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 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
58 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
60 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
61 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
63 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
64 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
;
66 unsigned long hibernation_mode
;
68 /* This context's GFP mask */
73 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
76 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
81 /* Scan (total_size >> priority) pages at once */
85 * The memory cgroup that hit its limit and as a result is the
86 * primary target of this reclaim invocation.
88 struct mem_cgroup
*target_mem_cgroup
;
91 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
97 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
99 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
100 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
102 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
105 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
106 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
110 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
113 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
114 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
116 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
119 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
120 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
124 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
128 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
130 int vm_swappiness
= 60;
131 long vm_total_pages
; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
133 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list
);
134 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem
);
137 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control
*sc
)
139 return !sc
->target_mem_cgroup
;
142 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control
*sc
)
148 static unsigned long get_lru_size(struct lruvec
*lruvec
, enum lru_list lru
)
150 if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
151 return mem_cgroup_get_lru_size(lruvec
, lru
);
153 return zone_page_state(lruvec_zone(lruvec
), NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
);
157 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
159 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
161 atomic_long_set(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
, 0);
162 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
163 list_add_tail(&shrinker
->list
, &shrinker_list
);
164 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
166 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker
);
171 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
173 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
174 list_del(&shrinker
->list
);
175 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
177 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker
);
179 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker
*shrinker
,
180 struct shrink_control
*sc
,
181 unsigned long nr_to_scan
)
183 sc
->nr_to_scan
= nr_to_scan
;
184 return (*shrinker
->shrink
)(shrinker
, sc
);
187 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
189 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
191 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
192 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
193 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
194 * generated by these structures.
196 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
197 * slab to avoid swapping.
199 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
201 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
202 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
203 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
205 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
207 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control
*shrink
,
208 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned
,
209 unsigned long lru_pages
)
211 struct shrinker
*shrinker
;
212 unsigned long ret
= 0;
214 if (nr_pages_scanned
== 0)
215 nr_pages_scanned
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
217 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem
)) {
218 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
223 list_for_each_entry(shrinker
, &shrinker_list
, list
) {
224 unsigned long long delta
;
230 long batch_size
= shrinker
->batch
? shrinker
->batch
233 max_pass
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
238 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
239 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
240 * don't also do this scanning work.
242 nr
= atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
, 0);
245 delta
= (4 * nr_pages_scanned
) / shrinker
->seeks
;
247 do_div(delta
, lru_pages
+ 1);
249 if (total_scan
< 0) {
250 printk(KERN_ERR
"shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
252 shrinker
->shrink
, total_scan
);
253 total_scan
= max_pass
;
257 * We need to avoid excessive windup on filesystem shrinkers
258 * due to large numbers of GFP_NOFS allocations causing the
259 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
260 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
261 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
262 * max_pass. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
265 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
266 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
268 if (delta
< max_pass
/ 4)
269 total_scan
= min(total_scan
, max_pass
/ 2);
272 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
273 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
276 if (total_scan
> max_pass
* 2)
277 total_scan
= max_pass
* 2;
279 trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker
, shrink
, nr
,
280 nr_pages_scanned
, lru_pages
,
281 max_pass
, delta
, total_scan
);
283 while (total_scan
>= batch_size
) {
286 nr_before
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
287 shrink_ret
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
,
289 if (shrink_ret
== -1)
291 if (shrink_ret
< nr_before
)
292 ret
+= nr_before
- shrink_ret
;
293 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED
, batch_size
);
294 total_scan
-= batch_size
;
300 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
301 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
302 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
305 new_nr
= atomic_long_add_return(total_scan
,
306 &shrinker
->nr_in_batch
);
308 new_nr
= atomic_long_read(&shrinker
->nr_in_batch
);
310 trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker
, shrink_ret
, nr
, new_nr
);
312 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem
);
318 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page
*page
)
321 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
322 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
323 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
325 return page_count(page
) - page_has_private(page
) == 2;
328 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
329 struct scan_control
*sc
)
331 if (current
->flags
& PF_SWAPWRITE
)
333 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi
))
335 if (bdi
== current
->backing_dev_info
)
341 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
342 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
343 * fsync(), msync() or close().
345 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
346 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
347 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
349 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
352 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space
*mapping
,
353 struct page
*page
, int error
)
356 if (page_mapping(page
) == mapping
)
357 mapping_set_error(mapping
, error
);
361 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
363 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
365 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
367 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
369 /* page is clean and locked */
374 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
375 * Calls ->writepage().
377 static pageout_t
pageout(struct page
*page
, struct address_space
*mapping
,
378 struct scan_control
*sc
)
381 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
382 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
383 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
384 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
385 * PagePrivate for that.
387 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
388 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
391 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
392 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
393 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
394 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
396 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page
))
400 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
401 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
403 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
404 if (try_to_free_buffers(page
)) {
405 ClearPageDirty(page
);
406 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__
);
412 if (mapping
->a_ops
->writepage
== NULL
)
413 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
414 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, sc
))
417 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
)) {
419 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
420 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
421 .nr_to_write
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
423 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
427 SetPageReclaim(page
);
428 res
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, &wbc
);
430 handle_write_error(mapping
, page
, res
);
431 if (res
== AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE
) {
432 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
433 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
436 if (!PageWriteback(page
)) {
437 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
438 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
440 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page
, trace_reclaim_flags(page
));
441 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE
);
449 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
450 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
452 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
454 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
455 BUG_ON(mapping
!= page_mapping(page
));
457 spin_lock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
459 * The non racy check for a busy page.
461 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
462 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
463 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
464 * here, then the following race may occur:
466 * get_user_pages(&page);
467 * [user mapping goes away]
469 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
470 * SetPageDirty(page);
472 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
474 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
476 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
477 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
478 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
480 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
481 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
483 if (!page_freeze_refs(page
, 2))
485 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
486 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page
))) {
487 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 2);
491 if (PageSwapCache(page
)) {
492 swp_entry_t swap
= { .val
= page_private(page
) };
493 __delete_from_swap_cache(page
);
494 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
495 swapcache_free(swap
, page
);
497 void (*freepage
)(struct page
*);
499 freepage
= mapping
->a_ops
->freepage
;
501 __delete_from_page_cache(page
);
502 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
503 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page
);
505 if (freepage
!= NULL
)
512 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
517 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
518 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
519 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
522 int remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
524 if (__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
)) {
526 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
527 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
530 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 1);
537 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
538 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
540 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
541 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
543 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
545 void putback_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
548 int active
= !!TestClearPageActive(page
);
549 int was_unevictable
= PageUnevictable(page
);
551 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
554 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
556 if (page_evictable(page
)) {
558 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
559 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
560 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
561 * We know how to handle that.
563 lru
= active
+ page_lru_base_type(page
);
564 lru_cache_add_lru(page
, lru
);
567 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
570 lru
= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
;
571 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page
);
573 * When racing with an mlock or AS_UNEVICTABLE clearing
574 * (page is unlocked) make sure that if the other thread
575 * does not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
576 * isolation/check_move_unevictable_pages,
577 * we see PG_mlocked/AS_UNEVICTABLE cleared below and move
578 * the page back to the evictable list.
580 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked() or shmem_lock().
586 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
587 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
588 * check after we added it to the list, again.
590 if (lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
&& page_evictable(page
)) {
591 if (!isolate_lru_page(page
)) {
595 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
596 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
597 * nothing to do here.
601 if (was_unevictable
&& lru
!= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
602 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
);
603 else if (!was_unevictable
&& lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
604 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED
);
606 put_page(page
); /* drop ref from isolate */
609 enum page_references
{
611 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
,
616 static enum page_references
page_check_references(struct page
*page
,
617 struct scan_control
*sc
)
619 int referenced_ptes
, referenced_page
;
620 unsigned long vm_flags
;
622 referenced_ptes
= page_referenced(page
, 1, sc
->target_mem_cgroup
,
624 referenced_page
= TestClearPageReferenced(page
);
627 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
628 * move the page to the unevictable list.
630 if (vm_flags
& VM_LOCKED
)
631 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
633 if (referenced_ptes
) {
634 if (PageSwapBacked(page
))
635 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
637 * All mapped pages start out with page table
638 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
639 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
642 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
643 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
644 * lead to its activation.
646 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
647 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
650 SetPageReferenced(page
);
652 if (referenced_page
|| referenced_ptes
> 1)
653 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
656 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
658 if (vm_flags
& VM_EXEC
)
659 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
664 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
665 if (referenced_page
&& !PageSwapBacked(page
))
666 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
;
668 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
672 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
674 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head
*page_list
,
676 struct scan_control
*sc
,
677 enum ttu_flags ttu_flags
,
678 unsigned long *ret_nr_dirty
,
679 unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback
,
682 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages
);
683 LIST_HEAD(free_pages
);
685 unsigned long nr_dirty
= 0;
686 unsigned long nr_congested
= 0;
687 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
688 unsigned long nr_writeback
= 0;
692 mem_cgroup_uncharge_start();
693 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
694 struct address_space
*mapping
;
697 enum page_references references
= PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
;
701 page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
702 list_del(&page
->lru
);
704 if (!trylock_page(page
))
707 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
708 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page
) != zone
);
712 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
)))
715 if (!sc
->may_unmap
&& page_mapped(page
))
718 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
719 if (page_mapped(page
) || PageSwapCache(page
))
722 may_enter_fs
= (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_FS
) ||
723 (PageSwapCache(page
) && (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
));
725 if (PageWriteback(page
)) {
727 * memcg doesn't have any dirty pages throttling so we
728 * could easily OOM just because too many pages are in
729 * writeback and there is nothing else to reclaim.
731 * Check __GFP_IO, certainly because a loop driver
732 * thread might enter reclaim, and deadlock if it waits
733 * on a page for which it is needed to do the write
734 * (loop masks off __GFP_IO|__GFP_FS for this reason);
735 * but more thought would probably show more reasons.
737 * Don't require __GFP_FS, since we're not going into
738 * the FS, just waiting on its writeback completion.
739 * Worryingly, ext4 gfs2 and xfs allocate pages with
740 * grab_cache_page_write_begin(,,AOP_FLAG_NOFS), so
741 * testing may_enter_fs here is liable to OOM on them.
743 if (global_reclaim(sc
) ||
744 !PageReclaim(page
) || !(sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
)) {
746 * This is slightly racy - end_page_writeback()
747 * might have just cleared PageReclaim, then
748 * setting PageReclaim here end up interpreted
749 * as PageReadahead - but that does not matter
750 * enough to care. What we do want is for this
751 * page to have PageReclaim set next time memcg
752 * reclaim reaches the tests above, so it will
753 * then wait_on_page_writeback() to avoid OOM;
754 * and it's also appropriate in global reclaim.
756 SetPageReclaim(page
);
760 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
764 references
= page_check_references(page
, sc
);
766 switch (references
) {
767 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
:
768 goto activate_locked
;
771 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM
:
772 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
:
773 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
777 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
778 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
780 if (PageAnon(page
) && !PageSwapCache(page
)) {
781 if (!(sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
))
783 if (!add_to_swap(page
))
784 goto activate_locked
;
788 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
791 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
792 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
794 if (page_mapped(page
) && mapping
) {
795 switch (try_to_unmap(page
, ttu_flags
)) {
797 goto activate_locked
;
803 ; /* try to free the page below */
807 if (PageDirty(page
)) {
811 * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
812 * avoid risk of stack overflow but do not writeback
813 * unless under significant pressure.
815 if (page_is_file_cache(page
) &&
816 (!current_is_kswapd() ||
817 sc
->priority
>= DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)) {
819 * Immediately reclaim when written back.
820 * Similar in principal to deactivate_page()
821 * except we already have the page isolated
822 * and know it's dirty
824 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE
);
825 SetPageReclaim(page
);
830 if (references
== PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
)
834 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
837 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
838 switch (pageout(page
, mapping
, sc
)) {
843 goto activate_locked
;
845 if (PageWriteback(page
))
851 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
852 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
854 if (!trylock_page(page
))
856 if (PageDirty(page
) || PageWriteback(page
))
858 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
860 ; /* try to free the page below */
865 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
866 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
869 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
870 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
871 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
872 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
873 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
874 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
875 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
876 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
878 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
879 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
880 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
881 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
882 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
883 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
885 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
886 if (!try_to_release_page(page
, sc
->gfp_mask
))
887 goto activate_locked
;
888 if (!mapping
&& page_count(page
) == 1) {
890 if (put_page_testzero(page
))
894 * rare race with speculative reference.
895 * the speculative reference will free
896 * this page shortly, so we may
897 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
898 * leave it off the LRU).
906 if (!mapping
|| !__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
))
910 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
911 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
912 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
913 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
914 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
916 __clear_page_locked(page
);
921 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
922 * appear not as the counts should be low
924 list_add(&page
->lru
, &free_pages
);
928 if (PageSwapCache(page
))
929 try_to_free_swap(page
);
931 putback_lru_page(page
);
935 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
936 if (PageSwapCache(page
) && vm_swap_full())
937 try_to_free_swap(page
);
938 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
944 list_add(&page
->lru
, &ret_pages
);
945 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
) || PageUnevictable(page
));
949 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
950 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
951 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
952 * will encounter the same problem
954 if (nr_dirty
&& nr_dirty
== nr_congested
&& global_reclaim(sc
))
955 zone_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
957 free_hot_cold_page_list(&free_pages
, 1);
959 list_splice(&ret_pages
, page_list
);
960 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE
, pgactivate
);
961 mem_cgroup_uncharge_end();
962 *ret_nr_dirty
+= nr_dirty
;
963 *ret_nr_writeback
+= nr_writeback
;
967 unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone
*zone
,
968 struct list_head
*page_list
)
970 struct scan_control sc
= {
971 .gfp_mask
= GFP_KERNEL
,
972 .priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
,
975 unsigned long ret
, dummy1
, dummy2
;
976 struct page
*page
, *next
;
977 LIST_HEAD(clean_pages
);
979 list_for_each_entry_safe(page
, next
, page_list
, lru
) {
980 if (page_is_file_cache(page
) && !PageDirty(page
)) {
981 ClearPageActive(page
);
982 list_move(&page
->lru
, &clean_pages
);
986 ret
= shrink_page_list(&clean_pages
, zone
, &sc
,
987 TTU_UNMAP
|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS
,
988 &dummy1
, &dummy2
, true);
989 list_splice(&clean_pages
, page_list
);
990 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, -ret
);
995 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
996 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
997 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
999 * page: page to consider
1000 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
1002 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
1004 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
, isolate_mode_t mode
)
1008 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
1012 /* Compaction should not handle unevictable pages but CMA can do so */
1013 if (PageUnevictable(page
) && !(mode
& ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE
))
1019 * To minimise LRU disruption, the caller can indicate that it only
1020 * wants to isolate pages it will be able to operate on without
1021 * blocking - clean pages for the most part.
1023 * ISOLATE_CLEAN means that only clean pages should be isolated. This
1024 * is used by reclaim when it is cannot write to backing storage
1026 * ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE is used to indicate that it only wants to pages
1027 * that it is possible to migrate without blocking
1029 if (mode
& (ISOLATE_CLEAN
|ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE
)) {
1030 /* All the caller can do on PageWriteback is block */
1031 if (PageWriteback(page
))
1034 if (PageDirty(page
)) {
1035 struct address_space
*mapping
;
1037 /* ISOLATE_CLEAN means only clean pages */
1038 if (mode
& ISOLATE_CLEAN
)
1042 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
1043 * ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
1046 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1047 if (mapping
&& !mapping
->a_ops
->migratepage
)
1052 if ((mode
& ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
) && page_mapped(page
))
1055 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page
))) {
1057 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1058 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1059 * page release code relies on it.
1069 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1070 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1071 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1073 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1074 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1076 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1078 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1079 * @lruvec: The LRU vector to pull pages from.
1080 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1081 * @nr_scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1082 * @sc: The scan_control struct for this reclaim session
1083 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1084 * @lru: LRU list id for isolating
1086 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1088 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1089 struct lruvec
*lruvec
, struct list_head
*dst
,
1090 unsigned long *nr_scanned
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1091 isolate_mode_t mode
, enum lru_list lru
)
1093 struct list_head
*src
= &lruvec
->lists
[lru
];
1094 unsigned long nr_taken
= 0;
1097 for (scan
= 0; scan
< nr_to_scan
&& !list_empty(src
); scan
++) {
1101 page
= lru_to_page(src
);
1102 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page
, src
, flags
);
1104 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page
));
1106 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page
, mode
)) {
1108 nr_pages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1109 mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(lruvec
, lru
, -nr_pages
);
1110 list_move(&page
->lru
, dst
);
1111 nr_taken
+= nr_pages
;
1115 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1116 list_move(&page
->lru
, src
);
1125 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc
->order
, nr_to_scan
, scan
,
1126 nr_taken
, mode
, is_file_lru(lru
));
1131 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1132 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1134 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1135 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1137 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1138 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1140 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1141 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1142 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1143 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1145 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1146 * found will be decremented.
1149 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1150 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1151 * without a stable reference).
1152 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1153 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1155 int isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
1159 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page
));
1161 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1162 struct zone
*zone
= page_zone(page
);
1163 struct lruvec
*lruvec
;
1165 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1166 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page
, zone
);
1167 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1168 int lru
= page_lru(page
);
1171 del_page_from_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, lru
);
1174 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1180 * A direct reclaimer may isolate SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX pages from the LRU list and
1181 * then get resheduled. When there are massive number of tasks doing page
1182 * allocation, such sleeping direct reclaimers may keep piling up on each CPU,
1183 * the LRU list will go small and be scanned faster than necessary, leading to
1184 * unnecessary swapping, thrashing and OOM.
1186 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone
*zone
, int file
,
1187 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1189 unsigned long inactive
, isolated
;
1191 if (current_is_kswapd())
1194 if (!global_reclaim(sc
))
1198 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1199 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
);
1201 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1202 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
);
1206 * GFP_NOIO/GFP_NOFS callers are allowed to isolate more pages, so they
1207 * won't get blocked by normal direct-reclaimers, forming a circular
1210 if ((sc
->gfp_mask
& GFP_IOFS
) == GFP_IOFS
)
1213 return isolated
> inactive
;
1216 static noinline_for_stack
void
1217 putback_inactive_pages(struct lruvec
*lruvec
, struct list_head
*page_list
)
1219 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= &lruvec
->reclaim_stat
;
1220 struct zone
*zone
= lruvec_zone(lruvec
);
1221 LIST_HEAD(pages_to_free
);
1224 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1226 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
1227 struct page
*page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
1230 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1231 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1232 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
))) {
1233 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1234 putback_lru_page(page
);
1235 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1239 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page
, zone
);
1242 lru
= page_lru(page
);
1243 add_page_to_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, lru
);
1245 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1246 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1247 int numpages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1248 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += numpages
;
1250 if (put_page_testzero(page
)) {
1251 __ClearPageLRU(page
);
1252 __ClearPageActive(page
);
1253 del_page_from_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, lru
);
1255 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page
))) {
1256 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1257 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page
))(page
);
1258 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1260 list_add(&page
->lru
, &pages_to_free
);
1265 * To save our caller's stack, now use input list for pages to free.
1267 list_splice(&pages_to_free
, page_list
);
1271 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1272 * of reclaimed pages
1274 static noinline_for_stack
unsigned long
1275 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan
, struct lruvec
*lruvec
,
1276 struct scan_control
*sc
, enum lru_list lru
)
1278 LIST_HEAD(page_list
);
1279 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
1280 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
1281 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1282 unsigned long nr_dirty
= 0;
1283 unsigned long nr_writeback
= 0;
1284 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode
= 0;
1285 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1286 struct zone
*zone
= lruvec_zone(lruvec
);
1287 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= &lruvec
->reclaim_stat
;
1289 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone
, file
, sc
))) {
1290 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1292 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1293 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
1294 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1300 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
;
1301 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
1302 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_CLEAN
;
1304 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1306 nr_taken
= isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan
, lruvec
, &page_list
,
1307 &nr_scanned
, sc
, isolate_mode
, lru
);
1309 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
, -nr_taken
);
1310 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, nr_taken
);
1312 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1313 zone
->pages_scanned
+= nr_scanned
;
1314 if (current_is_kswapd())
1315 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD
, zone
, nr_scanned
);
1317 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT
, zone
, nr_scanned
);
1319 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1324 nr_reclaimed
= shrink_page_list(&page_list
, zone
, sc
, TTU_UNMAP
,
1325 &nr_dirty
, &nr_writeback
, false);
1327 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1329 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[file
] += nr_taken
;
1331 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1332 if (current_is_kswapd())
1333 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_KSWAPD
, zone
,
1336 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_DIRECT
, zone
,
1340 putback_inactive_pages(lruvec
, &page_list
);
1342 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, -nr_taken
);
1344 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1346 free_hot_cold_page_list(&page_list
, 1);
1349 * If reclaim is isolating dirty pages under writeback, it implies
1350 * that the long-lived page allocation rate is exceeding the page
1351 * laundering rate. Either the global limits are not being effective
1352 * at throttling processes due to the page distribution throughout
1353 * zones or there is heavy usage of a slow backing device. The
1354 * only option is to throttle from reclaim context which is not ideal
1355 * as there is no guarantee the dirtying process is throttled in the
1356 * same way balance_dirty_pages() manages.
1358 * This scales the number of dirty pages that must be under writeback
1359 * before throttling depending on priority. It is a simple backoff
1360 * function that has the most effect in the range DEF_PRIORITY to
1361 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 which is the priority reclaim is considered to be
1362 * in trouble and reclaim is considered to be in trouble.
1364 * DEF_PRIORITY 100% isolated pages must be PageWriteback to throttle
1365 * DEF_PRIORITY-1 50% must be PageWriteback
1366 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 25% must be PageWriteback, kswapd in trouble
1368 * DEF_PRIORITY-6 For SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX isolated pages, throttle if any
1369 * isolated page is PageWriteback
1371 if (nr_writeback
&& nr_writeback
>=
1372 (nr_taken
>> (DEF_PRIORITY
- sc
->priority
)))
1373 wait_iff_congested(zone
, BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1375 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone
->zone_pgdat
->node_id
,
1377 nr_scanned
, nr_reclaimed
,
1379 trace_shrink_flags(file
));
1380 return nr_reclaimed
;
1384 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1386 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1387 * processes, from rmap.
1389 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1390 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1391 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1392 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1393 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1394 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1395 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1397 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1398 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1401 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec
*lruvec
,
1402 struct list_head
*list
,
1403 struct list_head
*pages_to_free
,
1406 struct zone
*zone
= lruvec_zone(lruvec
);
1407 unsigned long pgmoved
= 0;
1411 while (!list_empty(list
)) {
1412 page
= lru_to_page(list
);
1413 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page
, zone
);
1415 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1418 nr_pages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1419 mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(lruvec
, lru
, nr_pages
);
1420 list_move(&page
->lru
, &lruvec
->lists
[lru
]);
1421 pgmoved
+= nr_pages
;
1423 if (put_page_testzero(page
)) {
1424 __ClearPageLRU(page
);
1425 __ClearPageActive(page
);
1426 del_page_from_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, lru
);
1428 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page
))) {
1429 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1430 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page
))(page
);
1431 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1433 list_add(&page
->lru
, pages_to_free
);
1436 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
, pgmoved
);
1437 if (!is_active_lru(lru
))
1438 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE
, pgmoved
);
1441 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1442 struct lruvec
*lruvec
,
1443 struct scan_control
*sc
,
1446 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1447 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
1448 unsigned long vm_flags
;
1449 LIST_HEAD(l_hold
); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1450 LIST_HEAD(l_active
);
1451 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive
);
1453 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= &lruvec
->reclaim_stat
;
1454 unsigned long nr_rotated
= 0;
1455 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode
= 0;
1456 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1457 struct zone
*zone
= lruvec_zone(lruvec
);
1462 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED
;
1463 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
1464 isolate_mode
|= ISOLATE_CLEAN
;
1466 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1468 nr_taken
= isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan
, lruvec
, &l_hold
,
1469 &nr_scanned
, sc
, isolate_mode
, lru
);
1470 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
1471 zone
->pages_scanned
+= nr_scanned
;
1473 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[file
] += nr_taken
;
1475 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL
, zone
, nr_scanned
);
1476 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
, -nr_taken
);
1477 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, nr_taken
);
1478 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1480 while (!list_empty(&l_hold
)) {
1482 page
= lru_to_page(&l_hold
);
1483 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1485 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
))) {
1486 putback_lru_page(page
);
1490 if (unlikely(buffer_heads_over_limit
)) {
1491 if (page_has_private(page
) && trylock_page(page
)) {
1492 if (page_has_private(page
))
1493 try_to_release_page(page
, 0);
1498 if (page_referenced(page
, 0, sc
->target_mem_cgroup
,
1500 nr_rotated
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1502 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1503 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1504 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1505 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1506 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1507 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1508 * so we ignore them here.
1510 if ((vm_flags
& VM_EXEC
) && page_is_file_cache(page
)) {
1511 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_active
);
1516 ClearPageActive(page
); /* we are de-activating */
1517 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_inactive
);
1521 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1523 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1525 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1526 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1527 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1530 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += nr_rotated
;
1532 move_active_pages_to_lru(lruvec
, &l_active
, &l_hold
, lru
);
1533 move_active_pages_to_lru(lruvec
, &l_inactive
, &l_hold
, lru
- LRU_ACTIVE
);
1534 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, -nr_taken
);
1535 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1537 free_hot_cold_page_list(&l_hold
, 1);
1541 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1543 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1545 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
);
1546 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1548 if (inactive
* zone
->inactive_ratio
< active
)
1555 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1556 * @lruvec: LRU vector to check
1558 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1559 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1561 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct lruvec
*lruvec
)
1564 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1567 if (!total_swap_pages
)
1570 if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
1571 return mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec
);
1573 return inactive_anon_is_low_global(lruvec_zone(lruvec
));
1576 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct lruvec
*lruvec
)
1582 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1584 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1586 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
1587 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1589 return (active
> inactive
);
1593 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1594 * @lruvec: LRU vector to check
1596 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1597 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1598 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1600 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1601 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1603 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1604 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1606 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct lruvec
*lruvec
)
1608 if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
1609 return mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(lruvec
);
1611 return inactive_file_is_low_global(lruvec_zone(lruvec
));
1614 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct lruvec
*lruvec
, enum lru_list lru
)
1616 if (is_file_lru(lru
))
1617 return inactive_file_is_low(lruvec
);
1619 return inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec
);
1622 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru
, unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1623 struct lruvec
*lruvec
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1625 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1626 if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec
, lru
))
1627 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan
, lruvec
, sc
, lru
);
1631 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan
, lruvec
, sc
, lru
);
1634 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control
*sc
)
1636 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
1637 return vm_swappiness
;
1638 return mem_cgroup_swappiness(sc
->target_mem_cgroup
);
1642 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1643 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1644 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1645 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1647 * nr[0] = anon inactive pages to scan; nr[1] = anon active pages to scan
1648 * nr[2] = file inactive pages to scan; nr[3] = file active pages to scan
1650 static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec
*lruvec
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1653 unsigned long anon
, file
, free
;
1654 unsigned long anon_prio
, file_prio
;
1655 unsigned long ap
, fp
;
1656 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= &lruvec
->reclaim_stat
;
1657 u64 fraction
[2], denominator
;
1660 bool force_scan
= false;
1661 struct zone
*zone
= lruvec_zone(lruvec
);
1664 * If the zone or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0. This
1665 * results in no scanning on this priority and a potential
1666 * priority drop. Global direct reclaim can go to the next
1667 * zone and tends to have no problems. Global kswapd is for
1668 * zone balancing and it needs to scan a minimum amount. When
1669 * reclaiming for a memcg, a priority drop can cause high
1670 * latencies, so it's better to scan a minimum amount there as
1673 if (current_is_kswapd() && zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
1675 if (!global_reclaim(sc
))
1678 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1679 if (!sc
->may_swap
|| (nr_swap_pages
<= 0)) {
1687 anon
= get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
1688 get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1689 file
= get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
1690 get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1692 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1693 free
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FREE_PAGES
);
1694 if (unlikely(file
+ free
<= high_wmark_pages(zone
))) {
1696 * If we have very few page cache pages, force-scan
1703 } else if (!inactive_file_is_low_global(zone
)) {
1705 * There is enough inactive page cache, do not
1706 * reclaim anything from the working set right now.
1716 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1717 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1719 anon_prio
= vmscan_swappiness(sc
);
1720 file_prio
= 200 - anon_prio
;
1723 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1724 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1725 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1727 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1728 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1729 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1731 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1733 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1734 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] > anon
/ 4)) {
1735 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] /= 2;
1736 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] /= 2;
1739 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] > file
/ 4)) {
1740 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] /= 2;
1741 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] /= 2;
1745 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1746 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1747 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1749 ap
= anon_prio
* (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] + 1);
1750 ap
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] + 1;
1752 fp
= file_prio
* (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] + 1);
1753 fp
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] + 1;
1754 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1758 denominator
= ap
+ fp
+ 1;
1760 for_each_evictable_lru(lru
) {
1761 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1764 scan
= get_lru_size(lruvec
, lru
);
1765 if (sc
->priority
|| noswap
|| !vmscan_swappiness(sc
)) {
1766 scan
>>= sc
->priority
;
1767 if (!scan
&& force_scan
)
1768 scan
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1769 scan
= div64_u64(scan
* fraction
[file
], denominator
);
1775 /* Use reclaim/compaction for costly allocs or under memory pressure */
1776 static bool in_reclaim_compaction(struct scan_control
*sc
)
1778 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION
) && sc
->order
&&
1779 (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
||
1780 sc
->priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2))
1787 * Reclaim/compaction is used for high-order allocation requests. It reclaims
1788 * order-0 pages before compacting the zone. should_continue_reclaim() returns
1789 * true if more pages should be reclaimed such that when the page allocator
1790 * calls try_to_compact_zone() that it will have enough free pages to succeed.
1791 * It will give up earlier than that if there is difficulty reclaiming pages.
1793 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct lruvec
*lruvec
,
1794 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
,
1795 unsigned long nr_scanned
,
1796 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1798 unsigned long pages_for_compaction
;
1799 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages
;
1801 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
1802 if (!in_reclaim_compaction(sc
))
1805 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
1806 if (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_REPEAT
) {
1808 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
1809 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
1810 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
1811 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
1813 if (!nr_reclaimed
&& !nr_scanned
)
1817 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
1818 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
1819 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
1820 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
1821 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
1822 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
1829 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
1830 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
1832 pages_for_compaction
= (2UL << sc
->order
);
1833 inactive_lru_pages
= get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1834 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
1835 inactive_lru_pages
+= get_lru_size(lruvec
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1836 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
< pages_for_compaction
&&
1837 inactive_lru_pages
> pages_for_compaction
)
1840 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
1841 switch (compaction_suitable(lruvec_zone(lruvec
), sc
->order
)) {
1842 case COMPACT_PARTIAL
:
1843 case COMPACT_CONTINUE
:
1851 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1853 static void shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec
*lruvec
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1855 unsigned long nr
[NR_LRU_LISTS
];
1856 unsigned long nr_to_scan
;
1858 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
, nr_scanned
;
1859 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
;
1860 struct blk_plug plug
;
1864 nr_scanned
= sc
->nr_scanned
;
1865 get_scan_count(lruvec
, sc
, nr
);
1867 blk_start_plug(&plug
);
1868 while (nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
] || nr
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] ||
1869 nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
]) {
1870 for_each_evictable_lru(lru
) {
1872 nr_to_scan
= min_t(unsigned long,
1873 nr
[lru
], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
);
1874 nr
[lru
] -= nr_to_scan
;
1876 nr_reclaimed
+= shrink_list(lru
, nr_to_scan
,
1881 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
1882 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
1883 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
1884 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
1885 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
1886 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
1888 if (nr_reclaimed
>= nr_to_reclaim
&&
1889 sc
->priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
)
1892 blk_finish_plug(&plug
);
1893 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_reclaimed
;
1896 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
1897 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
1899 if (inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec
))
1900 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, lruvec
,
1901 sc
, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
);
1903 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
1904 if (should_continue_reclaim(lruvec
, nr_reclaimed
,
1905 sc
->nr_scanned
- nr_scanned
, sc
))
1908 throttle_vm_writeout(sc
->gfp_mask
);
1911 static void shrink_zone(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1913 struct mem_cgroup
*root
= sc
->target_mem_cgroup
;
1914 struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie reclaim
= {
1916 .priority
= sc
->priority
,
1918 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
1920 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(root
, NULL
, &reclaim
);
1922 struct lruvec
*lruvec
= mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone
, memcg
);
1924 shrink_lruvec(lruvec
, sc
);
1927 * Limit reclaim has historically picked one memcg and
1928 * scanned it with decreasing priority levels until
1929 * nr_to_reclaim had been reclaimed. This priority
1930 * cycle is thus over after a single memcg.
1932 * Direct reclaim and kswapd, on the other hand, have
1933 * to scan all memory cgroups to fulfill the overall
1934 * scan target for the zone.
1936 if (!global_reclaim(sc
)) {
1937 mem_cgroup_iter_break(root
, memcg
);
1940 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(root
, memcg
, &reclaim
);
1944 /* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */
1945 static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1947 unsigned long balance_gap
, watermark
;
1950 /* Do not consider compaction for orders reclaim is meant to satisfy */
1951 if (sc
->order
<= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
1955 * Compaction takes time to run and there are potentially other
1956 * callers using the pages just freed. Continue reclaiming until
1957 * there is a buffer of free pages available to give compaction
1958 * a reasonable chance of completing and allocating the page
1960 balance_gap
= min(low_wmark_pages(zone
),
1961 (zone
->present_pages
+ KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
-1) /
1962 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
);
1963 watermark
= high_wmark_pages(zone
) + balance_gap
+ (2UL << sc
->order
);
1964 watermark_ok
= zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, 0, watermark
, 0, 0);
1967 * If compaction is deferred, reclaim up to a point where
1968 * compaction will have a chance of success when re-enabled
1970 if (compaction_deferred(zone
, sc
->order
))
1971 return watermark_ok
;
1973 /* If compaction is not ready to start, keep reclaiming */
1974 if (!compaction_suitable(zone
, sc
->order
))
1977 return watermark_ok
;
1981 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
1982 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
1985 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
1987 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
1989 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
1990 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
1991 * zone defense algorithm.
1993 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
1994 * scan then give up on it.
1996 * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
1997 * high-order allocation and compaction is ready to begin. This indicates to
1998 * the caller that it should consider retrying the allocation instead of
2001 static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
2005 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2006 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2007 bool aborted_reclaim
= false;
2010 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
2011 * allowed level, force direct reclaim to scan the highmem zone as
2012 * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads
2014 if (buffer_heads_over_limit
)
2015 sc
->gfp_mask
|= __GFP_HIGHMEM
;
2017 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2018 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2019 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2022 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2025 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
2026 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2028 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&&
2029 sc
->priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2030 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2031 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION
)) {
2033 * If we already have plenty of memory free for
2034 * compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
2035 * Even though compaction is invoked for any
2036 * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
2037 * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
2038 * noticeable problem, like transparent huge
2041 if (compaction_ready(zone
, sc
)) {
2042 aborted_reclaim
= true;
2047 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2048 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2049 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2050 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2052 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2053 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2054 sc
->order
, sc
->gfp_mask
,
2056 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2057 sc
->nr_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2058 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2061 shrink_zone(zone
, sc
);
2064 return aborted_reclaim
;
2067 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
2069 return zone
->pages_scanned
< zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
) * 6;
2072 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2073 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2074 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2079 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2080 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2081 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2083 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2085 if (!zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
2093 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2095 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2096 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2098 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2099 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2100 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2101 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2102 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2103 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2105 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2106 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2108 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2109 struct scan_control
*sc
,
2110 struct shrink_control
*shrink
)
2112 unsigned long total_scanned
= 0;
2113 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2116 unsigned long writeback_threshold
;
2117 bool aborted_reclaim
;
2119 delayacct_freepages_start();
2121 if (global_reclaim(sc
))
2122 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL
);
2126 aborted_reclaim
= shrink_zones(zonelist
, sc
);
2129 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2130 * over limit cgroups
2132 if (global_reclaim(sc
)) {
2133 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2134 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2135 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
)) {
2136 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2139 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2142 shrink_slab(shrink
, sc
->nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2143 if (reclaim_state
) {
2144 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2145 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2148 total_scanned
+= sc
->nr_scanned
;
2149 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
>= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
)
2153 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2154 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2155 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2156 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2157 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2159 writeback_threshold
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
+ sc
->nr_to_reclaim
/ 2;
2160 if (total_scanned
> writeback_threshold
) {
2161 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode
? 0 : total_scanned
,
2162 WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES
);
2163 sc
->may_writepage
= 1;
2166 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2167 if (!sc
->hibernation_mode
&& sc
->nr_scanned
&&
2168 sc
->priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2) {
2169 struct zone
*preferred_zone
;
2171 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist
, gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
),
2172 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed
,
2174 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone
, BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2176 } while (--sc
->priority
>= 0);
2179 delayacct_freepages_end();
2181 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
)
2182 return sc
->nr_reclaimed
;
2185 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2186 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2189 if (oom_killer_disabled
)
2192 /* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
2193 if (aborted_reclaim
)
2196 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2197 if (global_reclaim(sc
) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist
, sc
))
2203 static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t
*pgdat
)
2206 unsigned long pfmemalloc_reserve
= 0;
2207 unsigned long free_pages
= 0;
2211 for (i
= 0; i
<= ZONE_NORMAL
; i
++) {
2212 zone
= &pgdat
->node_zones
[i
];
2213 pfmemalloc_reserve
+= min_wmark_pages(zone
);
2214 free_pages
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FREE_PAGES
);
2217 wmark_ok
= free_pages
> pfmemalloc_reserve
/ 2;
2219 /* kswapd must be awake if processes are being throttled */
2220 if (!wmark_ok
&& waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
)) {
2221 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= min(pgdat
->classzone_idx
,
2222 (enum zone_type
)ZONE_NORMAL
);
2223 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
);
2230 * Throttle direct reclaimers if backing storage is backed by the network
2231 * and the PFMEMALLOC reserve for the preferred node is getting dangerously
2232 * depleted. kswapd will continue to make progress and wake the processes
2233 * when the low watermark is reached.
2235 * Returns true if a fatal signal was delivered during throttling. If this
2236 * happens, the page allocator should not consider triggering the OOM killer.
2238 static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask
, struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2239 nodemask_t
*nodemask
)
2242 int high_zoneidx
= gfp_zone(gfp_mask
);
2246 * Kernel threads should not be throttled as they may be indirectly
2247 * responsible for cleaning pages necessary for reclaim to make forward
2248 * progress. kjournald for example may enter direct reclaim while
2249 * committing a transaction where throttling it could forcing other
2250 * processes to block on log_wait_commit().
2252 if (current
->flags
& PF_KTHREAD
)
2256 * If a fatal signal is pending, this process should not throttle.
2257 * It should return quickly so it can exit and free its memory
2259 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
2262 /* Check if the pfmemalloc reserves are ok */
2263 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist
, high_zoneidx
, NULL
, &zone
);
2264 pgdat
= zone
->zone_pgdat
;
2265 if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat
))
2268 /* Account for the throttling */
2269 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_DIRECT_THROTTLE
);
2272 * If the caller cannot enter the filesystem, it's possible that it
2273 * is due to the caller holding an FS lock or performing a journal
2274 * transaction in the case of a filesystem like ext[3|4]. In this case,
2275 * it is not safe to block on pfmemalloc_wait as kswapd could be
2276 * blocked waiting on the same lock. Instead, throttle for up to a
2277 * second before continuing.
2279 if (!(gfp_mask
& __GFP_FS
)) {
2280 wait_event_interruptible_timeout(pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
,
2281 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat
), HZ
);
2286 /* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
2287 wait_event_killable(zone
->zone_pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
,
2288 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat
));
2291 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
2298 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, int order
,
2299 gfp_t gfp_mask
, nodemask_t
*nodemask
)
2301 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2302 struct scan_control sc
= {
2303 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
2304 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2305 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2309 .priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
,
2310 .target_mem_cgroup
= NULL
,
2311 .nodemask
= nodemask
,
2313 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2314 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2318 * Do not enter reclaim if fatal signal was delivered while throttled.
2319 * 1 is returned so that the page allocator does not OOM kill at this
2322 if (throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask
, zonelist
, nodemask
))
2325 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order
,
2329 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2331 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2333 return nr_reclaimed
;
2338 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
,
2339 gfp_t gfp_mask
, bool noswap
,
2341 unsigned long *nr_scanned
)
2343 struct scan_control sc
= {
2345 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2346 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2348 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2351 .target_mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2353 struct lruvec
*lruvec
= mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone
, memcg
);
2355 sc
.gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2356 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
);
2358 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(sc
.order
,
2363 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2364 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2365 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2366 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2367 * the priority and make it zero.
2369 shrink_lruvec(lruvec
, &sc
);
2371 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc
.nr_reclaimed
);
2373 *nr_scanned
= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2374 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
;
2377 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
,
2381 struct zonelist
*zonelist
;
2382 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2384 struct scan_control sc
= {
2385 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2387 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2388 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2390 .priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
,
2391 .target_mem_cgroup
= memcg
,
2392 .nodemask
= NULL
, /* we don't care the placement */
2393 .gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2394 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
),
2396 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2397 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2401 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2402 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2403 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2405 nid
= mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(memcg
);
2407 zonelist
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->node_zonelists
;
2409 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2413 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2415 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2417 return nr_reclaimed
;
2421 static void age_active_anon(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
2423 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
2425 if (!total_swap_pages
)
2428 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(NULL
, NULL
, NULL
);
2430 struct lruvec
*lruvec
= mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone
, memcg
);
2432 if (inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec
))
2433 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, lruvec
,
2434 sc
, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
);
2436 memcg
= mem_cgroup_iter(NULL
, memcg
, NULL
);
2440 static bool zone_balanced(struct zone
*zone
, int order
,
2441 unsigned long balance_gap
, int classzone_idx
)
2443 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, high_wmark_pages(zone
) +
2444 balance_gap
, classzone_idx
, 0))
2447 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION
) && order
&&
2448 !compaction_suitable(zone
, order
))
2455 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2456 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2457 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2458 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2459 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2460 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2461 * The choice of 25% is due to
2462 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2463 * reasonable sized machine
2464 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2465 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2466 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2467 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2468 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2470 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, unsigned long balanced_pages
,
2473 unsigned long present_pages
= 0;
2476 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++)
2477 present_pages
+= pgdat
->node_zones
[i
].present_pages
;
2479 /* A special case here: if zone has no page, we think it's balanced */
2480 return balanced_pages
>= (present_pages
>> 2);
2484 * Prepare kswapd for sleeping. This verifies that there are no processes
2485 * waiting in throttle_direct_reclaim() and that watermarks have been met.
2487 * Returns true if kswapd is ready to sleep
2489 static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, long remaining
,
2493 unsigned long balanced
= 0;
2494 bool all_zones_ok
= true;
2496 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2501 * There is a potential race between when kswapd checks its watermarks
2502 * and a process gets throttled. There is also a potential race if
2503 * processes get throttled, kswapd wakes, a large process exits therby
2504 * balancing the zones that causes kswapd to miss a wakeup. If kswapd
2505 * is going to sleep, no process should be sleeping on pfmemalloc_wait
2506 * so wake them now if necessary. If necessary, processes will wake
2507 * kswapd and get throttled again
2509 if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
)) {
2510 wake_up(&pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
);
2514 /* Check the watermark levels */
2515 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++) {
2516 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2518 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2522 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2523 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2524 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2527 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2528 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2532 if (!zone_balanced(zone
, order
, 0, i
))
2533 all_zones_ok
= false;
2535 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2539 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2540 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2544 return pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, classzone_idx
);
2546 return all_zones_ok
;
2550 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2551 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2553 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2555 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2556 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2557 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2558 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2559 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2560 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2561 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2563 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2564 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2565 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2566 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2567 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2568 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2570 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
,
2574 unsigned long balanced
;
2576 int end_zone
= 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2577 unsigned long total_scanned
;
2578 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2579 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2580 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2581 struct scan_control sc
= {
2582 .gfp_mask
= GFP_KERNEL
,
2586 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2587 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2589 .nr_to_reclaim
= ULONG_MAX
,
2591 .target_mem_cgroup
= NULL
,
2593 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2594 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2598 sc
.priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
;
2599 sc
.nr_reclaimed
= 0;
2600 sc
.may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
;
2601 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN
);
2604 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2605 int has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 0;
2611 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2612 * zone which needs scanning
2614 for (i
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1; i
>= 0; i
--) {
2615 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2617 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2620 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&&
2621 sc
.priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2625 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2626 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2628 age_active_anon(zone
, &sc
);
2631 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine
2632 * exceeds the maximum allowed level and this node
2633 * has a highmem zone, force kswapd to reclaim from
2634 * it to relieve lowmem pressure.
2636 if (buffer_heads_over_limit
&& is_highmem_idx(i
)) {
2641 if (!zone_balanced(zone
, order
, 0, 0)) {
2645 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2646 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2652 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2653 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2655 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2659 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2660 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2662 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2663 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2664 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2665 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2667 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2668 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2669 int nr_slab
, testorder
;
2670 unsigned long balance_gap
;
2672 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2675 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&&
2676 sc
.priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2681 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2683 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2685 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2688 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2689 total_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2692 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2693 * one zone has way too many pages free
2694 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2695 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2696 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2697 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2699 balance_gap
= min(low_wmark_pages(zone
),
2700 (zone
->present_pages
+
2701 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
-1) /
2702 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
);
2704 * Kswapd reclaims only single pages with compaction
2705 * enabled. Trying too hard to reclaim until contiguous
2706 * free pages have become available can hurt performance
2707 * by evicting too much useful data from memory.
2708 * Do not reclaim more than needed for compaction.
2711 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION
) && order
&&
2712 compaction_suitable(zone
, order
) !=
2716 if ((buffer_heads_over_limit
&& is_highmem_idx(i
)) ||
2717 !zone_balanced(zone
, testorder
,
2718 balance_gap
, end_zone
)) {
2719 shrink_zone(zone
, &sc
);
2721 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2722 nr_slab
= shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2723 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2724 total_scanned
+= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2726 if (nr_slab
== 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone
))
2727 zone
->all_unreclaimable
= 1;
2731 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2732 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2733 * even in laptop mode
2735 if (total_scanned
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
* 2 &&
2736 total_scanned
> sc
.nr_reclaimed
+ sc
.nr_reclaimed
/ 2)
2737 sc
.may_writepage
= 1;
2739 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2740 if (end_zone
&& end_zone
== i
)
2745 if (!zone_balanced(zone
, testorder
, 0, end_zone
)) {
2748 * We are still under min water mark. This
2749 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2750 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2752 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2753 min_wmark_pages(zone
), end_zone
, 0))
2754 has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 1;
2757 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2758 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2759 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2760 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2761 * speculatively avoid congestion waits
2763 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2764 if (i
<= *classzone_idx
)
2765 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2771 * If the low watermark is met there is no need for processes
2772 * to be throttled on pfmemalloc_wait as they should not be
2773 * able to safely make forward progress. Wake them
2775 if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
) &&
2776 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat
))
2777 wake_up(&pgdat
->pfmemalloc_wait
);
2779 if (all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))
2780 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2782 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2783 * another pass across the zones.
2785 if (total_scanned
&& (sc
.priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)) {
2786 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone
)
2787 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT
);
2789 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2793 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2794 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2795 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2796 * on zone->*_priority.
2798 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2800 } while (--sc
.priority
>= 0);
2804 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2805 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2806 * for the node to be balanced
2808 if (!(all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))) {
2814 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2815 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2816 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2817 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2818 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2819 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2822 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2823 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2824 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2825 * reclaim if they wish.
2827 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
< SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2828 order
= sc
.order
= 0;
2834 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2835 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2836 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2837 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2838 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2839 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2842 int zones_need_compaction
= 1;
2844 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2845 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2847 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2850 /* Check if the memory needs to be defragmented. */
2851 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone
, order
,
2852 low_wmark_pages(zone
), *classzone_idx
, 0))
2853 zones_need_compaction
= 0;
2856 if (zones_need_compaction
)
2857 compact_pgdat(pgdat
, order
);
2861 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so prepare_kswapd_sleep()
2862 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2863 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2864 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2866 *classzone_idx
= end_zone
;
2870 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, int classzone_idx
)
2875 if (freezing(current
) || kthread_should_stop())
2878 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
2880 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2881 if (prepare_kswapd_sleep(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
2882 remaining
= schedule_timeout(HZ
/10);
2883 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
2884 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
2888 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
2889 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
2891 if (prepare_kswapd_sleep(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
2892 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat
->node_id
);
2895 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
2896 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
2897 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
2898 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
2899 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
2900 * them before going back to sleep.
2902 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_normal_threshold
);
2905 * Compaction records what page blocks it recently failed to
2906 * isolate pages from and skips them in the future scanning.
2907 * When kswapd is going to sleep, it is reasonable to assume
2908 * that pages and compaction may succeed so reset the cache.
2910 reset_isolation_suitable(pgdat
);
2912 if (!kthread_should_stop())
2915 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_pressure_threshold
);
2918 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
2920 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
2922 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
2926 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
2927 * from the init process.
2929 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
2930 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
2931 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
2932 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
2933 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
2935 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
2936 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
2938 static int kswapd(void *p
)
2940 unsigned long order
, new_order
;
2941 unsigned balanced_order
;
2942 int classzone_idx
, new_classzone_idx
;
2943 int balanced_classzone_idx
;
2944 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= (pg_data_t
*)p
;
2945 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
2947 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
= {
2948 .reclaimed_slab
= 0,
2950 const struct cpumask
*cpumask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
2952 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL
);
2954 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask
))
2955 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk
, cpumask
);
2956 current
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
2959 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
2960 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
2961 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
2962 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
2964 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
2965 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
2966 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
2967 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
2968 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
2970 tsk
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
| PF_KSWAPD
;
2973 order
= new_order
= 0;
2975 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
2976 balanced_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
2981 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
2982 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
2983 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
2985 if (balanced_classzone_idx
>= new_classzone_idx
&&
2986 balanced_order
== new_order
) {
2987 new_order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
2988 new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
2989 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
2990 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
2993 if (order
< new_order
|| classzone_idx
> new_classzone_idx
) {
2995 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
2996 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
2999 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
;
3001 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat
, balanced_order
,
3002 balanced_classzone_idx
);
3003 order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
3004 classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
3006 new_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
3007 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
3008 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
3011 ret
= try_to_freeze();
3012 if (kthread_should_stop())
3016 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
3017 * after returning from the refrigerator
3020 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat
->node_id
, order
);
3021 balanced_classzone_idx
= classzone_idx
;
3022 balanced_order
= balance_pgdat(pgdat
, order
,
3023 &balanced_classzone_idx
);
3027 current
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3032 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
3034 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone
*zone
, int order
, enum zone_type classzone_idx
)
3038 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
3041 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
3043 pgdat
= zone
->zone_pgdat
;
3044 if (pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
< order
) {
3045 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= order
;
3046 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= min(pgdat
->classzone_idx
, classzone_idx
);
3048 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
))
3050 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, low_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0))
3053 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat
->node_id
, zone_idx(zone
), order
);
3054 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
);
3058 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
3059 * The less reclaimable pages may be
3060 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
3061 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
3062 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
3064 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
3068 nr
= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
3069 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
3071 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
3072 nr
+= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
3073 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
3078 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3082 nr
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
3083 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
3085 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
3086 nr
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
3087 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
3092 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
3094 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
3097 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
3098 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
3099 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
3101 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
)
3103 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
3104 struct scan_control sc
= {
3105 .gfp_mask
= GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
,
3109 .nr_to_reclaim
= nr_to_reclaim
,
3110 .hibernation_mode
= 1,
3112 .priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
,
3114 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
3115 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
3117 struct zonelist
*zonelist
= node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc
.gfp_mask
);
3118 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
3119 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
3121 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
;
3122 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc
.gfp_mask
);
3123 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
3124 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3126 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
3128 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3129 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3130 p
->flags
&= ~PF_MEMALLOC
;
3132 return nr_reclaimed
;
3134 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
3136 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
3137 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
3138 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
3139 restore their cpu bindings. */
3140 static int __devinit
cpu_callback(struct notifier_block
*nfb
,
3141 unsigned long action
, void *hcpu
)
3145 if (action
== CPU_ONLINE
|| action
== CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN
) {
3146 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_MEMORY
) {
3147 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
3148 const struct cpumask
*mask
;
3150 mask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
3152 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask
, mask
) < nr_cpu_ids
)
3153 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
3154 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat
->kswapd
, mask
);
3161 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
3162 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
3164 int kswapd_run(int nid
)
3166 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
3172 pgdat
->kswapd
= kthread_run(kswapd
, pgdat
, "kswapd%d", nid
);
3173 if (IS_ERR(pgdat
->kswapd
)) {
3174 /* failure at boot is fatal */
3175 BUG_ON(system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
);
3176 pgdat
->kswapd
= NULL
;
3177 pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid
);
3178 ret
= PTR_ERR(pgdat
->kswapd
);
3184 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined. Caller must
3185 * hold lock_memory_hotplug().
3187 void kswapd_stop(int nid
)
3189 struct task_struct
*kswapd
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->kswapd
;
3192 kthread_stop(kswapd
);
3193 NODE_DATA(nid
)->kswapd
= NULL
;
3197 static int __init
kswapd_init(void)
3202 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_MEMORY
)
3204 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback
, 0);
3208 module_init(kswapd_init
)
3214 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
3217 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly
;
3219 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
3220 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
3221 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
3222 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
3225 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
3226 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
3229 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
3232 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
3235 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio
= 1;
3238 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3239 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3241 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio
= 5;
3243 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3245 unsigned long file_mapped
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_MAPPED
);
3246 unsigned long file_lru
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
) +
3247 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
3250 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3251 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3252 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3254 return (file_lru
> file_mapped
) ? (file_lru
- file_mapped
) : 0;
3257 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3258 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
3260 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3264 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3265 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3266 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3269 if (zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
)
3270 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_PAGES
);
3272 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone
);
3274 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3275 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
))
3276 delta
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
3278 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3279 if (unlikely(delta
> nr_pagecache_reclaimable
))
3280 delta
= nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3282 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable
- delta
;
3286 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3288 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3290 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3291 const unsigned long nr_pages
= 1 << order
;
3292 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
3293 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
3294 struct scan_control sc
= {
3295 .may_writepage
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
),
3296 .may_unmap
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
),
3298 .nr_to_reclaim
= max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages
,
3300 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
3302 .priority
= ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY
,
3304 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
3305 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
3307 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0
, nr_slab_pages1
;
3311 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3312 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3315 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
;
3316 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask
);
3317 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
3318 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3320 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) > zone
->min_unmapped_pages
) {
3322 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3323 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3326 shrink_zone(zone
, &sc
);
3327 } while (sc
.nr_reclaimed
< nr_pages
&& --sc
.priority
>= 0);
3330 nr_slab_pages0
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3331 if (nr_slab_pages0
> zone
->min_slab_pages
) {
3333 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3334 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3335 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3336 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3339 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3343 unsigned long lru_pages
= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
3345 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3346 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
))
3349 /* Freed enough memory */
3350 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
,
3351 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3352 if (nr_slab_pages1
+ nr_pages
<= nr_slab_pages0
)
3357 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3358 * reclaimed from this zone.
3360 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3361 if (nr_slab_pages1
< nr_slab_pages0
)
3362 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_slab_pages0
- nr_slab_pages1
;
3365 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3366 current
->flags
&= ~(PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
);
3367 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3368 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= nr_pages
;
3371 int zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3377 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3378 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3380 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3381 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3382 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3383 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3384 * unmapped file backed pages.
3386 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) <= zone
->min_unmapped_pages
&&
3387 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
) <= zone
->min_slab_pages
)
3388 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3390 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
3391 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3394 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3396 if (!(gfp_mask
& __GFP_WAIT
) || (current
->flags
& PF_MEMALLOC
))
3397 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3400 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3401 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3402 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3403 * as wide as possible.
3405 node_id
= zone_to_nid(zone
);
3406 if (node_state(node_id
, N_CPU
) && node_id
!= numa_node_id())
3407 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3409 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
))
3410 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3412 ret
= __zone_reclaim(zone
, gfp_mask
, order
);
3413 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
);
3416 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED
);
3423 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3424 * @page: the page to test
3426 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3427 * lists vs unevictable list.
3429 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3430 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3431 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3434 int page_evictable(struct page
*page
)
3436 return !mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page
)) && !PageMlocked(page
);
3441 * check_move_unevictable_pages - check pages for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3442 * @pages: array of pages to check
3443 * @nr_pages: number of pages to check
3445 * Checks pages for evictability and moves them to the appropriate lru list.
3447 * This function is only used for SysV IPC SHM_UNLOCK.
3449 void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page
**pages
, int nr_pages
)
3451 struct lruvec
*lruvec
;
3452 struct zone
*zone
= NULL
;
3457 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_pages
; i
++) {
3458 struct page
*page
= pages
[i
];
3459 struct zone
*pagezone
;
3462 pagezone
= page_zone(page
);
3463 if (pagezone
!= zone
) {
3465 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3467 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3469 lruvec
= mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page
, zone
);
3471 if (!PageLRU(page
) || !PageUnevictable(page
))
3474 if (page_evictable(page
)) {
3475 enum lru_list lru
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
3477 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
3478 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
3479 del_page_from_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, LRU_UNEVICTABLE
);
3480 add_page_to_lru_list(page
, lruvec
, lru
);
3486 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
, pgrescued
);
3487 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED
, pgscanned
);
3488 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3491 #endif /* CONFIG_SHMEM */
3493 static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
3495 printk_once(KERN_WARNING
3496 "%s: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
3497 "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
3498 "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n",
3503 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3504 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3506 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages
;
3508 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
3509 void __user
*buffer
,
3510 size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
3512 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3513 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
3514 scan_unevictable_pages
= 0;
3520 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3521 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3524 static ssize_t
read_scan_unevictable_node(struct device
*dev
,
3525 struct device_attribute
*attr
,
3528 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3529 return sprintf(buf
, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3532 static ssize_t
write_scan_unevictable_node(struct device
*dev
,
3533 struct device_attribute
*attr
,
3534 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
3536 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3541 static DEVICE_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages
, S_IRUGO
| S_IWUSR
,
3542 read_scan_unevictable_node
,
3543 write_scan_unevictable_node
);
3545 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node
*node
)
3547 return device_create_file(&node
->dev
, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);
3550 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node
*node
)
3552 device_remove_file(&node
->dev
, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);