diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 7bbeba21f6a3..ba51d5bf7af1 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ enum node_stat_item { NR_ISOLATED_FILE, /* Temporary isolated pages from file lru */ WORKINGSET_REFAULT, WORKINGSET_ACTIVATE, + WORKINGSET_RESTORE, WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM, NR_ANON_MAPPED, /* Mapped anonymous pages */ NR_FILE_MAPPED, /* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables. diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index 74bee8cecf4c..4d99504f6496 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ */ enum pageflags { PG_locked, /* Page is locked. Don't touch. */ - PG_error, PG_referenced, PG_uptodate, PG_dirty, PG_lru, PG_active, + PG_workingset, PG_waiters, /* Page has waiters, check its waitqueue. Must be bit #7 and in the same byte as "PG_locked" */ + PG_error, PG_slab, PG_owner_priv_1, /* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use*/ PG_arch_1, @@ -280,6 +281,8 @@ PAGEFLAG(Dirty, dirty, PF_HEAD) TESTSCFLAG(Dirty, dirty, PF_HEAD) PAGEFLAG(LRU, lru, PF_HEAD) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(LRU, lru, PF_HEAD) PAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) TESTCLEARFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) +PAGEFLAG(Workingset, workingset, PF_HEAD) + TESTCLEARFLAG(Workingset, workingset, PF_HEAD) __PAGEFLAG(Slab, slab, PF_NO_TAIL) __PAGEFLAG(SlobFree, slob_free, PF_NO_TAIL) PAGEFLAG(Checked, checked, PF_NO_COMPOUND) /* Used by some filesystems */ diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h index 8e2c11e692ba..b93740d72e78 100644 --- a/include/linux/swap.h +++ b/include/linux/swap.h @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ struct vma_swap_readahead { /* linux/mm/workingset.c */ void *workingset_eviction(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page); -bool workingset_refault(void *shadow); +void workingset_refault(struct page *page, void *shadow); void workingset_activation(struct page *page); /* Do not use directly, use workingset_lookup_update */ diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h index a81cffb76d89..a1675d43777e 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h +++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ {1UL << PG_dirty, "dirty" }, \ {1UL << PG_lru, "lru" }, \ {1UL << PG_active, "active" }, \ + {1UL << PG_workingset, "workingset" }, \ {1UL << PG_slab, "slab" }, \ {1UL << PG_owner_priv_1, "owner_priv_1" }, \ {1UL << PG_arch_1, "arch_1" }, \ diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index de6fed2a0815..7997adce5a29 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -915,12 +915,9 @@ int add_to_page_cache_lru(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping, * data from the working set, only to cache data that will * get overwritten with something else, is a waste of memory. */ - if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WRITE) && - shadow && workingset_refault(shadow)) { - SetPageActive(page); - workingset_activation(page); - } else - ClearPageActive(page); + WARN_ON_ONCE(PageActive(page)); + if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WRITE) && shadow) + workingset_refault(page, shadow); lru_cache_add(page); } return ret; diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index deed97fba979..8ea1b36bd452 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -2369,6 +2369,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail, (1L << PG_mlocked) | (1L << PG_uptodate) | (1L << PG_active) | + (1L << PG_workingset) | (1L << PG_locked) | (1L << PG_unevictable) | (1L << PG_dirty))); diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c index 84381b55b2bd..1ea27b343ccd 100644 --- a/mm/migrate.c +++ b/mm/migrate.c @@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ void migrate_page_states(struct page *newpage, struct page *page) SetPageActive(newpage); } else if (TestClearPageUnevictable(page)) SetPageUnevictable(newpage); + if (PageWorkingset(page)) + SetPageWorkingset(newpage); if (PageChecked(page)) SetPageChecked(newpage); if (PageMappedToDisk(page)) diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c index ecee9c6c4cc1..0d6a7f268d2e 100644 --- a/mm/swap_state.c +++ b/mm/swap_state.c @@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ struct page *__read_swap_cache_async(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask, /* * Initiate read into locked page and return. */ + SetPageWorkingset(new_page); lru_cache_add_anon(new_page); *new_page_allocated = true; return new_page; diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 961401c46334..87e9fef341d2 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -2145,6 +2145,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, } ClearPageActive(page); /* we are de-activating */ + SetPageWorkingset(page); list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive); } diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c index 2cec2fa4c8ae..d918f6192d15 100644 --- a/mm/vmstat.c +++ b/mm/vmstat.c @@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = { "nr_isolated_file", "workingset_refault", "workingset_activate", + "workingset_restore", "workingset_nodereclaim", "nr_anon_pages", "nr_mapped", diff --git a/mm/workingset.c b/mm/workingset.c index 7d5fa0dd2b38..99b7f7c09b13 100644 --- a/mm/workingset.c +++ b/mm/workingset.c @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ * the only thing eating into inactive list space is active pages. * * - * Activating refaulting pages + * Refaulting inactive pages * * All that is known about the active list is that the pages have been * accessed more than once in the past. This means that at any given @@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ * used less frequently than the refaulting page - or even not used at * all anymore. * + * That means if inactive cache is refaulting with a suitable refault + * distance, we assume the cache workingset is transitioning and put + * pressure on the current active list. + * * If this is wrong and demotion kicks in, the pages which are truly * used more frequently will be reactivated while the less frequently * used once will be evicted from memory. @@ -141,6 +145,14 @@ * But if this is right, the stale pages will be pushed out of memory * and the used pages get to stay in cache. * + * Refaulting active pages + * + * If on the other hand the refaulting pages have recently been + * deactivated, it means that the active list is no longer protecting + * actively used cache from reclaim. The cache is NOT transitioning to + * a different workingset; the existing workingset is thrashing in the + * space allocated to the page cache. + * * * Implementation * @@ -156,8 +168,7 @@ */ #define EVICTION_SHIFT (RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_ENTRY + \ - NODES_SHIFT + \ - MEM_CGROUP_ID_SHIFT) + 1 + NODES_SHIFT + MEM_CGROUP_ID_SHIFT) #define EVICTION_MASK (~0UL >> EVICTION_SHIFT) /* @@ -170,23 +181,28 @@ */ static unsigned int bucket_order __read_mostly; -static void *pack_shadow(int memcgid, pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long eviction) +static void *pack_shadow(int memcgid, pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long eviction, + bool workingset) { eviction >>= bucket_order; eviction = (eviction << MEM_CGROUP_ID_SHIFT) | memcgid; eviction = (eviction << NODES_SHIFT) | pgdat->node_id; + eviction = (eviction << 1) | workingset; eviction = (eviction << RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_SHIFT); return (void *)(eviction | RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_ENTRY); } static void unpack_shadow(void *shadow, int *memcgidp, pg_data_t **pgdat, - unsigned long *evictionp) + unsigned long *evictionp, bool *workingsetp) { unsigned long entry = (unsigned long)shadow; int memcgid, nid; + bool workingset; entry >>= RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_SHIFT; + workingset = entry & 1; + entry >>= 1; nid = entry & ((1UL << NODES_SHIFT) - 1); entry >>= NODES_SHIFT; memcgid = entry & ((1UL << MEM_CGROUP_ID_SHIFT) - 1); @@ -195,6 +211,7 @@ static void unpack_shadow(void *shadow, int *memcgidp, pg_data_t **pgdat, *memcgidp = memcgid; *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid); *evictionp = entry << bucket_order; + *workingsetp = workingset; } /** @@ -207,8 +224,8 @@ static void unpack_shadow(void *shadow, int *memcgidp, pg_data_t **pgdat, */ void *workingset_eviction(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page) { - struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page_memcg(page); struct pglist_data *pgdat = page_pgdat(page); + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page_memcg(page); int memcgid = mem_cgroup_id(memcg); unsigned long eviction; struct lruvec *lruvec; @@ -220,30 +237,30 @@ void *workingset_eviction(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page) lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(pgdat, memcg); eviction = atomic_long_inc_return(&lruvec->inactive_age); - return pack_shadow(memcgid, pgdat, eviction); + return pack_shadow(memcgid, pgdat, eviction, PageWorkingset(page)); } /** * workingset_refault - evaluate the refault of a previously evicted page + * @page: the freshly allocated replacement page * @shadow: shadow entry of the evicted page * * Calculates and evaluates the refault distance of the previously * evicted page in the context of the node it was allocated in. - * - * Returns %true if the page should be activated, %false otherwise. */ -bool workingset_refault(void *shadow) +void workingset_refault(struct page *page, void *shadow) { unsigned long refault_distance; + struct pglist_data *pgdat; unsigned long active_file; struct mem_cgroup *memcg; unsigned long eviction; struct lruvec *lruvec; unsigned long refault; - struct pglist_data *pgdat; + bool workingset; int memcgid; - unpack_shadow(shadow, &memcgid, &pgdat, &eviction); + unpack_shadow(shadow, &memcgid, &pgdat, &eviction, &workingset); rcu_read_lock(); /* @@ -263,41 +280,51 @@ bool workingset_refault(void *shadow) * configurations instead. */ memcg = mem_cgroup_from_id(memcgid); - if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !memcg) { - rcu_read_unlock(); - return false; - } + if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !memcg) + goto out; lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(pgdat, memcg); refault = atomic_long_read(&lruvec->inactive_age); active_file = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE, MAX_NR_ZONES); /* - * The unsigned subtraction here gives an accurate distance - * across inactive_age overflows in most cases. + * Calculate the refault distance * - * There is a special case: usually, shadow entries have a - * short lifetime and are either refaulted or reclaimed along - * with the inode before they get too old. But it is not - * impossible for the inactive_age to lap a shadow entry in - * the field, which can then can result in a false small - * refault distance, leading to a false activation should this - * old entry actually refault again. However, earlier kernels - * used to deactivate unconditionally with *every* reclaim - * invocation for the longest time, so the occasional - * inappropriate activation leading to pressure on the active - * list is not a problem. + * The unsigned subtraction here gives an accurate distance + * across inactive_age overflows in most cases. There is a + * special case: usually, shadow entries have a short lifetime + * and are either refaulted or reclaimed along with the inode + * before they get too old. But it is not impossible for the + * inactive_age to lap a shadow entry in the field, which can + * then result in a false small refault distance, leading to a + * false activation should this old entry actually refault + * again. However, earlier kernels used to deactivate + * unconditionally with *every* reclaim invocation for the + * longest time, so the occasional inappropriate activation + * leading to pressure on the active list is not a problem. */ refault_distance = (refault - eviction) & EVICTION_MASK; inc_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_REFAULT); - if (refault_distance <= active_file) { - inc_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_ACTIVATE); - rcu_read_unlock(); - return true; + /* + * Compare the distance to the existing workingset size. We + * don't act on pages that couldn't stay resident even if all + * the memory was available to the page cache. + */ + if (refault_distance > active_file) + goto out; + + SetPageActive(page); + atomic_long_inc(&lruvec->inactive_age); + inc_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_ACTIVATE); + + /* Page was active prior to eviction */ + if (workingset) { + SetPageWorkingset(page); + inc_lruvec_state(lruvec, WORKINGSET_RESTORE); } +out: rcu_read_unlock(); - return false; } /**