4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
6 * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie.
7 * kswapd added: 7.1.96 sct
8 * Removed kswapd_ctl limits, and swap out as many pages as needed
9 * to bring the system back to freepages.high: 2.4.97, Rik van Riel.
10 * Zone aware kswapd started 02/00, Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@sgi.com).
11 * Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/gfp.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/highmem.h>
22 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
23 #include <linux/file.h>
24 #include <linux/writeback.h>
25 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
26 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for try_to_release_page(),
27 buffer_heads_over_limit */
28 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
29 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
30 #include <linux/rmap.h>
31 #include <linux/topology.h>
32 #include <linux/cpu.h>
33 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
34 #include <linux/compaction.h>
35 #include <linux/notifier.h>
36 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
37 #include <linux/delay.h>
38 #include <linux/kthread.h>
39 #include <linux/freezer.h>
40 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
41 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
42 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
43 #include <linux/oom.h>
44 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
46 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
47 #include <asm/div64.h>
49 #include <linux/swapops.h>
53 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
54 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
57 * reclaim_mode determines how the inactive list is shrunk
58 * RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE: Reclaim only order-0 pages
59 * RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC: Do not block
60 * RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC: Allow blocking e.g. call wait_on_page_writeback
61 * RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
62 * page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
63 * naturally aligned range
64 * RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
65 * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
67 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ reclaim_mode_t
;
68 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x01u)
69 #define RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x02u)
70 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x04u)
71 #define RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x08u)
72 #define RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x10u)
75 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
76 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
78 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
79 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
81 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
82 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
;
84 unsigned long hibernation_mode
;
86 /* This context's GFP mask */
91 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
94 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
100 * Intend to reclaim enough continuous memory rather than reclaim
101 * enough amount of memory. i.e, mode for high order allocation.
103 reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode
;
106 * The memory cgroup that hit its limit and as a result is the
107 * primary target of this reclaim invocation.
109 struct mem_cgroup
*target_mem_cgroup
;
112 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
115 nodemask_t
*nodemask
;
118 struct mem_cgroup_zone
{
119 struct mem_cgroup
*mem_cgroup
;
123 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
125 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
126 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
128 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
131 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
132 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
136 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
139 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
140 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
142 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
145 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
146 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
150 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
154 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
156 int vm_swappiness
= 60;
157 long vm_total_pages
; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
159 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list
);
160 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem
);
162 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
163 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control
*sc
)
165 return !sc
->target_mem_cgroup
;
168 static bool scanning_global_lru(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
170 return !mz
->mem_cgroup
;
173 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control
*sc
)
178 static bool scanning_global_lru(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
184 static struct zone_reclaim_stat
*get_reclaim_stat(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
186 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz
))
187 return mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat(mz
->mem_cgroup
, mz
->zone
);
189 return &mz
->zone
->reclaim_stat
;
192 static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
195 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz
))
196 return mem_cgroup_zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
->mem_cgroup
,
197 zone_to_nid(mz
->zone
),
201 return zone_page_state(mz
->zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
);
206 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
208 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
210 atomic_long_set(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
, 0);
211 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
212 list_add_tail(&shrinker
->list
, &shrinker_list
);
213 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
215 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker
);
220 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
222 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
223 list_del(&shrinker
->list
);
224 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
226 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker
);
228 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker
*shrinker
,
229 struct shrink_control
*sc
,
230 unsigned long nr_to_scan
)
232 sc
->nr_to_scan
= nr_to_scan
;
233 return (*shrinker
->shrink
)(shrinker
, sc
);
236 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
238 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
240 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
241 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
242 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
243 * generated by these structures.
245 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
246 * slab to avoid swapping.
248 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
250 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
251 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
252 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
254 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
256 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control
*shrink
,
257 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned
,
258 unsigned long lru_pages
)
260 struct shrinker
*shrinker
;
261 unsigned long ret
= 0;
263 if (nr_pages_scanned
== 0)
264 nr_pages_scanned
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
266 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem
)) {
267 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
272 list_for_each_entry(shrinker
, &shrinker_list
, list
) {
273 unsigned long long delta
;
279 long batch_size
= shrinker
->batch
? shrinker
->batch
282 max_pass
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
287 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
288 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
289 * don't also do this scanning work.
291 nr
= atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
, 0);
294 delta
= (4 * nr_pages_scanned
) / shrinker
->seeks
;
296 do_div(delta
, lru_pages
+ 1);
298 if (total_scan
< 0) {
299 printk(KERN_ERR
"shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
301 shrinker
->shrink
, total_scan
);
302 total_scan
= max_pass
;
306 * We need to avoid excessive windup on filesystem shrinkers
307 * due to large numbers of GFP_NOFS allocations causing the
308 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
309 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
310 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
311 * max_pass. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
314 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
315 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
317 if (delta
< max_pass
/ 4)
318 total_scan
= min(total_scan
, max_pass
/ 2);
321 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
322 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
325 if (total_scan
> max_pass
* 2)
326 total_scan
= max_pass
* 2;
328 trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker
, shrink
, nr
,
329 nr_pages_scanned
, lru_pages
,
330 max_pass
, delta
, total_scan
);
332 while (total_scan
>= batch_size
) {
335 nr_before
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
336 shrink_ret
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
,
338 if (shrink_ret
== -1)
340 if (shrink_ret
< nr_before
)
341 ret
+= nr_before
- shrink_ret
;
342 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED
, batch_size
);
343 total_scan
-= batch_size
;
349 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
350 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
351 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
354 new_nr
= atomic_long_add_return(total_scan
,
355 &shrinker
->nr_in_batch
);
357 new_nr
= atomic_long_read(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
);
359 trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker
, shrink_ret
, nr
, new_nr
);
361 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem
);
367 static void set_reclaim_mode(int priority
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
370 reclaim_mode_t syncmode
= sync
? RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC
: RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
373 * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
374 * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
375 * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
377 if (COMPACTION_BUILD
)
378 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION
;
380 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
;
383 * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
384 * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
385 * under memory pressure
387 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
388 sc
->reclaim_mode
|= syncmode
;
389 else if (sc
->order
&& priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)
390 sc
->reclaim_mode
|= syncmode
;
392 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
| RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
395 static void reset_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control
*sc
)
397 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
| RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
400 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page
*page
)
403 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
404 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
405 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
407 return page_count(page
) - page_has_private(page
) == 2;
410 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
411 struct scan_control
*sc
)
413 if (current
->flags
& PF_SWAPWRITE
)
415 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi
))
417 if (bdi
== current
->backing_dev_info
)
420 /* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
421 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
427 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
428 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
429 * fsync(), msync() or close().
431 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
432 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
433 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
435 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
438 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space
*mapping
,
439 struct page
*page
, int error
)
442 if (page_mapping(page
) == mapping
)
443 mapping_set_error(mapping
, error
);
447 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
449 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
451 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
453 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
455 /* page is clean and locked */
460 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
461 * Calls ->writepage().
463 static pageout_t
pageout(struct page
*page
, struct address_space
*mapping
,
464 struct scan_control
*sc
)
467 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
468 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
469 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
470 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
471 * PagePrivate for that.
473 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
474 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
477 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
478 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
479 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
480 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
482 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page
))
486 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
487 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
489 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
490 if (try_to_free_buffers(page
)) {
491 ClearPageDirty(page
);
492 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__
);
498 if (mapping
->a_ops
->writepage
== NULL
)
499 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
500 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, sc
))
503 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
)) {
505 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
506 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
507 .nr_to_write
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
509 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
513 SetPageReclaim(page
);
514 res
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, &wbc
);
516 handle_write_error(mapping
, page
, res
);
517 if (res
== AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE
) {
518 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
519 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
522 if (!PageWriteback(page
)) {
523 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
524 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
526 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page
,
527 trace_reclaim_flags(page
, sc
->reclaim_mode
));
528 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE
);
536 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
537 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
539 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
541 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
542 BUG_ON(mapping
!= page_mapping(page
));
544 spin_lock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
546 * The non racy check for a busy page.
548 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
549 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
550 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
551 * here, then the following race may occur:
553 * get_user_pages(&page);
554 * [user mapping goes away]
556 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
557 * SetPageDirty(page);
559 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
561 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
563 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
564 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
565 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
567 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
568 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
570 if (!page_freeze_refs(page
, 2))
572 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
573 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page
))) {
574 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 2);
578 if (PageSwapCache(page
)) {
579 swp_entry_t swap
= { .val
= page_private(page
) };
580 __delete_from_swap_cache(page
);
581 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
582 swapcache_free(swap
, page
);
584 void (*freepage
)(struct page
*);
586 freepage
= mapping
->a_ops
->freepage
;
588 __delete_from_page_cache(page
);
589 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
590 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page
);
592 if (freepage
!= NULL
)
599 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
604 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
605 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
606 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
609 int remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
611 if (__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
)) {
613 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
614 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
617 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 1);
624 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
625 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
627 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
628 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
630 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
632 void putback_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
635 int active
= !!TestClearPageActive(page
);
636 int was_unevictable
= PageUnevictable(page
);
638 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
641 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
643 if (page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
645 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
646 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
647 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
648 * We know how to handle that.
650 lru
= active
+ page_lru_base_type(page
);
651 lru_cache_add_lru(page
, lru
);
654 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
657 lru
= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
;
658 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page
);
660 * When racing with an mlock or AS_UNEVICTABLE clearing
661 * (page is unlocked) make sure that if the other thread
662 * does not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
663 * isolation/check_move_unevictable_pages,
664 * we see PG_mlocked/AS_UNEVICTABLE cleared below and move
665 * the page back to the evictable list.
667 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked() or shmem_lock().
673 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
674 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
675 * check after we added it to the list, again.
677 if (lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
&& page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
678 if (!isolate_lru_page(page
)) {
682 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
683 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
684 * nothing to do here.
688 if (was_unevictable
&& lru
!= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
689 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
);
690 else if (!was_unevictable
&& lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
691 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED
);
693 put_page(page
); /* drop ref from isolate */
696 enum page_references
{
698 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
,
703 static enum page_references
page_check_references(struct page
*page
,
704 struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
705 struct scan_control
*sc
)
707 int referenced_ptes
, referenced_page
;
708 unsigned long vm_flags
;
710 referenced_ptes
= page_referenced(page
, 1, mz
->mem_cgroup
, &vm_flags
);
711 referenced_page
= TestClearPageReferenced(page
);
713 /* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
714 if (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
)
715 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
718 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
719 * move the page to the unevictable list.
721 if (vm_flags
& VM_LOCKED
)
722 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
724 if (referenced_ptes
) {
725 if (PageSwapBacked(page
))
726 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
728 * All mapped pages start out with page table
729 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
730 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
733 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
734 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
735 * lead to its activation.
737 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
738 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
741 SetPageReferenced(page
);
743 if (referenced_page
|| referenced_ptes
> 1)
744 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
747 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
749 if (vm_flags
& VM_EXEC
)
750 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
755 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
756 if (referenced_page
&& !PageSwapBacked(page
))
757 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
;
759 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
763 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
765 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head
*page_list
,
766 struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
767 struct scan_control
*sc
,
769 unsigned long *ret_nr_dirty
,
770 unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback
)
772 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages
);
773 LIST_HEAD(free_pages
);
775 unsigned long nr_dirty
= 0;
776 unsigned long nr_congested
= 0;
777 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
778 unsigned long nr_writeback
= 0;
782 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
783 enum page_references references
;
784 struct address_space
*mapping
;
790 page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
791 list_del(&page
->lru
);
793 if (!trylock_page(page
))
796 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
797 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page
) != mz
->zone
);
801 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
)))
804 if (!sc
->may_unmap
&& page_mapped(page
))
807 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
808 if (page_mapped(page
) || PageSwapCache(page
))
811 may_enter_fs
= (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_FS
) ||
812 (PageSwapCache(page
) && (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
));
814 if (PageWriteback(page
)) {
817 * Synchronous reclaim cannot queue pages for
818 * writeback due to the possibility of stack overflow
819 * but if it encounters a page under writeback, wait
820 * for the IO to complete.
822 if ((sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC
) &&
824 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
831 references
= page_check_references(page
, mz
, sc
);
832 switch (references
) {
833 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
:
834 goto activate_locked
;
837 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM
:
838 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
:
839 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
843 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
844 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
846 if (PageAnon(page
) && !PageSwapCache(page
)) {
847 if (!(sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
))
849 if (!add_to_swap(page
))
850 goto activate_locked
;
854 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
857 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
858 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
860 if (page_mapped(page
) && mapping
) {
861 switch (try_to_unmap(page
, TTU_UNMAP
)) {
863 goto activate_locked
;
869 ; /* try to free the page below */
873 if (PageDirty(page
)) {
877 * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
878 * avoid risk of stack overflow but do not writeback
879 * unless under significant pressure.
881 if (page_is_file_cache(page
) &&
882 (!current_is_kswapd() || priority
>= DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)) {
884 * Immediately reclaim when written back.
885 * Similar in principal to deactivate_page()
886 * except we already have the page isolated
887 * and know it's dirty
889 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE
);
890 SetPageReclaim(page
);
895 if (references
== PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
)
899 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
902 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
903 switch (pageout(page
, mapping
, sc
)) {
908 goto activate_locked
;
910 if (PageWriteback(page
))
916 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
917 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
919 if (!trylock_page(page
))
921 if (PageDirty(page
) || PageWriteback(page
))
923 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
925 ; /* try to free the page below */
930 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
931 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
934 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
935 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
936 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
937 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
938 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
939 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
940 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
941 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
943 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
944 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
945 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
946 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
947 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
948 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
950 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
951 if (!try_to_release_page(page
, sc
->gfp_mask
))
952 goto activate_locked
;
953 if (!mapping
&& page_count(page
) == 1) {
955 if (put_page_testzero(page
))
959 * rare race with speculative reference.
960 * the speculative reference will free
961 * this page shortly, so we may
962 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
963 * leave it off the LRU).
971 if (!mapping
|| !__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
))
975 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
976 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
977 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
978 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
979 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
981 __clear_page_locked(page
);
986 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
987 * appear not as the counts should be low
989 list_add(&page
->lru
, &free_pages
);
993 if (PageSwapCache(page
))
994 try_to_free_swap(page
);
996 putback_lru_page(page
);
997 reset_reclaim_mode(sc
);
1001 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
1002 if (PageSwapCache(page
) && vm_swap_full())
1003 try_to_free_swap(page
);
1004 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
1005 SetPageActive(page
);
1010 reset_reclaim_mode(sc
);
1012 list_add(&page
->lru
, &ret_pages
);
1013 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
) || PageUnevictable(page
));
1017 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
1018 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
1019 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
1020 * will encounter the same problem
1022 if (nr_dirty
&& nr_dirty
== nr_congested
&& global_reclaim(sc
))
1023 zone_set_flag(mz
->zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
1025 free_hot_cold_page_list(&free_pages
, 1);
1027 list_splice(&ret_pages
, page_list
);
1028 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE
, pgactivate
);
1029 *ret_nr_dirty
+= nr_dirty
;
1030 *ret_nr_writeback
+= nr_writeback
;
1031 return nr_reclaimed
;
1035 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
1036 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
1037 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
1039 * page: page to consider
1040 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
1042 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
1044 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
, isolate_mode_t mode
, int file
)
1049 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
1053 all_lru_mode
= (mode
& (ISOLATE_ACTIVE
|ISOLATE_INACTIVE
)) ==
1054 (ISOLATE_ACTIVE
|ISOLATE_INACTIVE
);
1057 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
1058 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
1061 if (!all_lru_mode
&& !PageActive(page
) != !(mode
& ISOLATE_ACTIVE
))
1064 if (!all_lru_mode
&& !!page_is_file_cache(page
) != file
)
1068 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
1069 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
1070 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
1072 if (PageUnevictable(page
))
1078 * To minimise LRU disruption, the caller can indicate that it only
1079 * wants to isolate pages it will be able to operate on without
1080 * blocking - clean pages for the most part.
1082 * ISOLATE_CLEAN means that only clean pages should be isolated. This
1083 * is used by reclaim when it is cannot write to backing storage
1085 * ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE is used to indicate that it only wants to pages
1086 * that it is possible to migrate without blocking
1088 if (mode
& (ISOLATE_CLEAN
|ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE
)) {
1089 /* All the caller can do on PageWriteback is block */
1090 if (PageWriteback(page
))
1093 if (PageDirty(page
)) {
1094 struct address_space
*mapping
;
1096 /* ISOLATE_CLEAN means only clean pages */
1097 if (mode
& ISOLATE_CLEAN
)
1101 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
1102 * ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
1105 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1106 if (mapping
&& !mapping
->a_ops
->migratepage
)
1111 if ((mode
& ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
) && page_mapped(page
))
1114 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page
))) {
1116 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1117 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1118 * page release code relies on it.
1128 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1129 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1130 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1132 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1133 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1135 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1137 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1138 * @mz: The mem_cgroup_zone to pull pages from.
1139 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1140 * @nr_scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1141 * @sc: The scan_control struct for this reclaim session
1142 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1143 * @active: True [1] if isolating active pages
1144 * @file: True [1] if isolating file [!anon] pages
1146 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1148 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1149 struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
, struct list_head
*dst
,
1150 unsigned long *nr_scanned
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1151 isolate_mode_t mode
, int active
, int file
)
1153 struct lruvec
*lruvec
;
1154 struct list_head
*src
;
1155 unsigned long nr_taken
= 0;
1156 unsigned long nr_lumpy_taken
= 0;
1157 unsigned long nr_lumpy_dirty
= 0;
1158 unsigned long nr_lumpy_failed
= 0;
1162 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(mz
->zone
, mz
->mem_cgroup
);
1167 src
= &lruvec
->lists
[lru
];
1169 for (scan
= 0; scan
< nr_to_scan
&& !list_empty(src
); scan
++) {
1172 unsigned long end_pfn
;
1173 unsigned long page_pfn
;
1176 page
= lru_to_page(src
);
1177 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page
, src
, flags
);
1179 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page
));
1181 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page
, mode
, file
)) {
1183 mem_cgroup_lru_del(page
);
1184 list_move(&page
->lru
, dst
);
1185 nr_taken
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1189 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1190 list_move(&page
->lru
, src
);
1197 if (!sc
->order
|| !(sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
))
1201 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
1202 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
1203 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
1204 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
1205 * as the mem_map is guaranteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
1206 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
1207 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
1209 zone_id
= page_zone_id(page
);
1210 page_pfn
= page_to_pfn(page
);
1211 pfn
= page_pfn
& ~((1 << sc
->order
) - 1);
1212 end_pfn
= pfn
+ (1 << sc
->order
);
1213 for (; pfn
< end_pfn
; pfn
++) {
1214 struct page
*cursor_page
;
1216 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
1217 if (unlikely(pfn
== page_pfn
))
1220 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
1221 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn
)))
1224 cursor_page
= pfn_to_page(pfn
);
1226 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
1227 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page
) != zone_id
))
1231 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
1232 * anon page which don't already have a swap slot is
1235 if (nr_swap_pages
<= 0 && PageSwapBacked(cursor_page
) &&
1236 !PageSwapCache(cursor_page
))
1239 if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page
, mode
, file
) == 0) {
1240 unsigned int isolated_pages
;
1242 mem_cgroup_lru_del(cursor_page
);
1243 list_move(&cursor_page
->lru
, dst
);
1244 isolated_pages
= hpage_nr_pages(cursor_page
);
1245 nr_taken
+= isolated_pages
;
1246 nr_lumpy_taken
+= isolated_pages
;
1247 if (PageDirty(cursor_page
))
1248 nr_lumpy_dirty
+= isolated_pages
;
1250 pfn
+= isolated_pages
- 1;
1253 * Check if the page is freed already.
1255 * We can't use page_count() as that
1256 * requires compound_head and we don't
1257 * have a pin on the page here. If a
1258 * page is tail, we may or may not
1259 * have isolated the head, so assume
1260 * it's not free, it'd be tricky to
1261 * track the head status without a
1264 if (!PageTail(cursor_page
) &&
1265 !atomic_read(&cursor_page
->_count
))
1271 /* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
1278 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc
->order
,
1281 nr_lumpy_taken
, nr_lumpy_dirty
, nr_lumpy_failed
,
1287 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1288 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1290 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1291 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1293 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1294 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1296 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1297 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1298 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1299 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1301 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1302 * found will be decremented.
1305 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1306 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1307 * without a stable reference).
1308 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1309 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1311 int isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
1315 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page
));
1317 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1318 struct zone
*zone
= page_zone(page
);
1320 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1321 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1322 int lru
= page_lru(page
);
1327 del_page_from_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1329 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1335 * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
1337 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone
*zone
, int file
,
1338 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1340 unsigned long inactive
, isolated
;
1342 if (current_is_kswapd())
1345 if (!global_reclaim(sc
))
1349 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1350 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
);
1352 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1353 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
);
1356 return isolated
> inactive
;
1359 static noinline_for_stack
void
1360 putback_inactive_pages(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1361 struct list_head
*page_list
)
1363 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(mz
);
1364 struct zone
*zone
= mz
->zone
;
1365 LIST_HEAD(pages_to_free
);
1368 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1370 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
1371 struct page
*page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
1374 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1375 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1376 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
))) {
1377 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1378 putback_lru_page(page
);
1379 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1383 lru
= page_lru(page
);
1384 add_page_to_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1385 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1386 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1387 int numpages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1388 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += numpages
;
1390 if (put_page_testzero(page
)) {
1391 __ClearPageLRU(page
);
1392 __ClearPageActive(page
);
1393 del_page_from_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1395 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page
))) {
1396 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1397 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page
))(page
);
1398 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1400 list_add(&page
->lru
, &pages_to_free
);
1405 * To save our caller's stack, now use input list for pages to free.
1407 list_splice(&pages_to_free
, page_list
);
1410 static noinline_for_stack
void
1411 update_isolated_counts(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1412 struct list_head
*page_list
,
1413 unsigned long *nr_anon
,
1414 unsigned long *nr_file
)
1416 struct zone
*zone
= mz
->zone
;
1417 unsigned int count
[NR_LRU_LISTS
] = { 0, };
1418 unsigned long nr_active
= 0;
1423 * Count pages and clear active flags
1425 list_for_each_entry(page
, page_list
, lru
) {
1426 int numpages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1427 lru
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
1428 if (PageActive(page
)) {
1430 ClearPageActive(page
);
1431 nr_active
+= numpages
;
1433 count
[lru
] += numpages
;
1437 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE
, nr_active
);
1439 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
,
1440 -count
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
]);
1441 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
,
1442 -count
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
]);
1443 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
,
1444 -count
[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
]);
1445 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
,
1446 -count
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
]);
1448 *nr_anon
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
];
1449 *nr_file
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
];
1451 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
, *nr_anon
);
1452 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, *nr_file
);
1457 * Returns true if a direct reclaim should wait on pages under writeback.
1459 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do not reclaim
1460 * everything in the list, try again and wait for writeback IO to complete.
1461 * This will stall high-order allocations noticeably. Only do that when really
1462 * need to free the pages under high memory pressure.
1464 static inline bool should_reclaim_stall(unsigned long nr_taken
,
1465 unsigned long nr_freed
,
1467 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1469 int lumpy_stall_priority
;
1471 /* kswapd should not stall on sync IO */
1472 if (current_is_kswapd())
1475 /* Only stall on lumpy reclaim */
1476 if (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
)
1479 /* If we have reclaimed everything on the isolated list, no stall */
1480 if (nr_freed
== nr_taken
)
1484 * For high-order allocations, there are two stall thresholds.
1485 * High-cost allocations stall immediately where as lower
1486 * order allocations such as stacks require the scanning
1487 * priority to be much higher before stalling.
1489 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
1490 lumpy_stall_priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
;
1492 lumpy_stall_priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
/ 3;
1494 return priority
<= lumpy_stall_priority
;
1498 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1499 * of reclaimed pages
1501 static noinline_for_stack
unsigned long
1502 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan
, struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1503 struct scan_control
*sc
, int priority
, int file
)
1505 LIST_HEAD(page_list
);
1506 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
1507 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
1508 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1509 unsigned long nr_anon
;
1510 unsigned long nr_file
;
1511 unsigned long nr_dirty
= 0;
1512 unsigned long nr_writeback
= 0;
1513 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode
= ISOLATE_INACTIVE
;
1514 struct zone
*zone
= mz
->zone
;
1515 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(mz
);
1517 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone
, file
, sc
))) {
1518 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1520 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1521 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
1522 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1525 set_reclaim_mode(priority
, sc
, false);
1526 if (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
)
1527 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_ACTIVE
;
1532 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
;
1533 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
1534 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_CLEAN
;
1536 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1538 nr_taken
= isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan
, mz
, &page_list
, &nr_scanned
,
1539 sc
, isolate_mode
, 0, file
);
1540 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1541 zone
->pages_scanned
+= nr_scanned
;
1542 if (current_is_kswapd())
1543 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD
, zone
,
1546 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT
, zone
,
1549 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1554 update_isolated_counts(mz
, &page_list
, &nr_anon
, &nr_file
);
1556 nr_reclaimed
= shrink_page_list(&page_list
, mz
, sc
, priority
,
1557 &nr_dirty
, &nr_writeback
);
1559 /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */
1560 if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken
, nr_reclaimed
, priority
, sc
)) {
1561 set_reclaim_mode(priority
, sc
, true);
1562 nr_reclaimed
+= shrink_page_list(&page_list
, mz
, sc
,
1563 priority
, &nr_dirty
, &nr_writeback
);
1566 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1568 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] += nr_anon
;
1569 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] += nr_file
;
1571 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1572 if (current_is_kswapd())
1573 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_KSWAPD
, zone
,
1576 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_DIRECT
, zone
,
1580 putback_inactive_pages(mz
, &page_list
);
1582 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
, -nr_anon
);
1583 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, -nr_file
);
1585 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1587 free_hot_cold_page_list(&page_list
, 1);
1590 * If reclaim is isolating dirty pages under writeback, it implies
1591 * that the long-lived page allocation rate is exceeding the page
1592 * laundering rate. Either the global limits are not being effective
1593 * at throttling processes due to the page distribution throughout
1594 * zones or there is heavy usage of a slow backing device. The
1595 * only option is to throttle from reclaim context which is not ideal
1596 * as there is no guarantee the dirtying process is throttled in the
1597 * same way balance_dirty_pages() manages.
1599 * This scales the number of dirty pages that must be under writeback
1600 * before throttling depending on priority. It is a simple backoff
1601 * function that has the most effect in the range DEF_PRIORITY to
1602 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 which is the priority reclaim is considered to be
1603 * in trouble and reclaim is considered to be in trouble.
1605 * DEF_PRIORITY 100% isolated pages must be PageWriteback to throttle
1606 * DEF_PRIORITY-1 50% must be PageWriteback
1607 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 25% must be PageWriteback, kswapd in trouble
1609 * DEF_PRIORITY-6 For SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX isolated pages, throttle if any
1610 * isolated page is PageWriteback
1612 if (nr_writeback
&& nr_writeback
>= (nr_taken
>> (DEF_PRIORITY
-priority
)))
1613 wait_iff_congested(zone
, BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1615 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone
->zone_pgdat
->node_id
,
1617 nr_scanned
, nr_reclaimed
,
1619 trace_shrink_flags(file
, sc
->reclaim_mode
));
1620 return nr_reclaimed
;
1624 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1626 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1627 * processes, from rmap.
1629 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1630 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1631 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1632 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1633 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1634 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1635 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1637 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1638 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1641 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct zone
*zone
,
1642 struct list_head
*list
,
1643 struct list_head
*pages_to_free
,
1646 unsigned long pgmoved
= 0;
1649 while (!list_empty(list
)) {
1650 struct lruvec
*lruvec
;
1652 page
= lru_to_page(list
);
1654 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1657 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_lru_add_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1658 list_move(&page
->lru
, &lruvec
->lists
[lru
]);
1659 pgmoved
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1661 if (put_page_testzero(page
)) {
1662 __ClearPageLRU(page
);
1663 __ClearPageActive(page
);
1664 del_page_from_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1666 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page
))) {
1667 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1668 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page
))(page
);
1669 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1671 list_add(&page
->lru
, pages_to_free
);
1674 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
, pgmoved
);
1675 if (!is_active_lru(lru
))
1676 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE
, pgmoved
);
1679 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1680 struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1681 struct scan_control
*sc
,
1682 int priority
, int file
)
1684 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1685 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
1686 unsigned long vm_flags
;
1687 LIST_HEAD(l_hold
); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1688 LIST_HEAD(l_active
);
1689 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive
);
1691 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(mz
);
1692 unsigned long nr_rotated
= 0;
1693 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode
= ISOLATE_ACTIVE
;
1694 struct zone
*zone
= mz
->zone
;
1698 reset_reclaim_mode(sc
);
1701 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
;
1702 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
1703 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_CLEAN
;
1705 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1707 nr_taken
= isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan
, mz
, &l_hold
, &nr_scanned
, sc
,
1708 isolate_mode
, 1, file
);
1709 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
1710 zone
->pages_scanned
+= nr_scanned
;
1712 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[file
] += nr_taken
;
1714 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL
, zone
, nr_scanned
);
1716 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
, -nr_taken
);
1718 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
, -nr_taken
);
1719 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, nr_taken
);
1720 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1722 while (!list_empty(&l_hold
)) {
1724 page
= lru_to_page(&l_hold
);
1725 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1727 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
))) {
1728 putback_lru_page(page
);
1732 if (unlikely(buffer_heads_over_limit
)) {
1733 if (page_has_private(page
) && trylock_page(page
)) {
1734 if (page_has_private(page
))
1735 try_to_release_page(page
, 0);
1740 if (page_referenced(page
, 0, mz
->mem_cgroup
, &vm_flags
)) {
1741 nr_rotated
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1743 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1744 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1745 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1746 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1747 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1748 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1749 * so we ignore them here.
1751 if ((vm_flags
& VM_EXEC
) && page_is_file_cache(page
)) {
1752 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_active
);
1757 ClearPageActive(page
); /* we are de-activating */
1758 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_inactive
);
1762 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1764 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1766 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1767 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1768 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1771 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += nr_rotated
;
1773 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone
, &l_active
, &l_hold
,
1774 LRU_ACTIVE
+ file
* LRU_FILE
);
1775 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone
, &l_inactive
, &l_hold
,
1776 LRU_BASE
+ file
* LRU_FILE
);
1777 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, -nr_taken
);
1778 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1780 free_hot_cold_page_list(&l_hold
, 1);
1784 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1786 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1788 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
);
1789 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1791 if (inactive
* zone
->inactive_ratio
< active
)
1798 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1799 * @zone: zone to check
1800 * @sc: scan control of this context
1802 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1803 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1805 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
1808 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1811 if (!total_swap_pages
)
1814 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz
))
1815 return mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(mz
->mem_cgroup
,
1818 return inactive_anon_is_low_global(mz
->zone
);
1821 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
1827 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1829 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1831 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
1832 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1834 return (active
> inactive
);
1838 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1839 * @mz: memory cgroup and zone to check
1841 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1842 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1843 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1845 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1846 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1848 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1849 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1851 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
)
1853 if (!scanning_global_lru(mz
))
1854 return mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(mz
->mem_cgroup
,
1857 return inactive_file_is_low_global(mz
->zone
);
1860 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
, int file
)
1863 return inactive_file_is_low(mz
);
1865 return inactive_anon_is_low(mz
);
1868 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru
, unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1869 struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1870 struct scan_control
*sc
, int priority
)
1872 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1874 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1875 if (inactive_list_is_low(mz
, file
))
1876 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan
, mz
, sc
, priority
, file
);
1880 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan
, mz
, sc
, priority
, file
);
1883 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
1884 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1886 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
1887 return vm_swappiness
;
1888 return mem_cgroup_swappiness(mz
->mem_cgroup
);
1892 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1893 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1894 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1895 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1897 * nr[0] = anon pages to scan; nr[1] = file pages to scan
1899 static void get_scan_count(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1900 unsigned long *nr
, int priority
)
1902 unsigned long anon
, file
, free
;
1903 unsigned long anon_prio
, file_prio
;
1904 unsigned long ap
, fp
;
1905 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(mz
);
1906 u64 fraction
[2], denominator
;
1909 bool force_scan
= false;
1912 * If the zone or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0. This
1913 * results in no scanning on this priority and a potential
1914 * priority drop. Global direct reclaim can go to the next
1915 * zone and tends to have no problems. Global kswapd is for
1916 * zone balancing and it needs to scan a minimum amount. When
1917 * reclaiming for a memcg, a priority drop can cause high
1918 * latencies, so it's better to scan a minimum amount there as
1921 if (current_is_kswapd() && mz
->zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
1923 if (!global_reclaim(sc
))
1926 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1927 if (!sc
->may_swap
|| (nr_swap_pages
<= 0)) {
1935 anon
= zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
1936 zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1937 file
= zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
1938 zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1940 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1941 free
= zone_page_state(mz
->zone
, NR_FREE_PAGES
);
1942 /* If we have very few page cache pages,
1943 force-scan anon pages. */
1944 if (unlikely(file
+ free
<= high_wmark_pages(mz
->zone
))) {
1953 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1954 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1956 anon_prio
= vmscan_swappiness(mz
, sc
);
1957 file_prio
= 200 - vmscan_swappiness(mz
, sc
);
1960 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1961 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1962 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1964 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1965 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1966 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1968 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1970 spin_lock_irq(&mz
->zone
->lru_lock
);
1971 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] > anon
/ 4)) {
1972 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] /= 2;
1973 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] /= 2;
1976 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] > file
/ 4)) {
1977 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] /= 2;
1978 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] /= 2;
1982 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1983 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1984 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1986 ap
= (anon_prio
+ 1) * (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] + 1);
1987 ap
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] + 1;
1989 fp
= (file_prio
+ 1) * (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] + 1);
1990 fp
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] + 1;
1991 spin_unlock_irq(&mz
->zone
->lru_lock
);
1995 denominator
= ap
+ fp
+ 1;
1997 for_each_evictable_lru(lru
) {
1998 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
2001 scan
= zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, lru
);
2002 if (priority
|| noswap
) {
2004 if (!scan
&& force_scan
)
2005 scan
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
2006 scan
= div64_u64(scan
* fraction
[file
], denominator
);
2013 * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
2014 * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
2015 * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
2016 * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
2017 * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
2019 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
2020 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
,
2021 unsigned long nr_scanned
,
2022 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2024 unsigned long pages_for_compaction
;
2025 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages
;
2027 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
2028 if (!(sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION
))
2031 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
2032 if (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_REPEAT
) {
2034 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
2035 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
2036 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
2037 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
2039 if (!nr_reclaimed
&& !nr_scanned
)
2043 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
2044 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
2045 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
2046 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
2047 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
2048 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
2055 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
2056 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
2058 pages_for_compaction
= (2UL << sc
->order
);
2059 inactive_lru_pages
= zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
2060 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
2061 inactive_lru_pages
+= zone_nr_lru_pages(mz
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
);
2062 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
< pages_for_compaction
&&
2063 inactive_lru_pages
> pages_for_compaction
)
2066 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
2067 switch (compaction_suitable(mz
->zone
, sc
->order
)) {
2068 case COMPACT_PARTIAL
:
2069 case COMPACT_CONTINUE
:
2077 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
2079 static void shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(int priority
, struct mem_cgroup_zone
*mz
,
2080 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2082 unsigned long nr
[NR_LRU_LISTS
];
2083 unsigned long nr_to_scan
;
2085 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
, nr_scanned
;
2086 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
;
2087 struct blk_plug plug
;
2091 nr_scanned
= sc
->nr_scanned
;
2092 get_scan_count(mz
, sc
, nr
, priority
);
2094 blk_start_plug(&plug
);
2095 while (nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
] || nr
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] ||
2096 nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
]) {
2097 for_each_evictable_lru(lru
) {
2099 nr_to_scan
= min_t(unsigned long,
2100 nr
[lru
], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
);
2101 nr
[lru
] -= nr_to_scan
;
2103 nr_reclaimed
+= shrink_list(lru
, nr_to_scan
,
2108 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
2109 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
2110 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2111 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
2112 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
2113 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
2115 if (nr_reclaimed
>= nr_to_reclaim
&& priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
)
2118 blk_finish_plug(&plug
);
2119 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_reclaimed
;
2122 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
2123 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
2125 if (inactive_anon_is_low(mz
))
2126 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, mz
, sc
, priority
, 0);
2128 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
2129 if (should_continue_reclaim(mz
, nr_reclaimed
,
2130 sc
->nr_scanned
- nr_scanned
, sc
))
2133 throttle_vm_writeout(sc
->gfp_mask
);
2136 static void shrink_zone(int priority
, struct zone
*zone
,
2137 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2139 struct mem_cgroup
*root
= sc
->target_mem_cgroup
;
2140 struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie reclaim
= {
2142 .priority
= priority
,
2144 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
2146 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(root
, NULL
, &reclaim
);
2148 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz
= {
2149 .mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2153 shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(priority
, &mz
, sc
);
2155 * Limit reclaim has historically picked one memcg and
2156 * scanned it with decreasing priority levels until
2157 * nr_to_reclaim had been reclaimed. This priority
2158 * cycle is thus over after a single memcg.
2160 * Direct reclaim and kswapd, on the other hand, have
2161 * to scan all memory cgroups to fulfill the overall
2162 * scan target for the zone.
2164 if (!global_reclaim(sc
)) {
2165 mem_cgroup_iter_break(root
, memcg
);
2168 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(root
, memcg
, &reclaim
);
2172 /* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */
2173 static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
2175 unsigned long balance_gap
, watermark
;
2178 /* Do not consider compaction for orders reclaim is meant to satisfy */
2179 if (sc
->order
<= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
2183 * Compaction takes time to run and there are potentially other
2184 * callers using the pages just freed. Continue reclaiming until
2185 * there is a buffer of free pages available to give compaction
2186 * a reasonable chance of completing and allocating the page
2188 balance_gap
= min(low_wmark_pages(zone
),
2189 (zone
->present_pages
+ KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
-1) /
2190 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
);
2191 watermark
= high_wmark_pages(zone
) + balance_gap
+ (2UL << sc
->order
);
2192 watermark_ok
= zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, 0, watermark
, 0, 0);
2195 * If compaction is deferred, reclaim up to a point where
2196 * compaction will have a chance of success when re-enabled
2198 if (compaction_deferred(zone
, sc
->order
))
2199 return watermark_ok
;
2201 /* If compaction is not ready to start, keep reclaiming */
2202 if (!compaction_suitable(zone
, sc
->order
))
2205 return watermark_ok
;
2209 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
2210 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
2213 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
2215 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
2217 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
2218 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
2219 * zone defense algorithm.
2221 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
2222 * scan then give up on it.
2224 * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
2225 * high-order allocation and compaction is ready to begin. This indicates to
2226 * the caller that it should consider retrying the allocation instead of
2229 static bool shrink_zones(int priority
, struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2230 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2234 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2235 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2236 bool aborted_reclaim
= false;
2239 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
2240 * allowed level, force direct reclaim to scan the highmem zone as
2241 * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads
2243 if (buffer_heads_over_limit
)
2244 sc
->gfp_mask
|= __GFP_HIGHMEM
;
2246 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2247 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2248 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2251 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2254 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
2255 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2257 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2258 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2259 if (COMPACTION_BUILD
) {
2261 * If we already have plenty of memory free for
2262 * compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
2263 * Even though compaction is invoked for any
2264 * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
2265 * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
2266 * noticeable problem, like transparent huge
2269 if (compaction_ready(zone
, sc
)) {
2270 aborted_reclaim
= true;
2275 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2276 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2277 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2278 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2280 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2281 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2282 sc
->order
, sc
->gfp_mask
,
2284 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2285 sc
->nr_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2286 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2289 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, sc
);
2292 return aborted_reclaim
;
2295 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
2297 return zone
->pages_scanned
< zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
) * 6;
2300 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2301 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2302 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2307 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2308 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2309 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2311 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2313 if (!zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
2321 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2323 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2324 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2326 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2327 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2328 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2329 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2330 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2331 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2333 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2334 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2336 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2337 struct scan_control
*sc
,
2338 struct shrink_control
*shrink
)
2341 unsigned long total_scanned
= 0;
2342 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2345 unsigned long writeback_threshold
;
2346 bool aborted_reclaim
;
2348 delayacct_freepages_start();
2350 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
2351 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL
);
2353 for (priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
; priority
>= 0; priority
--) {
2356 disable_swap_token(sc
->target_mem_cgroup
);
2357 aborted_reclaim
= shrink_zones(priority
, zonelist
, sc
);
2360 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2361 * over limit cgroups
2363 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
2364 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2365 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2366 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
)) {
2367 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2370 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2373 shrink_slab(shrink
, sc
->nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2374 if (reclaim_state
) {
2375 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2376 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2379 total_scanned
+= sc
->nr_scanned
;
2380 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
>= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
)
2384 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2385 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2386 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2387 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2388 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2390 writeback_threshold
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
+ sc
->nr_to_reclaim
/ 2;
2391 if (total_scanned
> writeback_threshold
) {
2392 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode
? 0 : total_scanned
,
2393 WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES
);
2394 sc
->may_writepage
= 1;
2397 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2398 if (!sc
->hibernation_mode
&& sc
->nr_scanned
&&
2399 priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2) {
2400 struct zone
*preferred_zone
;
2402 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist
, gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
),
2403 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed
,
2405 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone
, BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2410 delayacct_freepages_end();
2412 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
)
2413 return sc
->nr_reclaimed
;
2416 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2417 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2420 if (oom_killer_disabled
)
2423 /* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
2424 if (aborted_reclaim
)
2427 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2428 if (global_reclaim(sc
) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist
, sc
))
2434 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, int order
,
2435 gfp_t gfp_mask
, nodemask_t
*nodemask
)
2437 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2438 struct scan_control sc
= {
2439 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
2440 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2441 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2445 .target_mem_cgroup
= NULL
,
2446 .nodemask
= nodemask
,
2448 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2449 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2452 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order
,
2456 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2458 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2460 return nr_reclaimed
;
2463 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
2465 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
,
2466 gfp_t gfp_mask
, bool noswap
,
2468 unsigned long *nr_scanned
)
2470 struct scan_control sc
= {
2472 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2473 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2475 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2477 .target_mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2479 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz
= {
2480 .mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2484 sc
.gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2485 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
);
2487 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(0,
2492 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2493 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2494 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2495 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2496 * the priority and make it zero.
2498 shrink_mem_cgroup_zone(0, &mz
, &sc
);
2500 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc
.nr_reclaimed
);
2502 *nr_scanned
= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2503 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
;
2506 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
,
2510 struct zonelist
*zonelist
;
2511 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2513 struct scan_control sc
= {
2514 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2516 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2517 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2519 .target_mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2520 .nodemask
= NULL
, /* we don't care the placement */
2521 .gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2522 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
),
2524 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2525 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2529 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2530 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2531 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2533 nid
= mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(memcg
);
2535 zonelist
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->node_zonelists
;
2537 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2541 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2543 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2545 return nr_reclaimed
;
2549 static void age_active_anon(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
2552 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
2554 if (!total_swap_pages
)
2557 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(NULL
, NULL
, NULL
);
2559 struct mem_cgroup_zone mz
= {
2560 .mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2564 if (inactive_anon_is_low(&mz
))
2565 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, &mz
,
2568 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(NULL
, memcg
, NULL
);
2573 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2574 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2575 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2576 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2577 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2578 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2579 * The choice of 25% is due to
2580 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2581 * reasonable sized machine
2582 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2583 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2584 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2585 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2586 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2588 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, unsigned long balanced_pages
,
2591 unsigned long present_pages
= 0;
2594 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++)
2595 present_pages
+= pgdat
->node_zones
[i
].present_pages
;
2597 /* A special case here: if zone has no page, we think it's balanced */
2598 return balanced_pages
>= (present_pages
>> 2);
2601 /* is kswapd sleeping prematurely? */
2602 static bool sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, long remaining
,
2606 unsigned long balanced
= 0;
2607 bool all_zones_ok
= true;
2609 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2613 /* Check the watermark levels */
2614 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++) {
2615 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2617 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2621 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2622 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2623 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2626 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2627 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2631 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, high_wmark_pages(zone
),
2633 all_zones_ok
= false;
2635 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2639 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2640 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2644 return !pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, classzone_idx
);
2646 return !all_zones_ok
;
2650 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2651 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2653 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2655 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2656 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2657 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2658 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2659 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2660 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2661 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2663 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2664 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2665 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2666 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2667 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2668 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2670 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
,
2674 unsigned long balanced
;
2677 int end_zone
= 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2678 unsigned long total_scanned
;
2679 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2680 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2681 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2682 struct scan_control sc
= {
2683 .gfp_mask
= GFP_KERNEL
,
2687 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2688 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2690 .nr_to_reclaim
= ULONG_MAX
,
2692 .target_mem_cgroup
= NULL
,
2694 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2695 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2699 sc
.nr_reclaimed
= 0;
2700 sc
.may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
;
2701 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN
);
2703 for (priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
; priority
>= 0; priority
--) {
2704 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2705 int has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 0;
2707 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
2709 disable_swap_token(NULL
);
2715 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2716 * zone which needs scanning
2718 for (i
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1; i
>= 0; i
--) {
2719 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2721 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2724 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2728 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2729 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2731 age_active_anon(zone
, &sc
, priority
);
2734 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine
2735 * exceeds the maximum allowed level and this node
2736 * has a highmem zone, force kswapd to reclaim from
2737 * it to relieve lowmem pressure.
2739 if (buffer_heads_over_limit
&& is_highmem_idx(i
)) {
2744 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2745 high_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0)) {
2749 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2750 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2756 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2757 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2759 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2763 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2764 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2766 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2767 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2768 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2769 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2771 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2772 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2773 int nr_slab
, testorder
;
2774 unsigned long balance_gap
;
2776 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2779 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2784 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2786 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2788 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2791 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2792 total_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2795 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2796 * one zone has way too many pages free
2797 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2798 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2799 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2800 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2802 balance_gap
= min(low_wmark_pages(zone
),
2803 (zone
->present_pages
+
2804 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
-1) /
2805 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
);
2807 * Kswapd reclaims only single pages with compaction
2808 * enabled. Trying too hard to reclaim until contiguous
2809 * free pages have become available can hurt performance
2810 * by evicting too much useful data from memory.
2811 * Do not reclaim more than needed for compaction.
2814 if (COMPACTION_BUILD
&& order
&&
2815 compaction_suitable(zone
, order
) !=
2819 if ((buffer_heads_over_limit
&& is_highmem_idx(i
)) ||
2820 !zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, testorder
,
2821 high_wmark_pages(zone
) + balance_gap
,
2823 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, &sc
);
2825 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2826 nr_slab
= shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2827 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2828 total_scanned
+= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2830 if (nr_slab
== 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone
))
2831 zone
->all_unreclaimable
= 1;
2835 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2836 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2837 * even in laptop mode
2839 if (total_scanned
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
* 2 &&
2840 total_scanned
> sc
.nr_reclaimed
+ sc
.nr_reclaimed
/ 2)
2841 sc
.may_writepage
= 1;
2843 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2844 if (end_zone
&& end_zone
== i
)
2849 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, testorder
,
2850 high_wmark_pages(zone
), end_zone
, 0)) {
2853 * We are still under min water mark. This
2854 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2855 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2857 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2858 min_wmark_pages(zone
), end_zone
, 0))
2859 has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 1;
2862 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2863 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2864 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2865 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2866 * spectulatively avoid congestion waits
2868 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2869 if (i
<= *classzone_idx
)
2870 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2874 if (all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))
2875 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2877 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2878 * another pass across the zones.
2880 if (total_scanned
&& (priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)) {
2881 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone
)
2882 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT
);
2884 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2888 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2889 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2890 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2891 * on zone->*_priority.
2893 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2899 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2900 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2901 * for the node to be balanced
2903 if (!(all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))) {
2909 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2910 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2911 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2912 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2913 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2914 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2917 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2918 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2919 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2920 * reclaim if they wish.
2922 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
< SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2923 order
= sc
.order
= 0;
2929 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2930 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2931 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2932 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2933 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2934 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2937 int zones_need_compaction
= 1;
2939 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2940 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2942 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2945 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2948 /* Would compaction fail due to lack of free memory? */
2949 if (COMPACTION_BUILD
&&
2950 compaction_suitable(zone
, order
) == COMPACT_SKIPPED
)
2953 /* Confirm the zone is balanced for order-0 */
2954 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone
, 0,
2955 high_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0)) {
2956 order
= sc
.order
= 0;
2960 /* Check if the memory needs to be defragmented. */
2961 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone
, order
,
2962 low_wmark_pages(zone
), *classzone_idx
, 0))
2963 zones_need_compaction
= 0;
2965 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2966 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2969 if (zones_need_compaction
)
2970 compact_pgdat(pgdat
, order
);
2974 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so sleeping_prematurely()
2975 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2976 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2977 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2979 *classzone_idx
= end_zone
;
2983 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, int classzone_idx
)
2988 if (freezing(current
) || kthread_should_stop())
2991 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
2993 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2994 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
2995 remaining
= schedule_timeout(HZ
/10);
2996 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
2997 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
3001 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
3002 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
3004 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
3005 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat
->node_id
);
3008 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
3009 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
3010 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
3011 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
3012 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
3013 * them before going back to sleep.
3015 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_normal_threshold
);
3017 if (!kthread_should_stop())
3020 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_pressure_threshold
);
3023 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
3025 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
3027 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
3031 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
3032 * from the init process.
3034 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
3035 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
3036 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
3037 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
3038 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
3040 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
3041 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
3043 static int kswapd(void *p
)
3045 unsigned long order
, new_order
;
3046 unsigned balanced_order
;
3047 int classzone_idx
, new_classzone_idx
;
3048 int balanced_classzone_idx
;
3049 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= (pg_data_t
*)p
;
3050 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
3052 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
= {
3053 .reclaimed_slab
= 0,
3055 const struct cpumask
*cpumask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
3057 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL
);
3059 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask
))
3060 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk
, cpumask
);
3061 current
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3064 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
3065 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
3066 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
3067 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
3069 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
3070 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
3071 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
3072 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
3073 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
3075 tsk
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
| PF_KSWAPD
;
3078 order
= new_order
= 0;
3080 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
3081 balanced_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
3086 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
3087 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
3088 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
3090 if (balanced_classzone_idx
>= new_classzone_idx
&&
3091 balanced_order
== new_order
) {
3092 new_order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
3093 new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
3094 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
3095 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
3098 if (order
< new_order
|| classzone_idx
> new_classzone_idx
) {
3100 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
3101 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
3104 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
;
3106 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat
, balanced_order
,
3107 balanced_classzone_idx
);
3108 order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
3109 classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
3111 new_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
3112 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
3113 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
3116 ret
= try_to_freeze();
3117 if (kthread_should_stop())
3121 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
3122 * after returning from the refrigerator
3125 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat
->node_id
, order
);
3126 balanced_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
3127 balanced_order
= balance_pgdat(pgdat
, order
,
3128 &balanced_classzone_idx
);
3135 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
3137 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone
*zone
, int order
, enum zone_type classzone_idx
)
3141 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
3144 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
3146 pgdat
= zone
->zone_pgdat
;
3147 if (pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
< order
) {
3148 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= order
;
3149 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= min(pgdat
->classzone_idx
, classzone_idx
);
3151 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
))
3153 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, low_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0))
3156 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat
->node_id
, zone_idx(zone
), order
);
3157 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
);
3161 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
3162 * The less reclaimable pages may be
3163 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
3164 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
3165 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
3167 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
3171 nr
= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
3172 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
3174 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
3175 nr
+= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
3176 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
3181 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3185 nr
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
3186 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
3188 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
3189 nr
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
3190 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
3195 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
3197 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
3200 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
3201 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
3202 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
3204 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
)
3206 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
3207 struct scan_control sc
= {
3208 .gfp_mask
= GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
,
3212 .nr_to_reclaim
= nr_to_reclaim
,
3213 .hibernation_mode
= 1,
3216 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
3217 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
3219 struct zonelist
*zonelist
= node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc
.gfp_mask
);
3220 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
3221 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
3223 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
;
3224 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc
.gfp_mask
);
3225 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
3226 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3228 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
3230 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3231 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3232 p
->flags
&= ~PF_MEMALLOC
;
3234 return nr_reclaimed
;
3236 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
3238 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
3239 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
3240 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
3241 restore their cpu bindings. */
3242 static int __devinit
cpu_callback(struct notifier_block
*nfb
,
3243 unsigned long action
, void *hcpu
)
3247 if (action
== CPU_ONLINE
|| action
== CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN
) {
3248 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
) {
3249 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
3250 const struct cpumask
*mask
;
3252 mask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
3254 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask
, mask
) < nr_cpu_ids
)
3255 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
3256 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat
->kswapd
, mask
);
3263 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
3264 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
3266 int kswapd_run(int nid
)
3268 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
3274 pgdat
->kswapd
= kthread_run(kswapd
, pgdat
, "kswapd%d", nid
);
3275 if (IS_ERR(pgdat
->kswapd
)) {
3276 /* failure at boot is fatal */
3277 BUG_ON(system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
);
3278 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid
);
3285 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined. Caller must
3286 * hold lock_memory_hotplug().
3288 void kswapd_stop(int nid
)
3290 struct task_struct
*kswapd
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->kswapd
;
3293 kthread_stop(kswapd
);
3294 NODE_DATA(nid
)->kswapd
= NULL
;
3298 static int __init
kswapd_init(void)
3303 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
)
3305 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback
, 0);
3309 module_init(kswapd_init
)
3315 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
3318 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly
;
3320 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
3321 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
3322 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
3323 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
3326 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
3327 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
3330 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
3333 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
3336 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio
= 1;
3339 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3340 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3342 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio
= 5;
3344 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3346 unsigned long file_mapped
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_MAPPED
);
3347 unsigned long file_lru
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
) +
3348 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
3351 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3352 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3353 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3355 return (file_lru
> file_mapped
) ? (file_lru
- file_mapped
) : 0;
3358 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3359 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
3361 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3365 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3366 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3367 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3370 if (zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
)
3371 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_PAGES
);
3373 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone
);
3375 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3376 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
))
3377 delta
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
3379 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3380 if (unlikely(delta
> nr_pagecache_reclaimable
))
3381 delta
= nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3383 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable
- delta
;
3387 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3389 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3391 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3392 const unsigned long nr_pages
= 1 << order
;
3393 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
3394 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
3396 struct scan_control sc
= {
3397 .may_writepage
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
),
3398 .may_unmap
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
),
3400 .nr_to_reclaim
= max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages
,
3402 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
3405 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
3406 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
3408 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0
, nr_slab_pages1
;
3412 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3413 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3416 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
;
3417 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask
);
3418 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
3419 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3421 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) > zone
->min_unmapped_pages
) {
3423 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3424 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3426 priority
= ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY
;
3428 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, &sc
);
3430 } while (priority
>= 0 && sc
.nr_reclaimed
< nr_pages
);
3433 nr_slab_pages0
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3434 if (nr_slab_pages0
> zone
->min_slab_pages
) {
3436 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3437 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3438 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3439 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3442 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3446 unsigned long lru_pages
= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
3448 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3449 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
))
3452 /* Freed enough memory */
3453 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
,
3454 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3455 if (nr_slab_pages1
+ nr_pages
<= nr_slab_pages0
)
3460 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3461 * reclaimed from this zone.
3463 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3464 if (nr_slab_pages1
< nr_slab_pages0
)
3465 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_slab_pages0
- nr_slab_pages1
;
3468 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3469 current
->flags
&= ~(PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
);
3470 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3471 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= nr_pages
;
3474 int zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3480 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3481 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3483 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3484 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3485 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3486 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3487 * unmapped file backed pages.
3489 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) <= zone
->min_unmapped_pages
&&
3490 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
) <= zone
->min_slab_pages
)
3491 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3493 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
3494 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3497 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3499 if (!(gfp_mask
& __GFP_WAIT
) || (current
->flags
& PF_MEMALLOC
))
3500 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3503 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3504 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3505 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3506 * as wide as possible.
3508 node_id
= zone_to_nid(zone
);
3509 if (node_state(node_id
, N_CPU
) && node_id
!= numa_node_id())
3510 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3512 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
))
3513 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3515 ret
= __zone_reclaim(zone
, gfp_mask
, order
);
3516 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
);
3519 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED
);
3526 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3527 * @page: the page to test
3528 * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
3530 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3531 * lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
3532 * fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
3534 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3535 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3536 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3539 int page_evictable(struct page
*page
, struct vm_area_struct
*vma
)
3542 if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page
)))
3545 if (PageMlocked(page
) || (vma
&& is_mlocked_vma(vma
, page
)))
3553 * check_move_unevictable_pages - check pages for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3554 * @pages: array of pages to check
3555 * @nr_pages: number of pages to check
3557 * Checks pages for evictability and moves them to the appropriate lru list.
3559 * This function is only used for SysV IPC SHM_UNLOCK.
3561 void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page
**pages
, int nr_pages
)
3563 struct lruvec
*lruvec
;
3564 struct zone
*zone
= NULL
;
3569 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_pages
; i
++) {
3570 struct page
*page
= pages
[i
];
3571 struct zone
*pagezone
;
3574 pagezone
= page_zone(page
);
3575 if (pagezone
!= zone
) {
3577 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3579 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3582 if (!PageLRU(page
) || !PageUnevictable(page
))
3585 if (page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
3586 enum lru_list lru
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
3588 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
3589 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
3590 __dec_zone_state(zone
, NR_UNEVICTABLE
);
3591 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_lru_move_lists(zone
, page
,
3592 LRU_UNEVICTABLE
, lru
);
3593 list_move(&page
->lru
, &lruvec
->lists
[lru
]);
3594 __inc_zone_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
+ lru
);
3600 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
, pgrescued
);
3601 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED
, pgscanned
);
3602 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3605 #endif /* CONFIG_SHMEM */
3607 static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
3609 printk_once(KERN_WARNING
3610 "%s: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
3611 "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
3612 "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n",
3617 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3618 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3620 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages
;
3622 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
3623 void __user
*buffer
,
3624 size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
3626 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3627 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
3628 scan_unevictable_pages
= 0;
3634 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3635 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3638 static ssize_t
read_scan_unevictable_node(struct device
*dev
,
3639 struct device_attribute
*attr
,
3642 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3643 return sprintf(buf
, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3646 static ssize_t
write_scan_unevictable_node(struct device
*dev
,
3647 struct device_attribute
*attr
,
3648 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
3650 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3655 static DEVICE_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages
, S_IRUGO
| S_IWUSR
,
3656 read_scan_unevictable_node
,
3657 write_scan_unevictable_node
);
3659 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node
*node
)
3661 return device_create_file(&node
->dev
, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);
3664 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node
*node
)
3666 device_remove_file(&node
->dev
, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);