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1 /*
2 * linux/mm/vmscan.c
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.
14 #include <linux/mm.h>
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/pagevec.h>
30 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
31 #include <linux/rmap.h>
32 #include <linux/topology.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
35 #include <linux/compaction.h>
36 #include <linux/notifier.h>
37 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
38 #include <linux/delay.h>
39 #include <linux/kthread.h>
40 #include <linux/freezer.h>
41 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
42 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
43 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
44 #include <linux/oom.h>
45 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
47 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
48 #include <asm/div64.h>
50 #include <linux/swapops.h>
52 #include "internal.h"
54 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
55 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
58 * reclaim_mode determines how the inactive list is shrunk
59 * RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE: Reclaim only order-0 pages
60 * RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC: Do not block
61 * RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC: Allow blocking e.g. call wait_on_page_writeback
62 * RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
63 * page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
64 * naturally aligned range
65 * RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
66 * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
68 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ reclaim_mode_t;
69 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x01u)
70 #define RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x02u)
71 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x04u)
72 #define RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x08u)
73 #define RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x10u)
75 struct scan_control {
76 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
77 unsigned long nr_scanned;
79 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
80 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
82 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
83 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim;
85 unsigned long hibernation_mode;
87 /* This context's GFP mask */
88 gfp_t gfp_mask;
90 int may_writepage;
92 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
93 int may_unmap;
95 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
96 int may_swap;
98 int swappiness;
100 int order;
103 * Intend to reclaim enough continuous memory rather than reclaim
104 * enough amount of memory. i.e, mode for high order allocation.
106 reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode;
108 /* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
109 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
112 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
113 * are scanned.
115 nodemask_t *nodemask;
118 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
120 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
121 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
122 do { \
123 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
124 struct page *prev; \
126 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
127 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
129 } while (0)
130 #else
131 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
132 #endif
134 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
135 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
136 do { \
137 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
138 struct page *prev; \
140 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
141 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
143 } while (0)
144 #else
145 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
146 #endif
149 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
151 int vm_swappiness = 60;
152 long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
154 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
155 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
157 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
158 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (!(sc)->mem_cgroup)
159 #else
160 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (1)
161 #endif
163 static struct zone_reclaim_stat *get_reclaim_stat(struct zone *zone,
164 struct scan_control *sc)
166 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
167 return mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat(sc->mem_cgroup, zone);
169 return &zone->reclaim_stat;
172 static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct zone *zone,
173 struct scan_control *sc, enum lru_list lru)
175 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
176 return mem_cgroup_zone_nr_lru_pages(sc->mem_cgroup, zone, lru);
178 return zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru);
183 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
185 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
187 shrinker->nr = 0;
188 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
189 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
190 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
195 * Remove one
197 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
199 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
200 list_del(&shrinker->list);
201 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
203 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
205 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker *shrinker,
206 struct shrink_control *sc,
207 unsigned long nr_to_scan)
209 sc->nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
210 return (*shrinker->shrink)(shrinker, sc);
213 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
215 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
217 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
218 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
219 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
220 * generated by these structures.
222 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
223 * slab to avoid swapping.
225 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
227 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
228 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
229 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
231 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
233 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
234 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned,
235 unsigned long lru_pages)
237 struct shrinker *shrinker;
238 unsigned long ret = 0;
240 if (nr_pages_scanned == 0)
241 nr_pages_scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
243 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
244 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
245 ret = 1;
246 goto out;
249 list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
250 unsigned long long delta;
251 unsigned long total_scan;
252 unsigned long max_pass;
253 int shrink_ret = 0;
254 long nr;
255 long new_nr;
256 long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
257 : SHRINK_BATCH;
260 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
261 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
262 * don't also do this scanning work.
264 do {
265 nr = shrinker->nr;
266 } while (cmpxchg(&shrinker->nr, nr, 0) != nr);
268 total_scan = nr;
269 max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
270 delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
271 delta *= max_pass;
272 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
273 total_scan += delta;
274 if (total_scan < 0) {
275 printk(KERN_ERR "shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
276 "delete nr=%ld\n",
277 shrinker->shrink, total_scan);
278 total_scan = max_pass;
282 * We need to avoid excessive windup on filesystem shrinkers
283 * due to large numbers of GFP_NOFS allocations causing the
284 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
285 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
286 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
287 * max_pass. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
288 * memory.
290 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
291 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
293 if (delta < max_pass / 4)
294 total_scan = min(total_scan, max_pass / 2);
297 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
298 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
299 * freeable entries.
301 if (total_scan > max_pass * 2)
302 total_scan = max_pass * 2;
304 trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrink, nr,
305 nr_pages_scanned, lru_pages,
306 max_pass, delta, total_scan);
308 while (total_scan >= batch_size) {
309 int nr_before;
311 nr_before = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
312 shrink_ret = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink,
313 batch_size);
314 if (shrink_ret == -1)
315 break;
316 if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
317 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
318 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, batch_size);
319 total_scan -= batch_size;
321 cond_resched();
325 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
326 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
327 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
329 do {
330 nr = shrinker->nr;
331 new_nr = total_scan + nr;
332 if (total_scan <= 0)
333 break;
334 } while (cmpxchg(&shrinker->nr, nr, new_nr) != nr);
336 trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker, shrink_ret, nr, new_nr);
338 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
339 out:
340 cond_resched();
341 return ret;
344 static void set_reclaim_mode(int priority, struct scan_control *sc,
345 bool sync)
347 reclaim_mode_t syncmode = sync ? RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC : RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
350 * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
351 * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
352 * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
354 if (COMPACTION_BUILD)
355 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION;
356 else
357 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM;
360 * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
361 * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
362 * under memory pressure
364 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
365 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
366 else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
367 sc->reclaim_mode |= syncmode;
368 else
369 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
372 static void reset_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control *sc)
374 sc->reclaim_mode = RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE | RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC;
377 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
380 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
381 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
382 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
384 return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 2;
387 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
388 struct scan_control *sc)
390 if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
391 return 1;
392 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
393 return 1;
394 if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
395 return 1;
397 /* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
398 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
399 return 1;
400 return 0;
404 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
405 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
406 * fsync(), msync() or close().
408 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
409 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
410 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
412 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
413 * __GFP_FS.
415 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
416 struct page *page, int error)
418 lock_page(page);
419 if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
420 mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
421 unlock_page(page);
424 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
425 typedef enum {
426 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
427 PAGE_KEEP,
428 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
429 PAGE_ACTIVATE,
430 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
431 PAGE_SUCCESS,
432 /* page is clean and locked */
433 PAGE_CLEAN,
434 } pageout_t;
437 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
438 * Calls ->writepage().
440 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
441 struct scan_control *sc)
444 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
445 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
446 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
447 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
448 * PagePrivate for that.
450 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
451 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
452 * will block.
454 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
455 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
456 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
457 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
459 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
460 return PAGE_KEEP;
461 if (!mapping) {
463 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
464 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
466 if (page_has_private(page)) {
467 if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
468 ClearPageDirty(page);
469 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__);
470 return PAGE_CLEAN;
473 return PAGE_KEEP;
475 if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
476 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
477 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc))
478 return PAGE_KEEP;
480 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
481 int res;
482 struct writeback_control wbc = {
483 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
484 .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
485 .range_start = 0,
486 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
487 .for_reclaim = 1,
490 SetPageReclaim(page);
491 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
492 if (res < 0)
493 handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
494 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
495 ClearPageReclaim(page);
496 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
500 * Wait on writeback if requested to. This happens when
501 * direct reclaiming a large contiguous area and the
502 * first attempt to free a range of pages fails.
504 if (PageWriteback(page) &&
505 (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC))
506 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
508 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
509 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
510 ClearPageReclaim(page);
512 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page,
513 trace_reclaim_flags(page, sc->reclaim_mode));
514 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);
515 return PAGE_SUCCESS;
518 return PAGE_CLEAN;
522 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
523 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
525 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
527 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
528 BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
530 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
532 * The non racy check for a busy page.
534 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
535 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
536 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
537 * here, then the following race may occur:
539 * get_user_pages(&page);
540 * [user mapping goes away]
541 * write_to(page);
542 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
543 * SetPageDirty(page);
544 * put_page(page);
545 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
547 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
549 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
550 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
551 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
553 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
554 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
556 if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 2))
557 goto cannot_free;
558 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
559 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page))) {
560 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 2);
561 goto cannot_free;
564 if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
565 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
566 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
567 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
568 swapcache_free(swap, page);
569 } else {
570 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
572 freepage = mapping->a_ops->freepage;
574 __delete_from_page_cache(page);
575 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
576 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
578 if (freepage != NULL)
579 freepage(page);
582 return 1;
584 cannot_free:
585 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
586 return 0;
590 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
591 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
592 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
593 * this page.
595 int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
597 if (__remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
599 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
600 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
601 * atomic operation.
603 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 1);
604 return 1;
606 return 0;
610 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
611 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
613 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
614 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
616 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
618 void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
620 int lru;
621 int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page);
622 int was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page);
624 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
626 redo:
627 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
629 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
631 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
632 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
633 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
634 * We know how to handle that.
636 lru = active + page_lru_base_type(page);
637 lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
638 } else {
640 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
641 * list.
643 lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
644 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
646 * When racing with an mlock clearing (page is
647 * unlocked), make sure that if the other thread does
648 * not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
649 * isolation, we see PG_mlocked cleared below and move
650 * the page back to the evictable list.
652 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked().
654 smp_mb();
658 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
659 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
660 * check after we added it to the list, again.
662 if (lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE && page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
663 if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
664 put_page(page);
665 goto redo;
667 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
668 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
669 * nothing to do here.
673 if (was_unevictable && lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
674 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
675 else if (!was_unevictable && lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
676 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED);
678 put_page(page); /* drop ref from isolate */
681 enum page_references {
682 PAGEREF_RECLAIM,
683 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN,
684 PAGEREF_KEEP,
685 PAGEREF_ACTIVATE,
688 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
689 struct scan_control *sc)
691 int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
692 unsigned long vm_flags;
694 referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags);
695 referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
697 /* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
698 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM)
699 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
702 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
703 * move the page to the unevictable list.
705 if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
706 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
708 if (referenced_ptes) {
709 if (PageAnon(page))
710 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
712 * All mapped pages start out with page table
713 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
714 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
715 * than once.
717 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
718 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
719 * lead to its activation.
721 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
722 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
723 * quickly recovered.
725 SetPageReferenced(page);
727 if (referenced_page)
728 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
730 return PAGEREF_KEEP;
733 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
734 if (referenced_page && !PageSwapBacked(page))
735 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
737 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
740 static noinline_for_stack void free_page_list(struct list_head *free_pages)
742 struct pagevec freed_pvec;
743 struct page *page, *tmp;
745 pagevec_init(&freed_pvec, 1);
747 list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, free_pages, lru) {
748 list_del(&page->lru);
749 if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec, page)) {
750 __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
751 pagevec_reinit(&freed_pvec);
755 pagevec_free(&freed_pvec);
759 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
761 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
762 struct zone *zone,
763 struct scan_control *sc)
765 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
766 LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
767 int pgactivate = 0;
768 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
769 unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
770 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
772 cond_resched();
774 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
775 enum page_references references;
776 struct address_space *mapping;
777 struct page *page;
778 int may_enter_fs;
780 cond_resched();
782 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
783 list_del(&page->lru);
785 if (!trylock_page(page))
786 goto keep;
788 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
789 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
791 sc->nr_scanned++;
793 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL)))
794 goto cull_mlocked;
796 if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page))
797 goto keep_locked;
799 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
800 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
801 sc->nr_scanned++;
803 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
804 (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
806 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
808 * Synchronous reclaim is performed in two passes,
809 * first an asynchronous pass over the list to
810 * start parallel writeback, and a second synchronous
811 * pass to wait for the IO to complete. Wait here
812 * for any page for which writeback has already
813 * started.
815 if ((sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC) &&
816 may_enter_fs)
817 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
818 else {
819 unlock_page(page);
820 goto keep_lumpy;
824 references = page_check_references(page, sc);
825 switch (references) {
826 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
827 goto activate_locked;
828 case PAGEREF_KEEP:
829 goto keep_locked;
830 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM:
831 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN:
832 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
836 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
837 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
839 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
840 if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
841 goto keep_locked;
842 if (!add_to_swap(page))
843 goto activate_locked;
844 may_enter_fs = 1;
847 mapping = page_mapping(page);
850 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
851 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
853 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
854 switch (try_to_unmap(page, TTU_UNMAP)) {
855 case SWAP_FAIL:
856 goto activate_locked;
857 case SWAP_AGAIN:
858 goto keep_locked;
859 case SWAP_MLOCK:
860 goto cull_mlocked;
861 case SWAP_SUCCESS:
862 ; /* try to free the page below */
866 if (PageDirty(page)) {
867 nr_dirty++;
869 if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
870 goto keep_locked;
871 if (!may_enter_fs)
872 goto keep_locked;
873 if (!sc->may_writepage)
874 goto keep_locked;
876 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
877 switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) {
878 case PAGE_KEEP:
879 nr_congested++;
880 goto keep_locked;
881 case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
882 goto activate_locked;
883 case PAGE_SUCCESS:
884 if (PageWriteback(page))
885 goto keep_lumpy;
886 if (PageDirty(page))
887 goto keep;
890 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
891 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
893 if (!trylock_page(page))
894 goto keep;
895 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
896 goto keep_locked;
897 mapping = page_mapping(page);
898 case PAGE_CLEAN:
899 ; /* try to free the page below */
904 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
905 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
906 * the page as well.
908 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
909 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
910 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
911 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
912 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
913 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
914 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
915 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
917 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
918 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
919 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
920 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
921 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
922 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
924 if (page_has_private(page)) {
925 if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
926 goto activate_locked;
927 if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1) {
928 unlock_page(page);
929 if (put_page_testzero(page))
930 goto free_it;
931 else {
933 * rare race with speculative reference.
934 * the speculative reference will free
935 * this page shortly, so we may
936 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
937 * leave it off the LRU).
939 nr_reclaimed++;
940 continue;
945 if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page))
946 goto keep_locked;
949 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
950 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
951 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
952 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
953 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
955 __clear_page_locked(page);
956 free_it:
957 nr_reclaimed++;
960 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
961 * appear not as the counts should be low
963 list_add(&page->lru, &free_pages);
964 continue;
966 cull_mlocked:
967 if (PageSwapCache(page))
968 try_to_free_swap(page);
969 unlock_page(page);
970 putback_lru_page(page);
971 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
972 continue;
974 activate_locked:
975 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
976 if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
977 try_to_free_swap(page);
978 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
979 SetPageActive(page);
980 pgactivate++;
981 keep_locked:
982 unlock_page(page);
983 keep:
984 reset_reclaim_mode(sc);
985 keep_lumpy:
986 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
987 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
991 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
992 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
993 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
994 * will encounter the same problem
996 if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && scanning_global_lru(sc))
997 zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
999 free_page_list(&free_pages);
1001 list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
1002 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
1003 return nr_reclaimed;
1007 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
1008 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
1009 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
1011 * page: page to consider
1012 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
1014 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
1016 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode, int file)
1018 int ret = -EINVAL;
1020 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
1021 if (!PageLRU(page))
1022 return ret;
1025 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
1026 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
1027 * of each.
1029 if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && (!PageActive(page) != !mode))
1030 return ret;
1032 if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && page_is_file_cache(page) != file)
1033 return ret;
1036 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
1037 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
1038 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
1040 if (PageUnevictable(page))
1041 return ret;
1043 ret = -EBUSY;
1045 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
1047 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1048 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1049 * page release code relies on it.
1051 ClearPageLRU(page);
1052 ret = 0;
1055 return ret;
1059 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1060 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1061 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1063 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1064 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1066 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1068 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1069 * @src: The LRU list to pull pages off.
1070 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1071 * @scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1072 * @order: The caller's attempted allocation order
1073 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1074 * @file: True [1] if isolating file [!anon] pages
1076 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1078 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1079 struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst,
1080 unsigned long *scanned, int order, int mode, int file)
1082 unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
1083 unsigned long nr_lumpy_taken = 0;
1084 unsigned long nr_lumpy_dirty = 0;
1085 unsigned long nr_lumpy_failed = 0;
1086 unsigned long scan;
1088 for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
1089 struct page *page;
1090 unsigned long pfn;
1091 unsigned long end_pfn;
1092 unsigned long page_pfn;
1093 int zone_id;
1095 page = lru_to_page(src);
1096 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
1098 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page));
1100 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode, file)) {
1101 case 0:
1102 list_move(&page->lru, dst);
1103 mem_cgroup_del_lru(page);
1104 nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1105 break;
1107 case -EBUSY:
1108 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1109 list_move(&page->lru, src);
1110 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page, page_lru(page));
1111 continue;
1113 default:
1114 BUG();
1117 if (!order)
1118 continue;
1121 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
1122 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
1123 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
1124 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
1125 * as the mem_map is guaranteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
1126 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
1127 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
1129 zone_id = page_zone_id(page);
1130 page_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
1131 pfn = page_pfn & ~((1 << order) - 1);
1132 end_pfn = pfn + (1 << order);
1133 for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
1134 struct page *cursor_page;
1136 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
1137 if (unlikely(pfn == page_pfn))
1138 continue;
1140 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
1141 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn)))
1142 break;
1144 cursor_page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
1146 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
1147 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
1148 break;
1151 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
1152 * anon page which don't already have a swap slot is
1153 * pointless.
1155 if (nr_swap_pages <= 0 && PageAnon(cursor_page) &&
1156 !PageSwapCache(cursor_page))
1157 break;
1159 if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) {
1160 list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
1161 mem_cgroup_del_lru(cursor_page);
1162 nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1163 nr_lumpy_taken++;
1164 if (PageDirty(cursor_page))
1165 nr_lumpy_dirty++;
1166 scan++;
1167 } else {
1169 * Check if the page is freed already.
1171 * We can't use page_count() as that
1172 * requires compound_head and we don't
1173 * have a pin on the page here. If a
1174 * page is tail, we may or may not
1175 * have isolated the head, so assume
1176 * it's not free, it'd be tricky to
1177 * track the head status without a
1178 * page pin.
1180 if (!PageTail(cursor_page) &&
1181 !atomic_read(&cursor_page->_count))
1182 continue;
1183 break;
1187 /* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
1188 if (pfn < end_pfn)
1189 nr_lumpy_failed++;
1192 *scanned = scan;
1194 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(order,
1195 nr_to_scan, scan,
1196 nr_taken,
1197 nr_lumpy_taken, nr_lumpy_dirty, nr_lumpy_failed,
1198 mode);
1199 return nr_taken;
1202 static unsigned long isolate_pages_global(unsigned long nr,
1203 struct list_head *dst,
1204 unsigned long *scanned, int order,
1205 int mode, struct zone *z,
1206 int active, int file)
1208 int lru = LRU_BASE;
1209 if (active)
1210 lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
1211 if (file)
1212 lru += LRU_FILE;
1213 return isolate_lru_pages(nr, &z->lru[lru].list, dst, scanned, order,
1214 mode, file);
1218 * clear_active_flags() is a helper for shrink_active_list(), clearing
1219 * any active bits from the pages in the list.
1221 static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head *page_list,
1222 unsigned int *count)
1224 int nr_active = 0;
1225 int lru;
1226 struct page *page;
1228 list_for_each_entry(page, page_list, lru) {
1229 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1230 lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
1231 if (PageActive(page)) {
1232 lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
1233 ClearPageActive(page);
1234 nr_active += numpages;
1236 if (count)
1237 count[lru] += numpages;
1240 return nr_active;
1244 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1245 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1247 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1248 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1250 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1251 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1253 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1254 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1255 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1256 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1258 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1259 * found will be decremented.
1261 * Restrictions:
1262 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1263 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1264 * without a stable reference).
1265 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1266 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1268 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
1270 int ret = -EBUSY;
1272 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page));
1274 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1275 struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
1277 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1278 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1279 int lru = page_lru(page);
1280 ret = 0;
1281 get_page(page);
1282 ClearPageLRU(page);
1284 del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1286 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1288 return ret;
1292 * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
1294 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
1295 struct scan_control *sc)
1297 unsigned long inactive, isolated;
1299 if (current_is_kswapd())
1300 return 0;
1302 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
1303 return 0;
1305 if (file) {
1306 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1307 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE);
1308 } else {
1309 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1310 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON);
1313 return isolated > inactive;
1317 * TODO: Try merging with migrations version of putback_lru_pages
1319 static noinline_for_stack void
1320 putback_lru_pages(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1321 unsigned long nr_anon, unsigned long nr_file,
1322 struct list_head *page_list)
1324 struct page *page;
1325 struct pagevec pvec;
1326 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1328 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
1331 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1333 spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
1334 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
1335 int lru;
1336 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
1337 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1338 list_del(&page->lru);
1339 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1340 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1341 putback_lru_page(page);
1342 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1343 continue;
1345 SetPageLRU(page);
1346 lru = page_lru(page);
1347 add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
1348 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1349 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1350 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1351 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += numpages;
1353 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
1354 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1355 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1356 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1359 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, -nr_anon);
1360 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -nr_file);
1362 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1363 pagevec_release(&pvec);
1366 static noinline_for_stack void update_isolated_counts(struct zone *zone,
1367 struct scan_control *sc,
1368 unsigned long *nr_anon,
1369 unsigned long *nr_file,
1370 struct list_head *isolated_list)
1372 unsigned long nr_active;
1373 unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
1374 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1376 nr_active = clear_active_flags(isolated_list, count);
1377 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_active);
1379 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE,
1380 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE]);
1381 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE,
1382 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]);
1383 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON,
1384 -count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON]);
1385 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON,
1386 -count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON]);
1388 *nr_anon = count[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON];
1389 *nr_file = count[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] + count[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE];
1390 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, *nr_anon);
1391 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, *nr_file);
1393 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] += *nr_anon;
1394 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] += *nr_file;
1398 * Returns true if the caller should wait to clean dirty/writeback pages.
1400 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do not reclaim
1401 * everything in the list, try again and wait for writeback IO to complete.
1402 * This will stall high-order allocations noticeably. Only do that when really
1403 * need to free the pages under high memory pressure.
1405 static inline bool should_reclaim_stall(unsigned long nr_taken,
1406 unsigned long nr_freed,
1407 int priority,
1408 struct scan_control *sc)
1410 int lumpy_stall_priority;
1412 /* kswapd should not stall on sync IO */
1413 if (current_is_kswapd())
1414 return false;
1416 /* Only stall on lumpy reclaim */
1417 if (sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE)
1418 return false;
1420 /* If we have relaimed everything on the isolated list, no stall */
1421 if (nr_freed == nr_taken)
1422 return false;
1425 * For high-order allocations, there are two stall thresholds.
1426 * High-cost allocations stall immediately where as lower
1427 * order allocations such as stacks require the scanning
1428 * priority to be much higher before stalling.
1430 if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
1431 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
1432 else
1433 lumpy_stall_priority = DEF_PRIORITY / 3;
1435 return priority <= lumpy_stall_priority;
1439 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1440 * of reclaimed pages
1442 static noinline_for_stack unsigned long
1443 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone,
1444 struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
1446 LIST_HEAD(page_list);
1447 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1448 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1449 unsigned long nr_taken;
1450 unsigned long nr_anon;
1451 unsigned long nr_file;
1453 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
1454 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1456 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1457 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
1458 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1461 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, false);
1462 lru_add_drain();
1463 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1465 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1466 nr_taken = isolate_pages_global(nr_to_scan,
1467 &page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
1468 sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ?
1469 ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
1470 zone, 0, file);
1471 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1472 if (current_is_kswapd())
1473 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone,
1474 nr_scanned);
1475 else
1476 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone,
1477 nr_scanned);
1478 } else {
1479 nr_taken = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_to_scan,
1480 &page_list, &nr_scanned, sc->order,
1481 sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ?
1482 ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE,
1483 zone, sc->mem_cgroup,
1484 0, file);
1486 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1487 * scanned pages on its own.
1491 if (nr_taken == 0) {
1492 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1493 return 0;
1496 update_isolated_counts(zone, sc, &nr_anon, &nr_file, &page_list);
1498 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1500 nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc);
1502 /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */
1503 if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) {
1504 set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, true);
1505 nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc);
1508 local_irq_disable();
1509 if (current_is_kswapd())
1510 __count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL, nr_reclaimed);
1511 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL, zone, nr_reclaimed);
1513 putback_lru_pages(zone, sc, nr_anon, nr_file, &page_list);
1515 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id,
1516 zone_idx(zone),
1517 nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed,
1518 priority,
1519 trace_shrink_flags(file, sc->reclaim_mode));
1520 return nr_reclaimed;
1524 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1526 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1527 * processes, from rmap.
1529 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1530 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1531 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1532 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1533 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1534 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1535 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1537 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1538 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1541 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct zone *zone,
1542 struct list_head *list,
1543 enum lru_list lru)
1545 unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
1546 struct pagevec pvec;
1547 struct page *page;
1549 pagevec_init(&pvec, 1);
1551 while (!list_empty(list)) {
1552 page = lru_to_page(list);
1554 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1555 SetPageLRU(page);
1557 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
1558 mem_cgroup_add_lru_list(page, lru);
1559 pgmoved += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1561 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page) || list_empty(list)) {
1562 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1563 if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
1564 pagevec_strip(&pvec);
1565 __pagevec_release(&pvec);
1566 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1569 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, pgmoved);
1570 if (!is_active_lru(lru))
1571 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgmoved);
1574 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
1575 struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
1577 unsigned long nr_taken;
1578 unsigned long pgscanned;
1579 unsigned long vm_flags;
1580 LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1581 LIST_HEAD(l_active);
1582 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);
1583 struct page *page;
1584 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1585 unsigned long nr_rotated = 0;
1587 lru_add_drain();
1588 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1589 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1590 nr_taken = isolate_pages_global(nr_pages, &l_hold,
1591 &pgscanned, sc->order,
1592 ISOLATE_ACTIVE, zone,
1593 1, file);
1594 zone->pages_scanned += pgscanned;
1595 } else {
1596 nr_taken = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_pages, &l_hold,
1597 &pgscanned, sc->order,
1598 ISOLATE_ACTIVE, zone,
1599 sc->mem_cgroup, 1, file);
1601 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1602 * scanned pages on its own.
1606 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_taken;
1608 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned);
1609 if (file)
1610 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE, -nr_taken);
1611 else
1612 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON, -nr_taken);
1613 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, nr_taken);
1614 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1616 while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
1617 cond_resched();
1618 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
1619 list_del(&page->lru);
1621 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
1622 putback_lru_page(page);
1623 continue;
1626 if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
1627 nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1629 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1630 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1631 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1632 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1633 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1634 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1635 * so we ignore them here.
1637 if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && page_is_file_cache(page)) {
1638 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
1639 continue;
1643 ClearPageActive(page); /* we are de-activating */
1644 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
1648 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1650 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1652 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1653 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1654 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1655 * get_scan_ratio.
1657 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += nr_rotated;
1659 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_active,
1660 LRU_ACTIVE + file * LRU_FILE);
1661 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone, &l_inactive,
1662 LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE);
1663 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
1664 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1667 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
1668 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1670 unsigned long active, inactive;
1672 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON);
1673 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1675 if (inactive * zone->inactive_ratio < active)
1676 return 1;
1678 return 0;
1682 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1683 * @zone: zone to check
1684 * @sc: scan control of this context
1686 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1687 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1689 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1691 int low;
1694 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1695 * is pointless.
1697 if (!total_swap_pages)
1698 return 0;
1700 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
1701 low = inactive_anon_is_low_global(zone);
1702 else
1703 low = mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
1704 return low;
1706 #else
1707 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone,
1708 struct scan_control *sc)
1710 return 0;
1712 #endif
1714 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1716 unsigned long active, inactive;
1718 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
1719 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1721 return (active > inactive);
1725 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1726 * @zone: zone to check
1727 * @sc: scan control of this context
1729 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1730 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1731 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1733 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1734 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1736 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1737 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1739 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1741 int low;
1743 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
1744 low = inactive_file_is_low_global(zone);
1745 else
1746 low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
1747 return low;
1750 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1751 int file)
1753 if (file)
1754 return inactive_file_is_low(zone, sc);
1755 else
1756 return inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc);
1759 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1760 struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int priority)
1762 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1764 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1765 if (inactive_list_is_low(zone, sc, file))
1766 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
1767 return 0;
1770 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
1774 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1775 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1776 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1777 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1779 * nr[0] = anon pages to scan; nr[1] = file pages to scan
1781 static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
1782 unsigned long *nr, int priority)
1784 unsigned long anon, file, free;
1785 unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
1786 unsigned long ap, fp;
1787 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
1788 u64 fraction[2], denominator;
1789 enum lru_list l;
1790 int noswap = 0;
1791 int force_scan = 0;
1794 anon = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
1795 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
1796 file = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) +
1797 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1799 if (((anon + file) >> priority) < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX) {
1800 /* kswapd does zone balancing and need to scan this zone */
1801 if (scanning_global_lru(sc) && current_is_kswapd())
1802 force_scan = 1;
1803 /* memcg may have small limit and need to avoid priority drop */
1804 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
1805 force_scan = 1;
1808 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1809 if (!sc->may_swap || (nr_swap_pages <= 0)) {
1810 noswap = 1;
1811 fraction[0] = 0;
1812 fraction[1] = 1;
1813 denominator = 1;
1814 goto out;
1817 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
1818 free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
1819 /* If we have very few page cache pages,
1820 force-scan anon pages. */
1821 if (unlikely(file + free <= high_wmark_pages(zone))) {
1822 fraction[0] = 1;
1823 fraction[1] = 0;
1824 denominator = 1;
1825 goto out;
1830 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1831 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1833 anon_prio = sc->swappiness;
1834 file_prio = 200 - sc->swappiness;
1837 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1838 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1839 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1841 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1842 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1843 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1845 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1847 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1848 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] > anon / 4)) {
1849 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] /= 2;
1850 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] /= 2;
1853 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] > file / 4)) {
1854 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] /= 2;
1855 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] /= 2;
1859 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1860 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1861 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1863 ap = (anon_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] + 1);
1864 ap /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] + 1;
1866 fp = (file_prio + 1) * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] + 1);
1867 fp /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] + 1;
1868 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1870 fraction[0] = ap;
1871 fraction[1] = fp;
1872 denominator = ap + fp + 1;
1873 out:
1874 for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
1875 int file = is_file_lru(l);
1876 unsigned long scan;
1878 scan = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, l);
1879 if (priority || noswap) {
1880 scan >>= priority;
1881 scan = div64_u64(scan * fraction[file], denominator);
1885 * If zone is small or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0.
1886 * This results no-scan on this priority and priority drop down.
1887 * For global direct reclaim, it can visit next zone and tend
1888 * not to have problems. For global kswapd, it's for zone
1889 * balancing and it need to scan a small amounts. When using
1890 * memcg, priority drop can cause big latency. So, it's better
1891 * to scan small amount. See may_noscan above.
1893 if (!scan && force_scan) {
1894 if (file)
1895 scan = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1896 else if (!noswap)
1897 scan = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1899 nr[l] = scan;
1904 * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
1905 * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
1906 * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
1907 * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
1908 * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
1910 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
1911 unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
1912 unsigned long nr_scanned,
1913 struct scan_control *sc)
1915 unsigned long pages_for_compaction;
1916 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages;
1918 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
1919 if (!(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION))
1920 return false;
1922 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
1923 if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
1925 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
1926 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
1927 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
1928 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
1930 if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
1931 return false;
1932 } else {
1934 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
1935 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
1936 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
1937 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
1938 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
1939 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
1941 if (!nr_reclaimed)
1942 return false;
1946 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
1947 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
1949 pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
1950 inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON) +
1951 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1952 if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
1953 inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
1954 return true;
1956 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
1957 switch (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order)) {
1958 case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
1959 case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
1960 return false;
1961 default:
1962 return true;
1967 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1969 static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
1970 struct scan_control *sc)
1972 unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
1973 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
1974 enum lru_list l;
1975 unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
1976 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
1978 restart:
1979 nr_reclaimed = 0;
1980 nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
1981 get_scan_count(zone, sc, nr, priority);
1983 while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
1984 nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
1985 for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
1986 if (nr[l]) {
1987 nr_to_scan = min_t(unsigned long,
1988 nr[l], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
1989 nr[l] -= nr_to_scan;
1991 nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(l, nr_to_scan,
1992 zone, sc, priority);
1996 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
1997 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
1998 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
1999 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
2000 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
2001 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
2003 if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
2004 break;
2006 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_reclaimed;
2009 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
2010 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
2012 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
2013 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);
2015 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
2016 if (should_continue_reclaim(zone, nr_reclaimed,
2017 sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc))
2018 goto restart;
2020 throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
2024 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
2025 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
2026 * request.
2028 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
2029 * Because:
2030 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
2031 * allocation or
2032 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
2033 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
2034 * zone defense algorithm.
2036 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
2037 * scan then give up on it.
2039 static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
2040 struct scan_control *sc)
2042 struct zoneref *z;
2043 struct zone *zone;
2044 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2045 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2047 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2048 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2049 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2050 continue;
2052 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2053 * to global LRU.
2055 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
2056 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2057 continue;
2058 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2059 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2061 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2062 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2063 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2064 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2066 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2067 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2068 sc->order, sc->gfp_mask,
2069 &nr_soft_scanned);
2070 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2071 sc->nr_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
2072 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2075 shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
2079 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
2081 return zone->pages_scanned < zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) * 6;
2084 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2085 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2086 struct scan_control *sc)
2088 struct zoneref *z;
2089 struct zone *zone;
2091 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2092 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2093 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2094 continue;
2095 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2096 continue;
2097 if (!zone->all_unreclaimable)
2098 return false;
2101 return true;
2105 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2107 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2108 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2110 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2111 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2112 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2113 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2114 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2115 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2117 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2118 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2120 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2121 struct scan_control *sc,
2122 struct shrink_control *shrink)
2124 int priority;
2125 unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
2126 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2127 struct zoneref *z;
2128 struct zone *zone;
2129 unsigned long writeback_threshold;
2131 get_mems_allowed();
2132 delayacct_freepages_start();
2134 if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
2135 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
2137 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2138 sc->nr_scanned = 0;
2139 if (!priority)
2140 disable_swap_token(sc->mem_cgroup);
2141 shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
2143 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2144 * over limit cgroups
2146 if (scanning_global_lru(sc)) {
2147 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2148 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist,
2149 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask)) {
2150 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2151 continue;
2153 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2156 shrink_slab(shrink, sc->nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2157 if (reclaim_state) {
2158 sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2159 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2162 total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
2163 if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
2164 goto out;
2167 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2168 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2169 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2170 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2171 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2173 writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
2174 if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
2175 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned);
2176 sc->may_writepage = 1;
2179 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2180 if (!sc->hibernation_mode && sc->nr_scanned &&
2181 priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) {
2182 struct zone *preferred_zone;
2184 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask),
2185 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
2186 &preferred_zone);
2187 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2191 out:
2192 delayacct_freepages_end();
2193 put_mems_allowed();
2195 if (sc->nr_reclaimed)
2196 return sc->nr_reclaimed;
2199 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2200 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2201 * check.
2203 if (oom_killer_disabled)
2204 return 0;
2206 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2207 if (scanning_global_lru(sc) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist, sc))
2208 return 1;
2210 return 0;
2213 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
2214 gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
2216 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2217 struct scan_control sc = {
2218 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
2219 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2220 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2221 .may_unmap = 1,
2222 .may_swap = 1,
2223 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2224 .order = order,
2225 .mem_cgroup = NULL,
2226 .nodemask = nodemask,
2228 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2229 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2232 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order,
2233 sc.may_writepage,
2234 gfp_mask);
2236 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2238 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2240 return nr_reclaimed;
2243 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
2245 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
2246 gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap,
2247 unsigned int swappiness,
2248 struct zone *zone,
2249 unsigned long *nr_scanned)
2251 struct scan_control sc = {
2252 .nr_scanned = 0,
2253 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2254 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2255 .may_unmap = 1,
2256 .may_swap = !noswap,
2257 .swappiness = swappiness,
2258 .order = 0,
2259 .mem_cgroup = mem,
2262 sc.gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2263 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
2265 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(0,
2266 sc.may_writepage,
2267 sc.gfp_mask);
2270 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2271 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2272 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2273 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2274 * the priority and make it zero.
2276 shrink_zone(0, zone, &sc);
2278 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc.nr_reclaimed);
2280 *nr_scanned = sc.nr_scanned;
2281 return sc.nr_reclaimed;
2284 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
2285 gfp_t gfp_mask,
2286 bool noswap,
2287 unsigned int swappiness)
2289 struct zonelist *zonelist;
2290 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2291 int nid;
2292 struct scan_control sc = {
2293 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2294 .may_unmap = 1,
2295 .may_swap = !noswap,
2296 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2297 .swappiness = swappiness,
2298 .order = 0,
2299 .mem_cgroup = mem_cont,
2300 .nodemask = NULL, /* we don't care the placement */
2301 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2302 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK),
2304 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2305 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2309 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2310 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2311 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2313 nid = mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(mem_cont);
2315 zonelist = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zonelists;
2317 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2318 sc.may_writepage,
2319 sc.gfp_mask);
2321 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2323 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2325 return nr_reclaimed;
2327 #endif
2330 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2331 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2332 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2333 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2334 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2335 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2336 * The choice of 25% is due to
2337 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2338 * reasonable sized machine
2339 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2340 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2341 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2342 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2343 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2345 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long balanced_pages,
2346 int classzone_idx)
2348 unsigned long present_pages = 0;
2349 int i;
2351 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++)
2352 present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[i].present_pages;
2354 /* A special case here: if zone has no page, we think it's balanced */
2355 return balanced_pages >= (present_pages >> 2);
2358 /* is kswapd sleeping prematurely? */
2359 static bool sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, long remaining,
2360 int classzone_idx)
2362 int i;
2363 unsigned long balanced = 0;
2364 bool all_zones_ok = true;
2366 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2367 if (remaining)
2368 return true;
2370 /* Check the watermark levels */
2371 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++) {
2372 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2374 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2375 continue;
2378 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2379 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2380 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2381 * is to sleep
2383 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2384 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2385 continue;
2388 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, high_wmark_pages(zone),
2389 i, 0))
2390 all_zones_ok = false;
2391 else
2392 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2396 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2397 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2398 * must be balanced
2400 if (order)
2401 return !pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, classzone_idx);
2402 else
2403 return !all_zones_ok;
2407 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2408 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2410 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2412 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2413 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2414 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2415 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2416 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2417 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2418 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2420 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2421 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2422 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2423 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2424 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2425 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2427 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
2428 int *classzone_idx)
2430 int all_zones_ok;
2431 unsigned long balanced;
2432 int priority;
2433 int i;
2434 int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2435 unsigned long total_scanned;
2436 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2437 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2438 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2439 struct scan_control sc = {
2440 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
2441 .may_unmap = 1,
2442 .may_swap = 1,
2444 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2445 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2447 .nr_to_reclaim = ULONG_MAX,
2448 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2449 .order = order,
2450 .mem_cgroup = NULL,
2452 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2453 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2455 loop_again:
2456 total_scanned = 0;
2457 sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
2458 sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
2459 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
2461 for (priority = DEF_PRIORITY; priority >= 0; priority--) {
2462 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2463 int has_under_min_watermark_zone = 0;
2465 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
2466 if (!priority)
2467 disable_swap_token(NULL);
2469 all_zones_ok = 1;
2470 balanced = 0;
2473 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2474 * zone which needs scanning
2476 for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
2477 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2479 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2480 continue;
2482 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2483 continue;
2486 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2487 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2489 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, &sc))
2490 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone,
2491 &sc, priority, 0);
2493 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2494 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2495 end_zone = i;
2496 break;
2499 if (i < 0)
2500 goto out;
2502 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2503 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2505 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2509 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2510 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2512 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2513 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2514 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2515 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2517 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2518 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2519 int nr_slab;
2520 unsigned long balance_gap;
2522 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2523 continue;
2525 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2526 continue;
2528 sc.nr_scanned = 0;
2530 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2532 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2534 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2535 order, sc.gfp_mask,
2536 &nr_soft_scanned);
2537 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2538 total_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
2541 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2542 * one zone has way too many pages free
2543 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2544 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2545 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2546 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2548 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2549 (zone->present_pages +
2550 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2551 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2552 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2553 high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap,
2554 end_zone, 0)) {
2555 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
2557 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2558 nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2559 sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2560 total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
2562 if (nr_slab == 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone))
2563 zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
2567 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2568 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2569 * even in laptop mode
2571 if (total_scanned > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 2 &&
2572 total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
2573 sc.may_writepage = 1;
2575 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2576 if (end_zone && end_zone == i)
2577 end_zone--;
2578 continue;
2581 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2582 high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
2583 all_zones_ok = 0;
2585 * We are still under min water mark. This
2586 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2587 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2589 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
2590 min_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0))
2591 has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
2592 } else {
2594 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2595 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2596 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2597 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2598 * spectulatively avoid congestion waits
2600 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2601 if (i <= *classzone_idx)
2602 balanced += zone->present_pages;
2606 if (all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))
2607 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2609 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2610 * another pass across the zones.
2612 if (total_scanned && (priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
2613 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone)
2614 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT);
2615 else
2616 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2620 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2621 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2622 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2623 * on zone->*_priority.
2625 if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2626 break;
2628 out:
2631 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2632 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2633 * for the node to be balanced
2635 if (!(all_zones_ok || (order && pgdat_balanced(pgdat, balanced, *classzone_idx)))) {
2636 cond_resched();
2638 try_to_freeze();
2641 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2642 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2643 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2644 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2645 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2646 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2647 * infinite loop.
2649 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2650 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2651 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2652 * reclaim if they wish.
2654 if (sc.nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2655 order = sc.order = 0;
2657 goto loop_again;
2661 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2662 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2663 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2664 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2665 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2666 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2668 if (order) {
2669 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2670 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2672 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2673 continue;
2675 if (zone->all_unreclaimable && priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2676 continue;
2678 /* Confirm the zone is balanced for order-0 */
2679 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0,
2680 high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
2681 order = sc.order = 0;
2682 goto loop_again;
2685 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2686 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2691 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so sleeping_prematurely()
2692 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2693 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2694 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2696 *classzone_idx = end_zone;
2697 return order;
2700 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
2702 long remaining = 0;
2703 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
2705 if (freezing(current) || kthread_should_stop())
2706 return;
2708 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2710 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2711 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2712 remaining = schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
2713 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2714 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2718 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
2719 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
2721 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2722 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat->node_id);
2725 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
2726 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
2727 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
2728 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
2729 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
2730 * them before going back to sleep.
2732 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_normal_threshold);
2733 schedule();
2734 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_pressure_threshold);
2735 } else {
2736 if (remaining)
2737 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2738 else
2739 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2741 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2745 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
2746 * from the init process.
2748 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
2749 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
2750 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
2751 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
2752 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
2754 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
2755 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
2757 static int kswapd(void *p)
2759 unsigned long order, new_order;
2760 int classzone_idx, new_classzone_idx;
2761 pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
2762 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
2764 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
2765 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
2767 const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
2769 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL);
2771 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask))
2772 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask);
2773 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
2776 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
2777 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
2778 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
2779 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
2781 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
2782 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
2783 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
2784 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
2785 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
2787 tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
2788 set_freezable();
2790 order = new_order = 0;
2791 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
2792 for ( ; ; ) {
2793 int ret;
2796 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
2797 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
2798 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
2800 if (classzone_idx >= new_classzone_idx && order == new_order) {
2801 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
2802 new_classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
2803 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
2804 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
2807 if (order < new_order || classzone_idx > new_classzone_idx) {
2809 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
2810 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
2812 order = new_order;
2813 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx;
2814 } else {
2815 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat, order, classzone_idx);
2816 order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
2817 classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
2818 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
2819 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
2822 ret = try_to_freeze();
2823 if (kthread_should_stop())
2824 break;
2827 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
2828 * after returning from the refrigerator
2830 if (!ret) {
2831 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat->node_id, order);
2832 order = balance_pgdat(pgdat, order, &classzone_idx);
2835 return 0;
2839 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
2841 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
2843 pg_data_t *pgdat;
2845 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2846 return;
2848 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2849 return;
2850 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
2851 if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order) {
2852 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
2853 pgdat->classzone_idx = min(pgdat->classzone_idx, classzone_idx);
2855 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
2856 return;
2857 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0))
2858 return;
2860 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, zone_idx(zone), order);
2861 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
2865 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
2866 * The less reclaimable pages may be
2867 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
2868 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
2869 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
2871 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
2873 int nr;
2875 nr = global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
2876 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
2878 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
2879 nr += global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
2880 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
2882 return nr;
2885 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
2887 int nr;
2889 nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
2890 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
2892 if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
2893 nr += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
2894 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
2896 return nr;
2899 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
2901 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
2902 * freed pages.
2904 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
2905 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
2906 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
2908 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
2910 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
2911 struct scan_control sc = {
2912 .gfp_mask = GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE,
2913 .may_swap = 1,
2914 .may_unmap = 1,
2915 .may_writepage = 1,
2916 .nr_to_reclaim = nr_to_reclaim,
2917 .hibernation_mode = 1,
2918 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
2919 .order = 0,
2921 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2922 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2924 struct zonelist *zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc.gfp_mask);
2925 struct task_struct *p = current;
2926 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2928 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
2929 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc.gfp_mask);
2930 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
2931 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
2933 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2935 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
2936 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
2937 p->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
2939 return nr_reclaimed;
2941 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
2943 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
2944 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
2945 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
2946 restore their cpu bindings. */
2947 static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
2948 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
2950 int nid;
2952 if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) {
2953 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
2954 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
2955 const struct cpumask *mask;
2957 mask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
2959 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, mask) < nr_cpu_ids)
2960 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
2961 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
2964 return NOTIFY_OK;
2968 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
2969 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
2971 int kswapd_run(int nid)
2973 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
2974 int ret = 0;
2976 if (pgdat->kswapd)
2977 return 0;
2979 pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
2980 if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
2981 /* failure at boot is fatal */
2982 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
2983 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
2984 ret = -1;
2986 return ret;
2990 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined.
2992 void kswapd_stop(int nid)
2994 struct task_struct *kswapd = NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd;
2996 if (kswapd)
2997 kthread_stop(kswapd);
3000 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
3002 int nid;
3004 swap_setup();
3005 for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
3006 kswapd_run(nid);
3007 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
3008 return 0;
3011 module_init(kswapd_init)
3013 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
3015 * Zone reclaim mode
3017 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
3018 * the watermarks.
3020 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
3022 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
3023 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
3024 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
3025 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
3028 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
3029 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
3030 * a zone.
3032 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
3035 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
3036 * occur.
3038 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
3041 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3042 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3044 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;
3046 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone *zone)
3048 unsigned long file_mapped = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
3049 unsigned long file_lru = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE) +
3050 zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
3053 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3054 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3055 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3057 return (file_lru > file_mapped) ? (file_lru - file_mapped) : 0;
3060 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3061 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
3063 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3064 long delta = 0;
3067 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3068 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3069 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3070 * a better estimate
3072 if (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP)
3073 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES);
3074 else
3075 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone);
3077 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3078 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE))
3079 delta += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
3081 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3082 if (unlikely(delta > nr_pagecache_reclaimable))
3083 delta = nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3085 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable - delta;
3089 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3091 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3093 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3094 const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
3095 struct task_struct *p = current;
3096 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
3097 int priority;
3098 struct scan_control sc = {
3099 .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
3100 .may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
3101 .may_swap = 1,
3102 .nr_to_reclaim = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
3103 SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
3104 .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
3105 .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
3106 .order = order,
3108 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3109 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3111 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0, nr_slab_pages1;
3113 cond_resched();
3115 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3116 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3117 * and RECLAIM_SWAP.
3119 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
3120 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask);
3121 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3122 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3124 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
3126 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3127 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3129 priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY;
3130 do {
3131 shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
3132 priority--;
3133 } while (priority >= 0 && sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages);
3136 nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3137 if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {
3139 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3140 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3141 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3142 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3143 * pages.
3145 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3146 * take a long time.
3148 for (;;) {
3149 unsigned long lru_pages = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
3151 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3152 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages))
3153 break;
3155 /* Freed enough memory */
3156 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone,
3157 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3158 if (nr_slab_pages1 + nr_pages <= nr_slab_pages0)
3159 break;
3163 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3164 * reclaimed from this zone.
3166 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3167 if (nr_slab_pages1 < nr_slab_pages0)
3168 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_slab_pages0 - nr_slab_pages1;
3171 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3172 current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
3173 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3174 return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
3177 int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3179 int node_id;
3180 int ret;
3183 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3184 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3186 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3187 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3188 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3189 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3190 * unmapped file backed pages.
3192 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages &&
3193 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= zone->min_slab_pages)
3194 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3196 if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
3197 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3200 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3202 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
3203 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3206 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3207 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3208 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3209 * as wide as possible.
3211 node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
3212 if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
3213 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3215 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
3216 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3218 ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
3219 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
3221 if (!ret)
3222 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED);
3224 return ret;
3226 #endif
3229 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3230 * @page: the page to test
3231 * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
3233 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3234 * lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
3235 * fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
3237 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3238 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3239 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3242 int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
3245 if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page)))
3246 return 0;
3248 if (PageMlocked(page) || (vma && is_mlocked_vma(vma, page)))
3249 return 0;
3251 return 1;
3255 * check_move_unevictable_page - check page for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3256 * @page: page to check evictability and move to appropriate lru list
3257 * @zone: zone page is in
3259 * Checks a page for evictability and moves the page to the appropriate
3260 * zone lru list.
3262 * Restrictions: zone->lru_lock must be held, page must be on LRU and must
3263 * have PageUnevictable set.
3265 static void check_move_unevictable_page(struct page *page, struct zone *zone)
3267 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
3269 retry:
3270 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
3271 if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
3272 enum lru_list l = page_lru_base_type(page);
3274 __dec_zone_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
3275 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[l].list);
3276 mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, LRU_UNEVICTABLE, l);
3277 __inc_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON + l);
3278 __count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
3279 } else {
3281 * rotate unevictable list
3283 SetPageUnevictable(page);
3284 list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list);
3285 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
3286 if (page_evictable(page, NULL))
3287 goto retry;
3292 * scan_mapping_unevictable_pages - scan an address space for evictable pages
3293 * @mapping: struct address_space to scan for evictable pages
3295 * Scan all pages in mapping. Check unevictable pages for
3296 * evictability and move them to the appropriate zone lru list.
3298 void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
3300 pgoff_t next = 0;
3301 pgoff_t end = (i_size_read(mapping->host) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >>
3302 PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
3303 struct zone *zone;
3304 struct pagevec pvec;
3306 if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
3307 return;
3309 pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
3310 while (next < end &&
3311 pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, next, PAGEVEC_SIZE)) {
3312 int i;
3313 int pg_scanned = 0;
3315 zone = NULL;
3317 for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
3318 struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
3319 pgoff_t page_index = page->index;
3320 struct zone *pagezone = page_zone(page);
3322 pg_scanned++;
3323 if (page_index > next)
3324 next = page_index;
3325 next++;
3327 if (pagezone != zone) {
3328 if (zone)
3329 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3330 zone = pagezone;
3331 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3334 if (PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page))
3335 check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone);
3337 if (zone)
3338 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3339 pagevec_release(&pvec);
3341 count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pg_scanned);
3347 * scan_zone_unevictable_pages - check unevictable list for evictable pages
3348 * @zone - zone of which to scan the unevictable list
3350 * Scan @zone's unevictable LRU lists to check for pages that have become
3351 * evictable. Move those that have to @zone's inactive list where they
3352 * become candidates for reclaim, unless shrink_inactive_zone() decides
3353 * to reactivate them. Pages that are still unevictable are rotated
3354 * back onto @zone's unevictable list.
3356 #define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */
3357 static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone *zone)
3359 struct list_head *l_unevictable = &zone->lru[LRU_UNEVICTABLE].list;
3360 unsigned long scan;
3361 unsigned long nr_to_scan = zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNEVICTABLE);
3363 while (nr_to_scan > 0) {
3364 unsigned long batch_size = min(nr_to_scan,
3365 SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE);
3367 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3368 for (scan = 0; scan < batch_size; scan++) {
3369 struct page *page = lru_to_page(l_unevictable);
3371 if (!trylock_page(page))
3372 continue;
3374 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, l_unevictable, flags);
3376 if (likely(PageLRU(page) && PageUnevictable(page)))
3377 check_move_unevictable_page(page, zone);
3379 unlock_page(page);
3381 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3383 nr_to_scan -= batch_size;
3389 * scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages - scan all unevictable lists for evictable pages
3391 * A really big hammer: scan all zones' unevictable LRU lists to check for
3392 * pages that have become evictable. Move those back to the zones'
3393 * inactive list where they become candidates for reclaim.
3394 * This occurs when, e.g., we have unswappable pages on the unevictable lists,
3395 * and we add swap to the system. As such, it runs in the context of a task
3396 * that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages
3397 * evictable.
3399 static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
3401 struct zone *zone;
3403 for_each_zone(zone) {
3404 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
3409 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3410 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3412 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages;
3414 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
3415 void __user *buffer,
3416 size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
3418 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
3420 if (write && *(unsigned long *)table->data)
3421 scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages();
3423 scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
3424 return 0;
3427 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
3429 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3430 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3433 static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev,
3434 struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
3435 char *buf)
3437 return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3440 static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device *dev,
3441 struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
3442 const char *buf, size_t count)
3444 struct zone *node_zones = NODE_DATA(dev->id)->node_zones;
3445 struct zone *zone;
3446 unsigned long res;
3447 unsigned long req = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &res);
3449 if (!req)
3450 return 1; /* zero is no-op */
3452 for (zone = node_zones; zone - node_zones < MAX_NR_ZONES; ++zone) {
3453 if (!populated_zone(zone))
3454 continue;
3455 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone);
3457 return 1;
3461 static SYSDEV_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
3462 read_scan_unevictable_node,
3463 write_scan_unevictable_node);
3465 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node)
3467 return sysdev_create_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3470 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node)
3472 sysdev_remove_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3474 #endif