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Johannes Weiner 2a2e48854d mm: vmscan: fix IO/refault regression in cache workingset transition 
Since commit 59dc76b0d4 ("mm: vmscan: reduce size of inactive file
list") we noticed bigger IO spikes during changes in cache access
patterns.

The patch in question shrunk the inactive list size to leave more room
for the current workingset in the presence of streaming IO.  However,
workingset transitions that previously happened on the inactive list are
now pushed out of memory and incur more refaults to complete.

This patch disables active list protection when refaults are being
observed.  This accelerates workingset transitions, and allows more of
the new set to establish itself from memory, without eating into the
ability to protect the established workingset during stable periods.

The workloads that were measurably affected for us were hit pretty bad
by it, with refault/majfault rates doubling and tripling during cache
transitions, and the machines sustaining half-hour periods of 100% IO
utilization, where they'd previously have sub-minute peaks at 60-90%.

Stateful services that handle user data tend to be more conservative
with kernel upgrades.  As a result we hit most page cache issues with
some delay, as was the case here.

The severity seemed to warrant a stable tag.

Fixes: 59dc76b0d4 ("mm: vmscan: reduce size of inactive file list")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170404220052.27593-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	[4.7+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Documentation mm: memcontrol: provide shmem statistics 2017-05-03 15:52:08 -07:00
arch blackfin: bf609: let clk_disable() return immediately if clk is NULL 2017-05-03 15:52:07 -07:00
block A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
certs KEYS: Use structure to capture key restriction function and data 2017-04-04 14:10:10 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
drivers oom: improve oom disable handling 2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs jbd2: make the whole kjournald2 kthread NOFS safe 2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
include mm: vmscan: fix IO/refault regression in cache workingset transition 2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
init Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2017-05-02 19:09:35 -07:00
ipc kernel-api.rst: fix a series of errors when parsing C files 2017-04-02 14:31:49 -06:00
kernel mm: introduce memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} API 2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
lib lockdep: allow to disable reclaim lockup detection 2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
mm mm: vmscan: fix IO/refault regression in cache workingset transition 2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
net Merge branch 'stable-4.12' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-05-03 09:21:59 -07:00
samples Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -07:00
scripts scripts/spelling.txt: add several more common spelling mistakes 2017-05-03 15:52:07 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
sound LED updates for 4.12 2017-05-01 13:12:49 -07:00
tools userfaultfd: selftest: combine all cases into a single executable 2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt KVM/ARM Fixes for v4.11-rc6 2017-04-05 16:27:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap mailmap: add Martin Kepplinger's email 2017-04-13 18:24:21 -07:00
COPYING [PATCH] update FSF address in COPYING 2005-09-10 10:06:29 -07:00
CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade 2010-09-19 22:54:11 -04:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2017-05-02 19:09:35 -07:00
Makefile A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.