !may_enter_fs || !may_perform_io)
return rc;

count_vm_event(COMPACTSTALL);
@@ -517,7 +536,8 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struc
break;
}

- status = compact_zone_order(zone, order, gfp_mask);
+ status = compact_zone_order(zone, order, gfp_mask,
+ COMPACT_MODE_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
rc = max(status, rc);

if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, 0, 0))
@@ -547,6 +567,7 @@ static int compact_node(int nid)
.nr_freepages = 0,
.nr_migratepages = 0,
.order = -1,
+ .compact_mode = COMPACT_MODE_DIRECT_RECLAIM,
};

zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/delayacct.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/compaction.h>

#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -2254,6 +2255,7 @@ loop_again:
* cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
*/
for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
+ int compaction;
struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
int nr_slab;

@@ -2283,9 +2285,26 @@ loop_again:
lru_pages);
sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
+
+ compaction = 0;
+ if (order &&
+ zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0,
+ high_wmark_pages(zone),
+ end_zone, 0) &&
+ !zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
+ high_wmark_pages(zone),
+ end_zone, 0)) {
+ compact_zone_order(zone,
+ order,
+ sc.gfp_mask,
+ COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD);
+ compaction = 1;
+ }
+
if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
continue;
- if (nr_slab == 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone))
+ if (!compaction && nr_slab == 0 &&
+ !zone_reclaimable(zone))
zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
/*
* If we've done a decent amount of scanning and